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🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 He/him. Armchair parliamentarian. I type at 140 wpm. RTs are endorsements.
Nov 7, 2024 17 tweets 5 min read
After further reflection – a 🧵 on the UC irregularities of 5 November 2024

As I have tweeted elsewhere, the bill will be taken up under suspension of the rules next week. It’s still interesting to look at this from a theoretical perspective, though.

x.com/ringwiss/statu… x.com/ringwiss/statu… (NB: I cut out a ~three-minute pause in the middle of the clip above – pretty much just the Parliamentarian flicking through what I assume to be the Manual.)
Feb 27, 2024 19 tweets 6 min read
Not being a lawyer, I will focus on those aspects of this opinion that deal with parliamentary procedure.

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I'll get the pedantry out of the way first.

1. Why would you count 'not voting' as a vote?

2. To claim that the proper denominator is 435, even if there are vacancies, is simply wrong. This is not a discharge petition. There were 431 members at the time, so a quorum was 216. Image
Feb 14, 2024 16 tweets 5 min read
The previous question "is an ingenious method [...] but its technical name does little to elucidate its operation", so here's a 🧵 to consolidate everything there is to know about defeating the PQ.

TL;DR: This is the best method by which a majority can bring up the supplemental. First, a very general explanation:

1. In the modern House of Representatives, the previous question is the motion used to bring the House to a vote on something without further debate and amendment. Image
Feb 7, 2024 23 tweets 7 min read
First, to recap:

1. Rep. Moore moved to reconsider the vote on adoption of H. Res. 863.
2. The speaker put the question on that motion.
3. On demand of Rep. Moore, the House ordered the yeas and nays.
4. The speaker postponed the vote on the motion under clause 8 of rule XX.

🧵 I will restate some things which Doughnutless Homer has already said so that it's all in one thread.

Clause 8 of rule XX allows the speaker to postpone certain votes for two legislative days. That is completely routine. Image