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December 16, 2005
Frist Flop?
I was a little bit shocked to see Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R - Healthsouth) voting with the Democrats against the PATRIOT Act reauthorization today. But then someone reminded me that in order to ask for reconsideration, you have to vote no. It's actually pretty common for the majority leader to switch his vote to no when he thinks something isn't going to pass. That way if he gets the votes for it at a future date he can ask that they reconsider because now he (and others presumably) want to change their no vote to a yes.
Posted by Chris at December 16, 2005 04:04 PM
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