218 to 212 to1 The funding/pullout bill has passed in the House

[underpants]

1 voted present

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

[southernleftylady]

1. what does voting present mean? just not wanting to take a stand either way? nt

[underpants]

2. Yeah pretty much

It's not a yes or a no

[TechBear_Seattle]

6. It is a procedural "no vote", rather than an actual "no" vote

If that makes any sense. :hi:

"Present" means they were there for the quorum or voted to meet an "everyone who is here must vote" rule. It is effectively a "Nay" as only "Aye"s get counted, but takes away ammunition from those who would oppose an actual "Nay" and from those who would oppose an actual "Aye." It is roughly equivalent to a Yes/No poll here in DU with a third option of, "Mmm... doughnuts!"

[Sammy Pepys]

3. I like the timeline....

...but hate the tons of pork spending in this thing.

[Sparkly]

4. That was a cliffhanger! nt

[krispos42]

5. From CNN.com:

White House spokesman Tony Snow said Thursday the House bill "has zero chance of being enacted into law."

"It's bad legislation; the president's going to veto it, and Congress will sustain that veto," he said.

Yeah, like the White House has a habit of vetoing bad legislation :sarcasm:

[underpants]

7. Bush is going to veto funding the troops?

:rofl:

Elections have consequences

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