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Pirates of the Senate
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The Senate Gets Rid of the Prevos Question Motion
When the first house and senates met, they had to adopt their own set of rules. The rule book in both chambers had a previous question motion. This meant that if a debate felt like it was going on too long, a member of the house or senate could end the debate by asking everyone if they were ready to put the bill in question to a vote. If a majority agreed, debate would end. Members would cast their votes and a decision would be made about the bill - thereby shutting down minority opinions. But the senate took a different path. They got rid of their previous question motion after 18 o five. So our questione the senate is why the sinti getting rid
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