Re: [ga] CORRECTION!!!

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 05:57:42PM -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
> Hello Sotiropoulos,
> 
> Sunday, March 25, 2001, 5:32:27 PM, Sotiropoulos wrote:
> 
> > I made a HUGE error.  In fact, the Senate passed
> > the Federal Reserve Bill 43 to 25, with a total of
> > only 68 Senators present for the vote!!! (not 3!)
> > and by a difference of 18 votes... certainly NOT a
> > consensus by our current definition.  The absence
> > of the rest of the Senators was not an
> > invalidation of their vote... Had Thomas
> > Jefferson, James Madison or Andrew Jackson been
> > around, they would have no doubt started a second
> > American revolution!
> 
> Yes, in fact, under the rules, only 26 members could pass any
> legislation, provided the smallest quorum is present (51 members).
> members)

The salient point here is that THERE IS A QUORUM RULE.  There is a clear
definition of exactly how many people are participating, how they got
there, and exactly how many of them it takes pass something.

That is not the case here.

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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