I kind of think the American people are fairly bright. I think they see through this. If you are deeming a bill passed in a rule, aren't you actually passing that bill and aren't you voting for that bill? And isn't this just a trick or a scheme to get around the requirement that Members actually vote for the Senate bill? I guess Ms. Pelosi says, this is a quote, it is right here, ``Nobody wants to vote for the Senate bill.'' But when they vote for a rule that says it's deemed passed, aren't they voting for the Senate bill?
John Shadegg: “I kind of think the American people are fairly bright. I think they see through this. If you are deeming a bill passed…”
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Speaker Shadegg criticizes the process of deeming a bill passed without a direct vote.
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