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In response to "i don't even know what prorogueing is -- nm" by fatsquatch

it's basically just putting parliament on pause for weeks, or months. -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Jan 6 '10, 13:57

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You can't stop da funk, snowy sister -- nm - George Clinton Jan 6, 14:01
For all the outage over that, didn't he just extend it by like 2 weeks until after the Olympics? - Subversive Jan 6, 14:00 3
- it's because he's done it specifically to avoid having to deal with the Afghan prisoner issue, and then offered up the lamest excuse possible for why. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:02 1
  - Ah, I see. -- nm - Subversive Jan 6, 14:12
- it's ridiculous. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 14:00
Down here we just call that "In Session". -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 13:59 3
- Well, proroguing puts it out of session - but the US doesn't have a Prime Minister who decides when Congress sits -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:03 2
  - See, it was a joke... because even in session nothing gets done... ah, nevermind.... -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 14:04 1
    - Heh - well, I didn't see the US Congress as being any different from any other Parliament :) -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:06
you were on a break? -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 13:58 1
- Argh! -- nm - Ross Jan 6, 14:00

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