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   Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 07:02:49 JST Heidi Li Feldman

   Going to be interesting to see if Trump-endorsed Speaker #MikeJohnson is saved by the House Democrats’ motion to table Taylor Green’s motion to oust Johnson. Gift access to reporting on the situation: https://wapo.st/4brzUy4

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     Sir Osis of Liver 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 (sir_osis_of_liver@beige.party)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 08:41:26 JST Sir Osis of Liver 🇨🇦 🇲🇽

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     @heidilifeldman

     I was confused for a bit:

     "In parliamentary procedure, the verb to table has the opposite meaning in the United States from that of the rest of the world:

     In the United States, to "table" usually means to postpone or suspend consideration of a pending motion. Generally, to avoid spending time on debate and consideration.
     In the rest of the English-speaking world, to "table" means to begin consideration (or reconsideration) of a proposal."

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 08:43:28 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     Taylor Green’s motion was indeed tabled. While it is overall good for her to be marginalized and the House to keep operating on normal business, especially funding the government, it is gross to have Johnson, an election denier, normalized.