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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (83036)	8/3/2007 7:48:21 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

WASHINGTON — The House nearly grinded to a halt Friday as Republicans and Democrats continued to feud over a screwball vote from Thursday and the electronic voting system went down later in the day. Lawmakers had planned on cramming several votes into the day as they neared their month-long summer recess, scheduled to start at close of business Friday. But Thursday night's disputed vote rubbed nerves raw and pushed negotiations over how to proceed into the afternoon. Thursday night, House Republicans had offered a so-called motion to recommit on the agriculture appropriations bill, which would have stalled the bill on the House floor and sent it back to committee. Republicans said the changes to the bill under their motion, if approved, would have prevented illegal immigrants from benefiting from new provisions in the agriculture bill. As that vote was coming to a close, Rep. Michael McNulty, D-N.Y. — who at the time was in charge of the floor — gaveled the vote closed at a dead heat, 214-214, a vote that would signify that the effort to stall the bill failed. But the electronic board in the House at that moment showed Republicans with the higher ground at 215-213. This prompted the shouting and boos. Republicans, already rankled by longer-than-expected preliminary votes leading up to a final vote on the agriculture bill, started shouting "Nay! Nay! Nay!"