Day 8: Jury Nulification, Grand Juries, and Health Careq

*** Editorial: After meeting for three and a half hours last night, and one hour this morning, the Sub-Committee on Sovereignty will be making our report. I now understand why B. Franklin said he would never again write for the public after the Articles of Confederation.

- Call to Order: [09:26]
- Question for the Speaker on Grand Juries, etc.
- Credentials Report:
---- 47 States Represented
- Report from the Sub-Committee on Foreign Policy and the General Welfare Clause
---- Reading of the First Section of the Report
---- Debate
---- Motion to Commit to Committee, and to compile, revise, and add
------- Seconded.
------- Debate on the Motion to Commit
------- Call to Question:
----------- WV-N, (4 Yeas/ 35 Nays)
----------- Motion Fails, debate continues
---- Debate Continues [10:33]
---- Motion to Amend (strike out and add, clarification)
------- Seconded
------- Debate
------- Friendly Amendment (clarification)
---------- Seconded
---------- Call to Question
------------- WV-Y
------------- Motion Carries
------- Vote on Motion as Amended
------- WV-Y
------- Motion Carries.
---- Debate Continues...
---- Call to Question [10:48]
------- WV-Y
------- Motion Carries, debate is closed.
---- Vote on first section
------- WV-Y
------- Motion Carries
---- Reading of the Second Section
---- Amendment: to remunerate payees of Medicare, Social Sec, etc.
*** Editorial: Where does that money come from?!?
---- Call to Question
------- WV-Y
------- Debate is closed.
------- Vote on the Amendment
------- WV-N, (23 Yeas/ 12 Nays)
------- Motion Carries
---- Debate Continues...
---- Vote- Motion Carries.
*** Editorial: Why do we accept the same band-aid fixes the gov't uses? When do cut out losses? I voted for this report, because Congress won't follow through anyway, and the good parts outweigh my o9bjections.
- Sub-Committee on Sovereignty Report [11:29]
---- Reading of the Report
---- Motion to Remove two paragraphs.
------- Seconded
------- Debate
------- Call to Question
------- WV-N, Motion Carries, Debate is closed
------- Vote on Motion to Delete
------------ WV-N, Motion FAILS ***Thank God*** The Two Paragraphs remain.
---- Debate Continues
---- Motion of Privilege to allow the President to reconvene the body if necessary.
------- WV-Y (43 Yeas/ 0 Nays): Unanimous.
------- Motion Carries
---- Motion to Amend by Insertion
-------Summery: Support for a House Bill
------- Seconded
------- Debate
-------

*** Sorry, I got sick during lunch, and needed to go back to my room. I'll try to head back down later, and let you know what's what.

- [15:08] I returned to the floor, feeling somewhat better.
- Sub-Committee on Sovereignty's 2nd Section postponed until next meeting of the CC (?)
- Sub-Committee on Sovereignty's 3rd Section (Vieira Document)
---- Move to accept without debate
-------- Seconded.
-------- WV-Y, Motion Passes
- Sub-Committee Report on Constitutional Governance
---- Summery: Federal Committee to review all laws as they are passed for Constitutionality
---- Vote
--------- WV-Y (35 yeas/ 4 Nays)
--------- Motion Carries, report is accepted.
- Sub-Committee on the War Powers Clause
---- Motion to Amend by addition
--------- Add a line requesting Citizens refuse to comply with a Draft.
--------- Seconded
--------- Debate
--------- Call to Question
------------ Seconded
------------ WV-Y, Motion Carries.
--------- WV-Y, (16 Yeas/ 25 Nays)
--------- Motion Fails.
---- Motion to Call for a Roll Call Vote on the Report.
-------- Seconded
-------- Debate
-------- Call to Question:
------------ Seconded
------------ WV-Y ***The people always have a right to know how we're voting, that's why I'm doing this blog.
------------ Motion fails, no roll-call
-------- Final Vote
------------ WV-Y
------------ (39Yeas/ 2 Nays)
------------ Motion Carries, report adopted.
- Committee on the NWO
---- WV-N, Motion fails *** which is great. this was a flier, and was not fit for this body. it picked on minority religions, and was not a good document.
- Sub-Committee on the Public Debt's Report
---- Seconded
---- Debate
*** Recess for Dinner [18:45]

*** Reconvened
-[20:15] Call to Order
---- Debate on Appeal of President's Ruling....
------- Call to Question
---------- WV-A
---------- Motion carries, Debate is closed
------- Final Vote
---------- WV-A
---------- Motion (29 Yeas/ 6 Nays)
---------- Motion Carries, Chair's Ruling is sustained.
---------- 17th Amendment Clause is stricken from the report.

*** Battery is low. Break in recording.


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