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Originally posted by floonine
Does anyone know how many people were actually there? 94 out of 100 can't be correct can it?
I don't think I'm wrong to assume that everyone who posted is upset at the way this budget vote was handled, but any ideas why it was allowed to happen? Doesn't it seem that this system has a *few* flaws?
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Read my long quote above, which came from the Washington Post.
Yes, there were only 6 senators present.
The voice vote was worked out ahead of time between the majority and minority leaders.
The Republicans didn't want to be on record authorizing increases in spending.
The Democrats didn't want to be caught between disapproval of the war vs. supporting our troops.