Comments on: Send another secret senator to the senate http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:55:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Standard Mischief http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/comment-page-1/#comment-119255 Standard Mischief Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:03:47 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/#comment-119255 tgirsch Says: <blockquote>I wonder if just any senator can do the Sooper Seekrit Hold...</blockquote> I've read that indeed every Senator can do the hold thing, but then again I also heard it was a “tradition” and it wasn't in the rules. That appears not to be true, although we'll see, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_hold" rel="nofollow">as the original article on Wikipedia was first created yesterday</a> and has not had a chance to be peer reviewed. So if we get ourselves together and buy ourselves a senate-critter, we may just disrupt things for a bit until our guy gets himself expelled by the rest of the senate-critters. And no, it appears that you can do the sooper seekrit hold only on bills, not motions to expel. <blockquote> "no motion to proceed to the consideration of any <strong>bill</strong>...shall be entertained...unless by unanimous consent"</blockquote> tgirsch Says:

I wonder if just any senator can do the Sooper Seekrit Hold…

I’ve read that indeed every Senator can do the hold thing, but then again I also heard it was a “tradition” and it wasn’t in the rules. That appears not to be true, although we’ll see, as the original article on Wikipedia was first created yesterday and has not had a chance to be peer reviewed.

So if we get ourselves together and buy ourselves a senate-critter, we may just disrupt things for a bit until our guy gets himself expelled by the rest of the senate-critters.

And no, it appears that you can do the sooper seekrit hold only on bills, not motions to expel.

“no motion to proceed to the consideration of any bill…shall be entertained…unless by unanimous consent”

]]> By: tgirsch http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/comment-page-1/#comment-119233 tgirsch Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:00:37 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/#comment-119233 I wonder if just any senator can do the Sooper Seekrit Hold, or if he needs to be a committe chair (like Stephens). And I wouldn't hold your breath on Stephens getting booted. He may be the king of pork, but it's pork that benefits Alaskans, and Alaskans love them some pork when Alaskans are on the receiving end... I wonder if just any senator can do the Sooper Seekrit Hold, or if he needs to be a committe chair (like Stephens).

And I wouldn’t hold your breath on Stephens getting booted. He may be the king of pork, but it’s pork that benefits Alaskans, and Alaskans love them some pork when Alaskans are on the receiving end…

]]> By: SayUncle http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/comment-page-1/#comment-119121 SayUncle Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:04:02 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/#comment-119121 Voting against it won't stop it. Secret holds will. Voting against it won’t stop it. Secret holds will.

]]> By: Phelps http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/comment-page-1/#comment-119120 Phelps Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:03:19 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/#comment-119120 Sorry, I missed that you said Senate, not Congress. The state party would love to kick Ron to the curb, and would never give him the cash to win the state primary for Senate. Sorry, I missed that you said Senate, not Congress. The state party would love to kick Ron to the curb, and would never give him the cash to win the state primary for Senate.

]]> By: Phelps http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/comment-page-1/#comment-119119 Phelps Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:01:39 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/#comment-119119 Done it, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul" rel="nofollow">including the name</a>. The only problem is that he is principled enough to not do it in secret. He just votes against it. Done it, including the name. The only problem is that he is principled enough to not do it in secret. He just votes against it.

]]> By: Denise http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/comment-page-1/#comment-119103 Denise Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:44:55 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/08/31/send_another_secret_senator_to_the_senate/#comment-119103 Good idea about the libertarian although the rest of the CongressCritters will find a way around it. Why does "secret hold" remind me of "double-secret probation?" Is this life imitating a movie (<em>Animal House</em>), or a movie imitating life? Good idea about the libertarian although the rest of the CongressCritters will find a way around it. Why does “secret hold” remind me of “double-secret probation?” Is this life imitating a movie (Animal House), or a movie imitating life?

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