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...argument which ensued over the vote's tabulation escalated into a shouting match between Mandery and Beroutsos which required both to leave the chamber and conclude the argument outside of the UC meeting. When both entered the chamber 15 minutes later, Beroutsos presented the motion for reconsideration once again. Cooper kept count as Council members voted in an adapted roll-call vote. The final count: 22 for, 21 against. After the second deliberation of the HCOJ grant, the Council did not reverse its earlier decision, but that's not really the point. I'm not advocating that the Council should...
Republicans, led by Assistant Minority Leader Alan Simpson of Wyoming, countered that strategy by demanding quorum calls, then vacating the chamber so the 51 required to continue business would be lacking. Byrd retaliated by ordering the sergeant at arms to corral any Republicans he could find. While Packwood took his arrest with good humor, he complained, "We work on comity around here. You can't do business on brute force." Republican Arlen Specter of Pennyslvania charged excitedly that the seizure of Senators "smacks of Nazi Germany and Communist Russia...
...vote came as the chamber worked on a bill which would require that Congress be notified about all covert actions within 48 hours after they start...
Senate leaders had been hoping to pass the bill yesterday, but the chamber became bogged down in a lengthy and unresolved debate about a pair of unrelated issues. That blocked a final vote until after the Senate returns March...
...host of amendments were considered yesterday, most of them Republican-sponsored and most of them defeated during debate in a near-empty chamber...