Protest Planned in Front of Mark Kirk's Office for His Cap and Trade Vote: Republican 8 Has Until July 2, 2009 to Change Vote

Protesters in Illinois are gathering in front of Mark Kirk’s office today to protest his vote on cap and trade. The protest will take place at 707 Skokie Boulevard, Northbrook, IL. The protest takes place at noon. I hope Chicago Ray can get out there.

Alex Jones’s Web site, Prison Planet, is reporting the eight Republican that voted for the climate bill have until July 2, 2009 to change the votes. From Prison Planet (by Daily Paul)

Cap and Tr8tors Can Change Vote by July 2 Deadline!

By Daily Paul

Sunday, June 28, 2009

8 Republicans who voted for Cap and Trade

The following republicans voted FOR the largest tax bill ever passed by a session of Congress.

Any good work they have done has been for naught. Unless they change their votes by the deadline, Wed, July 2nd, they will forever be a member of the Cap and Tr8tors.

HR 2454 RECORDED VOTE 26-Jun-2009 7:17 PM

BILL TITLE: American Clean Energy and Security Act

Contact their local office as they are not in DC and home on vacation.

Mary Bono Mack R (CA)

Mike Castle R (DW)

Mark Steven Eirk R (IL)

Leonard Lance R (NJ)

Frank LoBiondo R (NJ)

John McHugh R (NY)

Dave Reichert R (WA)

Chris Smith R (NJ)

MOTION TO RECONSIDER

A motion to reconsider is a parliamentary practice that gives the House (or Senate) one opportunity to review its action on a motion, amendment, or measure.

Motions to reconsider are routinely laid on the table — or killed. If a motion to reconsider is adopted, it requires a vote be held again on whatever the House has voted to reconsider. Only Members who voted on the winning side may move to reconsider a vote. Members have been known to change their votes at the last minute in order to be eligible to offer the motion.

If the original vote on a question is close, enough members might be persuaded to change their position, or absent members could come to the floor, vote to reconsider, then reverse the outcome of the original vote.

Typically, however, after announcing the result of a vote, the Speaker states that, “without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table.” This uses up the one opportunity to reconsider, and makes the result of the vote final.

LAY ON THE TABLE

A motion to lay on the table a bill, resolution, amendment, point of order, appeal or another motion disposes of the question immediately and finally and adversely — it kills it without a direct vote on the substance of the question. A motion to table is not debatable and is adopted by unanimous consent — without objection — or by majority vote. It is a “highly privileged motion” — that is, in the order in which motions are given priority in the House, only a motion to adjourn has higher precedence than a motion to table a measure.