The House Fades into "Blue Screen" as Chaos Reigns
The House is back to "blue screen" - the picture of the Capitol dome with the blue sky above it shown on the internal Capitol television system with the words "recess subject to the call of the chair" across the bottom. And blue screen often means something has gone terribly awry inside the chamber, which is in chaos this afternoon. This follows a walkout of Republicans last night over a disputed vote on a farm spending bill and technical problems today with the voting board. Shortly past 2 p.m. this afternoon, Republicans offered a motion to adjourn the chamber, a normal protest vote that the minority, regardless of party, has been using for decades. However, in the middle of this protest procedure, the voting machine that keeps the tally went dark, prompting House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to call for a recess in order to fix the voting machines. washingtonpost.com Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:41:07 EDTSource: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/08/03/BL2007080301488.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
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