alt Hacker NewsNegative. It was passed with unanimous consent, there was only maybe five people there. I think that's a big difference between "passed" which gives the connotation that people actually voted on it, "unanimous consent" of the present.
It was also at 2 o'clock in the morning
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gruez • yesterday at 3:03 PM
But what effects does it have on the legislative process? It sounds like at the very least, all the senators vaguely wanted it to be passed, but didn't want to be on the record for voting for it.
You make this sound like it was a democrat plot, it was not.
Thune, the republican senate majority leader, was the one that put up the unanimous consent motion.
There were more than just 5 people there. Though it was late at night.
You can't push something through unanimous consent if there's not a quorum. That requires at least 51% of each party to be present.
Now, it's possible they waited until some of the big objectors to the bill fell asleep or left. But, that doesn't really change the fact that Thune pushed this through.