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Four of the five Committee members who favor an unconditional invitation to Wallace walked out of the Oct.5 meeting. As a result, the meeting lacked a quorum and the matter could not be brought up for re-discussion. According to Robert's Rules of Order, a matter which has been considered twice may not be brought up again - even in future meetings...
...Troubled No." Even before the quorum bells sounded for the final vote, ratification was a certainty. Georgia's Richard Russell, a treaty opponent, shrugged: "They had it all counted up." Despite the lack of suspense, the galleries were filled as photographers for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society recorded the moment-the first time picture-taking was authorized while the Senate was in session. All but two Senators had announced their views in advance, and the unknowns split, Nevada Democrat Howard Cannon voting "yea" and Maine Republican Margaret Chase Smith weighing in with what she later described as "a troubled...
...debate on the nuclear test ban treaty got under way with exactly eight members of the U.S. Senate on hand. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, reasoning that more Senators should be present for the occasion, moved a quorum call. Still, few showed up, so Mansfield rescinded the call...
...Stay Out. Unruh's enemies are not, of course, all Democrats. Just a couple of weeks ago, in successfully pushing through the legislature a bill to augment Democratic Governor Pat Brown's $3 billion state budget, speaker Unruh took advantage of a quorum-requiring "call of the house" to lock up foot-dragging Republicans overnight in the state capitol; he made the Republicans even madder by offering them the use of his own razor and shower bath if needed. Cried Republican State Chairman Caspar Weinberger, ordinarily a mild-mannered fellow: "These are tactics Stalin, Hitler and other dictators...
...were fresh from the frontier and settled their political squabbles in the ways they knew best-with curses, fists and duels. On one memorable occasion, 30 pistols were whipped out during debate on the floor. "Kicking-Buck" Kilgore of Texas once booted down a locked door to escape a quorum call. "Tim" Campbell of Tammany threw an arm around President Cleveland, who had complained that a bill he favored was unconstitutional, and growled: "What's the Constitution between friends?" Davy Crockett campaigned for the House on the basis of shooting 109 bears in a year (nonsense, scoffed an opponent...