Pelosi and McCarthy joined forces Friday to ensure a House quorum was present to reject Rep. Massie’s request for a recorded vote, allowing a voice vote of the $2.2 trillion aid package.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi kept talking Friday, trying to buy more time until she got the go ahead. After nearly 20 minutes Keith Stern, who runs operations on the House floor for Pelosi, slid her a note.With that a nearly two-week journey to pass a $2.2 trillion rescue bill for millions of Americans, hospitals, first responders and the U.S. economy, came to an end.
But Massie knew the House rules and, if he called for a vote, leadership would have to establish that a majority of the members — the magic number is now 216 — were present to thwart his effort.So, by Thursday evening, Democratic and Republican leadership teams summoned their rank and file, asking those who could make it, those who were healthy, to get to the Capitol by late Friday morning.
Senior aides walked around the room prepping lawmakers for the tricky vote, waving their arms in a downward motion reminding those in the gallery above to stay seated when Massie asked for his vote.As she began her closing remarks, Pelosi acknowledged that she would talk until she had been assured they had more than enough lawmakers on hand.Lawmakers cheered.
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