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Matt Collins
04-21-2020, 07:23 PM
Does anyone know why it appears Rand and Mike Lee didn't motion for a roll call vote? Am I missing something here?


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-leaders-reach-agreement-phase-3-5-coronavirus-stimulus-package

Slave Mentality
04-21-2020, 07:27 PM
Does anyone know why it appears Rand and Mike Lee didn't motion for a roll call vote? Am I missing something here?


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-leaders-reach-agreement-phase-3-5-coronavirus-stimulus-package

Resistance is futile.

PAF
04-21-2020, 07:29 PM
The measure passed by voice vote, which simply requires each side to holler “yay” or “nay,” with the louder side winning. Ahead of the bill’s passage, some Republicans voiced their frustrations that there was not a full roll call vote, even as some senators remained at home amid the pandemic. “This is not acceptable,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said on the Senate floor. “We should not be passing legislation … without Congress actually being in session.”

And, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., declared that Congress should stop “printing bailout cash” because the U.S. “can manage this disease without the draconian lockdown of the economy.” Announcing his opposition to the stimulus in no uncertain terms, he told colleagues: “We can’t continue on this course.”

At the same time, Paul noted that he “has not invoked the Senate rules to require a vote” by roll call — and was present only so that history would record that not every senator favored spending $484 billion.

Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House majority leader, said on a conference call with reporters that House votes would take place Thursday. He said the House will also vote on a proposal to allow proxy voting during the pandemic, a first for Congress, which has required in-person business essentially since its founding.

https://theconservativeopinion.com/breaking-senate-passes-484b-phase-3-5-coronavirus-stimulus-package-by-voice-vote-amid-tensions-in-chamber/

enhanced_deficit
04-21-2020, 07:30 PM
Does anyone know why it appears Rand and Mike Lee didn't motion for a roll call vote? Am I missing something here?


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-leaders-reach-agreement-phase-3-5-coronavirus-stimulus-package


No idea but just speculating if this was a factor?

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Matt Collins
04-24-2020, 09:57 AM
Here is the video where they both bitch and moan about not getting a roll call vote but then refuse to ask for a roll call vote:


https://www.c-span.org/congress/?chamber=senate&date=2020-04-21