07-10-09, 04:14 AM
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Navy Seal 
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A farce, that was.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...250388598.html
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In an electronic vote whereby Senators press a button, the Government was defeated by 22 votes to 21 in the 60-member upper house. However, Fianna Fáil whip Diarmuid Wilson immediately requested a walk-through vote which takes about 10 minutes to complete. In that period two Senators, Geraldine Feeney of Fianna Fáil and Deirdre De Burca of the Green Party, had time to get to the chamber and the amendment was defeated by 23 votes to 22. The Bill itself was then passed by the same margin.
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