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Yes, similar, but earlier in the process. The self-executing rule (which is more common) adds/substitutes provisions automatically when the rule is agreed to, so they become part of the measure that is then considered on the floor.

The House has done this several times this year. It's not unprecedented, but it is an indicator of the leadership trying to find ways around problems with coalitions on the floor.

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It's the bifurcated rule, which allows two different coalitions to pass two different things and send them to the Senate together. Here, it's a way to meet member demands about the SAVE Act without voting on bills with it attached. They did the same thing on the State Dept approps bill last week.

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The House passed the defense authorization bill (NDAA) today, and the version going to the Senate has the SAVE Act attached. But the House did not vote directly on the NDAA with the SAVE Act. Instead, the rule automatically added the SAVE Act, as it passed in the spring, after NDAA passed . . .

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(Bluesky ate some of my images in this thread--here's the Nov. 1973 vote . . .)

By fall 1974, Congress reversed the plan. The House vote was 383-16. That's a whole lot of vote switching in one year!

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It went into effect in early Jan. 1974, and was apparently pretty unpopular. Here's some NYT reporting from 2/3/74

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Congress voted in Nov. 1973 to move to year-round DST on a 2-year trial, mostly for energy conservation. The House vote was 311-88, with most of the opposition from the south and Plains.

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I don't have a very strong opinion about year-round DST, but the time that Congress tried this in the 1970s is pretty interesting . . . 🧵

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Since this wouldn't really be a blame-game veto or veto bargaining, I'm proposing a new category: The Fit of Pique Veto.

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Congrats! I think I got a copy that escaped into the wild early--can't wait to read it!

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Weakening House leadership watch: the House just agreed to another motion to discharge, with 9 Republicans joining all voting Dems, on a union-backed bill to speed up union contracting under NLRA.

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Came here to recommend Mettler and Lieberman, so I'll second that!

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Same, and I think that thing is in a box in my basement somewhere along with the Atari 800 it went with.

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The GOP leadership *lost* this vote and then apparently pulled the Iran War vote, leaving Jim McGovern shouting on the floor "you guys don't have the guts or the balls to vote on this!"

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Our faculty adopted a (temporary/one-year) policy barring review committee members and external reviewers from uploading materials to AI and/or using AI in generating the evaluation; external reviewers will receive this instruction in their invite letters.

Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This perfectly captures a weird sense of unease I've had teaching both the courts and the presidency this year, even (or maybe especially) when I think I'm getting it right.

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I'm glad I'm not the only person who does this!

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Don't forget 50 copies of your paper.

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!?"

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Scott Meinke @srmeinke.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This sounds excellent--can't wait to read it!