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Roy Blunt: Okay. This only happened in one Congress, which was the Congress in 1993 and 1994. I wasn't in Congress at the time, but…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2007
Okay. This only happened in one Congress, which was the Congress in 1993 and 1994. I wasn't in Congress at the time, but I recall it was very controversial, I believe the gentleman suggested so controversial that there was a court case that determined that these votes, if they had impact on the outcome, immediately would have to be decided by the full House. And I am wondering, is that to give a deceptively large margin in the Committee of the Whole? The majority is in the majority. Four of these five Delegates are on the majority side. Every time it doesn't matter in terms of passage, I guess that means it appears that there are four more votes or maybe five more votes than there would otherwise be. What is the purpose of this? If it made a difference, it would immediately have to go to a vote that they could not participate in. I yield for an answer.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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Questioning the voting procedures and representation of Delegates in the House.

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