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In reply to the discussion: Eric Cantor Given Total Control Of House In LATE NIGHT RULE CHANGE By GOP [View all]onenote
(42,684 posts)Here's how it played out:
The House Rules Committee met and voted along strict party lines on the "rule" (H.Res. 368) governing the process by which the CR (H.J. Res. 59) would be considered.
The Rules Committee "reported" the proposed Rule (H.Res. 368) to the full House for consideration at 11:37 on the night of Sept. 30. An hour of debate was allocated on the proposed rule. At the end of that period, at 12:45 AM on October 1, the "question" was called on H. Res. 368 and a roll call vote was held. At 1:11 in the morning, after votes had been cast by 427 members of Congress, the "rule" (H.Res. 368), defining the process by which the CR to fund the government (H.J. Res. 59) would be considered by the House, as approved by a vote of 228-199. During the hour of debate before the full House on the proposed rule, Louise Slaughter (D-NY) expressly asked the Democratic caucus to vote no on the rule for, among other reasons, the fact that it changed the regular order and limited motions to proceed to those made by the Majority Leader.
And since you seem unwilling to accept the facts as they are explained to you by others here, maybe you'll accept them as described by the Library of Congress.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HE00368:@@@X