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Pressure to switch votes stops US commodities bill

08/11/2008
US House Democrats charged Republican leaders with pressuring many GOP members to change their votes and defeat an energy commodities reform bill on July 30. The measure, which came to the floor under a rules suspension, fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage in a 276-151 vote.“With the support of more than 290 members, including more than 75 Republicans, HR 6604 was well on its way to being passed over the two-thirds vote requirement, sending a clear signal that transparency and enforcement would return to the commodities and futures markets. Then Republican leadership demanded that members change their votes in order to protect President Bush,” Agriculture ...
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