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Also, here are the 'Nays' by Steven Leser on Friday, Feb 23, 2007 at 7: 50: 11 AM
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  Once the discussion was over Hale polled the attendees and there were no 'Nays'.
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Democrats who are "Nays" on the robust public option are desperately fighting for.
Firedoglake 2009
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[T[hree of the highest paid CEOs in the survey -- at McKesson, Aetna and Vornado Realty Trust, who collectively took home around $267 milliom -- saw pay protest votes, what I like to call Nays on Pay, of 30 percent or more.
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Then what is Section 5 for regarding recording Yeas and Nays?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010
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But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010
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Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010
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The recording of Yeas/Nays in Art I, Section 7 seems to refer only to vetoes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010
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More directly, I think the purpose of the Slaughter Rule is to deny the minority the right to ask for the “Yeas and Nays” on the Question of Health Care Reform to be entered into the record.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010
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But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010
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