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110th Congress sets record w/ 1000th row-call vote. - 11/11/2007 8:41:02 PM

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On a bill dealing with reorganizing Hawaiian governments yesterday, the House conducted its 1,000th roll-call vote this year, something never before achieved in a single year in the history of recorded House votes.

Democratic leaders and aides, many of whom initially confessed to not even being aware of the achievement, spun the matter as if it were akin to the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossing the 10,000 barrier. They claimed the 1,000th vote as a sign that the chamber is busy passing the agenda they vowed to pass a year ago when they won the majority for the first time in a dozen years.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/24/AR2007102402424_pf.html

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