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AlterNet reports:
Illinois governor Bruce Rauner watched his anti-union bill called, "Right-To-Work", die a swift, cruel death in the House [May 14]. [...] The the tally [PDF] was 0 yes votes, 72 no votes, and 37 voting present.
Fun with math: The Illinois House has 118 members.
A handful of Republicans went for a walk during the vote, not publicly falling on one side or another.
Source: Chicago Sun Times
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Illinois Governor Gets Zero Votes On His "Right To Work" Bill
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real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @01:40AM
the bill should have died [due to?] 'no vote'
9th grade Civics: quorum [google.com]
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @02:40AM
So 37 people showed up (enough to hold the bill over) yet there are 72 votes? With an additional 46 not doing their job. Maybe I missed something? Or did you just want to point out typos? You can do better than that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @02:49AM
quorum
(Score: 3, Informative) by tangomargarine on Monday May 18 2015, @04:01AM
0 yes votes
72 no votes
37 present votes
9 people not present
A "present vote" means "I'm here but will not give an opinion on the bill." Present votes + yes votes + no votes = total present. Unless if you can be in the chamber and not press any buttons at all, I suppose.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"