Procedure 100%
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Claims · 8
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Mr. President, Procedure · 405 words I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 185, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 780, John George Edward Marck, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.1 Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay. I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 186, confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 780, John George Edward Marck, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.2 Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay. I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 187, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 777, Michael J.3 Hendershot, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay. I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 188, confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 777, Michael J.4 Hendershot, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay. I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 189, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 778, Arthur Roberts Jones, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.5 Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay. I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 190, motion to proceed to Calendar No. 432, S.J.6 Res. 196, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to ``Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations’’. Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted yea. I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 191, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 776, Matthew A.7 Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay. I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 192, motion to proceed to the consideration of S.J.8 Res. 185, a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress. Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted yea. Procedure
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Signal · 0
23 of 23 deductions are Signal
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Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 185, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 780, John George Edward Marck, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 186, confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 780, John George Edward Marck, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 187, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 777, Michael J.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Hendershot, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 188, confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 777, Michael J.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Hendershot, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 189, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 778, Arthur Roberts Jones, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 190, motion to proceed to Calendar No. 432, S.J.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Res.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “196, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to ``Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations’’.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted yea.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 191, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 776, Matthew A.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 192, motion to proceed to the consideration of S.J.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Res.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “185, a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted yea.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · no score
Not applicable: nothing to answer. Excluded from the average.
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Reasoning · no score
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Conclusions found · 0
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Respect · no score
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Respect checks whether the speaker argued with people’s positions and records rather than attacking the people: insults, mockery, or bad motives assigned to them. Criticism of what someone did, however strong, is not marked.
Clarity · no score
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Clarity checks for plain speaking, clear ownership of actions, and honest limits on certainty. A low score means vague promises or evasive language.
Claims · 8
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1 “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 185, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 780, John George Edward Marck, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas” Senator Michael Bennet was absent for rollcall vote No. 185, a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of John George Edward Marck of Texas to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas. search 2 “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 186, confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 780, John George Edward Marck, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas” Senator Michael Bennet was absent for rollcall vote No. 186, the confirmation vote on the nomination of John George Edward Marck of Texas to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas. search 3 “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 187, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 777, Michael J.” Senator Michael Bennet was absent for rollcall vote No. 187, a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Michael J. Hendershot of Ohio to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. search 4 “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 188, confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 777, Michael J.” Senator Michael Bennet was absent for rollcall vote No. 188, the confirmation vote on the nomination of Michael J. Hendershot of Ohio to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. search 5 “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 189, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 778, Arthur Roberts Jones, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas” Senator Michael Bennet was absent for rollcall vote No. 189, a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Arthur Roberts Jones of Texas to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas. search 6 “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 190, motion to proceed to Calendar No. 432, S.J.” Senator Michael Bennet was absent for rollcall vote No. 190, a motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 196, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of a Department of Education rule on the Federal Student Loan Program final regulations. search 7 “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 191, motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 776, Matthew A.” Senator Michael Bennet was absent for rollcall vote No. 191, a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Matthew A. Schwartz of New York to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. search 8 “I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 192, motion to proceed to the consideration of S.J.” Senator Michael Bennet was absent for rollcall vote No. 192, a motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 185, a joint resolution to direct the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Iran not authorized by Congress. search
