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Roy Blunt: I think many of my friends on our side, and obviously your side as well, want to be sure that the work of the House is…

On the recordAugust 3, 2007
I think many of my friends on our side, and obviously your side as well, want to be sure that the work of the House is done in a way that the American people can be proud of. I think a lot of the problem that we saw last night, to our side, at least, was another indication of deciding that the normal behavior and the normal rules of the House may not apply any more. Last night's vote...is the only vote I am aware of in the House of Representatives in the 10 years and few months that I have been here that the Clerk did not write down a number which is the official end of the vote and hand it to the Speaker. The Speaker, in fact, is talking over the Clerk while the Clerk is trying to announce votes are being changed.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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Addressing concerns about procedural integrity during a House vote.

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