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Norton (D.C.) will lose ability to vote on floor amendments
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 22, 2010 01:37pm |
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| Category | Rule Change |
| Author | Ben Pershing |
| News Date | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 05:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | What little right to vote Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) has on the House floor will be gone come January, as Republicans have decided to take away the right of delegates and resident commissioners to vote on some amendments.
When Democrats have controlled the House, they have allowed Norton and her fellow delegates to vote in the Committee of the Whole -- a parliamentary term that describes when the full House becomes a committee for the purposes of considering legislation. That has allowed Norton to cast votes on amendments to tax and spending bills, though technically her vote could be considered symbolic since it does not count if it is the deciding one on an issue. |
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