Rep Steve Cohen from TN talking in support of the bill.
Rep Steve Cohen from TN talking in support of the bill.
"A country like India with a population of 1.2 Billion is limited to the same number of visas as a country like Iceland with a population of 300,000... and a lot of ice."
love this statement.
Looks like they are very time bound. every one is thanking for getting 50 seconds or so...
Super.... Rep of Virginia is highlighting Biography of Steve Jobs. .... saying to Bill clinton to have 30,000 skilled people he can get the apple techies back here in US soil.. wow that was a direct hit.
There was no quroum in the house to vote so possibly by 6:30 pm.. it will pass without any issues
Damn..what the heck? The voting is cancelled instead of being postponed to 6.30PM. Why did they drop the bill? Not enough members present?
Maybe not cancelled...I am not sure how this goes. Anyone here? If enough majority/quorum is not present at 6.30pm what will they do - will they continue voting for it?
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Originally Posted by self.coach
I am not sure. My assumption here is that voting (as per calendar) is to happen at 6:30. This was just a "Hellos and Thank Yous" period. Reps/Senators don't decide their votes based on these speeches by other reps/senators. They have already decided. So they don't need to be present for the "Hellos and Thank Yous".
That said... they better be present for voting.
Voting was originally scheduled for 6:30. As all these bills are unanimous consent bills, discussion doesn't matter. That may be the reason that quorum was not present. They will reconvene at 6:30 and proceed straight to voting.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportsfan33
"Because of Members' other duties, a quorum often is not present on the House floor. But any Member may insist that a quorum must participate in any vote that takes place in the House. If a member makes a point of order that a quorum is not present, and the Speaker agrees, a series of bells ring on the House side of the Capitol and in the House office buildings to alert Members to come to the Chamber and record their presence."Quote:
Originally Posted by sportsfan33
but debate conclusion says "The point of no quorum was withdrawn."
So lets wait and see what happens at 6.30
http://majorityleader.gov/Floor/
On Tuesday, the House will meet at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business.
Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.
Here s little bit more information:
When a point of no quorum is made, no ‘‘business’’ is in order. The point may be withdrawn or withheld until announcement of absence of a quorum, after which the point may not be withdrawn even by unanimous consent.
Withdrawal of a point of no quorum does not require unanimous consent.
Where objection is made to a vote on the ground that a quorum is not present and, pursuant to a special order, the Speaker declares that further proceedings will be put over until the following day, it is too late for another Member to demand tellers on the question, even though the point of no quorum is subsequently withdrawn.
Why did they not do the same for the subsequent bills HR 2192, HR 1801 and HR 2465? If the quorum is not present for the first, obviously they were not present for all others too? Still I see there was more debate on this - did new reps arrive for the other three?
Anyways, I assume in simple English what you mean is "relax and wait for 6.30 PM", correct?
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Originally Posted by jackbrown_890
Quorum rules need to be followed only if a member raises a point of order for the same. For HR 3012, a member raised point of order, so voice vote was suspended.Quote:
Originally Posted by self.coach
They debate all the bills. Plus someone has to raise a motion related to quorum. If no one does, then its not an issue. If someone does, then it gets "postponed" to the voting session.
This worked for me...
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house
Is this bill purely a PD-based system then? So for the next year or so, only India & China would be processed? Is that right?Quote:
Originally Posted by kiran_july_2004
We need 2/3rds in favor. 290 votes needed.
I see 56 /2 7 minutes into the vote where are the remaining 376 reps ?Quote:
Originally Posted by gcq
Who would be that 2 republican nay votes ? 1 - Steve King for sure.
Yea - 134
Nay - 5
remaining - 295
Humnnn.... still 150 votes needed with 2 minutes remaining !
Bill passed............Yayyyyyyyyyy
it has passed,,we have enough votes
CELEBRATION:)
290 / 8 I feel like i am watching a cricket match :-D
@6:51 ET...Quote:
Originally Posted by chagas
Yes = 318
No = 11
Next stop Senate
I am opening a bottle of TAQUILA and everyone here is welcome to join the celebration of our long awaited first victory
Folks... Time to prepare your list to make the 20 second calls to the senators.
Celebrate... But don't forget that NOTHING HAS BEEN ACHIEVED YET.
That said, congratulations for the battle victory! War is still ahead!
Looks like house passed it with >96% majority!!! Lets hope we get the same support in Senate.
Now do you agree he is not bluffing to get money...?
If possible contribute so that we can see same kind of flying colors in Senate....in house we got YEAs 389 and NAYs 15....which is more than 96%...
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Originally Posted by belmontboy
Only 2 democrats opposed it. This bodes well for the Senate.
Congratulations 3012 supporters.
Congrats to all... May GOD Bless.. to move this bill in senate as smooth as in Congress and become The Law of the Land before Year 2012 .. that can be a great New Year Gift to long long.............awaiting people in the EB Queue.
Thanks to all who is continously working to have this bill passed
Woooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Gr8, its passed house.
Trackitt is down. Looks like its got bombarded with the users :)
Good the bill passed yipee :) still senate ahead ......kanmani or someone can you enlighten me behen. how the bill will help us. i know it will remove the per country limit. how will the movement be more if the bill passes. :) and what are chances for the bill to pass in senate and when will it be brought for voting in senate?
if this bill becomes a law..EB 2/3 I/C will get around 34000 total visa for first year and 36000 the next two years and after that there will not be I/C/ROW for EB2/3. Whoever applies first will get d visa first and thus it will be fair to everyoneQuote:
Originally Posted by mesan123
Tnx for the answer..so howlong will the wait be for people in 2010/2011 in EB2 if the bill passes senate.
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Originally Posted by jackbrown_890