ordnance11 Wrote:Well, they voted to open debate.
And it took a tie-breaking vote from the Vice-President to do so.
ordnance11 Wrote:Whether they will get anywhere..who knows?
They didn't have enough support to allow first reading - the point where the chamber simply decides they want to talk about this - without going to a tie-breaker. That's a pretty good sign that they're just going through the motions here without much chance of getting the bill to committee.
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Rob Kelk
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