Willie J: How can the House of Representitives pass a bill with out taking a role call on the vote?
How did this happen in the United States of America? The House is passing the senate health bill without taking a role call vote on the measure? I thought the Constitution required the House to vote on their version and the Senate voted on their version and the two houses of Congress worked together to come up with a bill both could pass. What did I miss? How can this happen?
Answers and Views:
Answer by tonalc2
There is a House procedure called deem and pass, which has been used hundreds of times in many administrations (most recently by the Republicans, where they used it almost 40 times in 2005 and 2006).
Its first use was in the 1930s.
And now suddenly, according to the Republicans, it’s unconstitutional.
Answer by Common SenseThe “deemed passed” idea goes back many years…it’s nothing new. When the GOP was in power they did it all the time.Answer by Mr. Smartypants
MOST bills are passed by a voice vote. Roll call votes are only used when the vote is very close, or when the party in control wants to stick members with their vote (I mean, later, in campaign ads, they can say “Congressman So-and-so voted AGAINST Mom and apple pie”.
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