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    @Time4Tea In this case it's in part because the House was in a pro forma session - there weren't enough folks around for a full vote. The reason Democrats have some reason to be upset here is that it doesn't seem like they had any indication there would be a problem here (i.e., the Republican leadership was on board, this is one member's doing). Frankly, even with all the bickering between the parties right now, most of the work the House does is non-controversial and passes by these simple votes. But yes, it is not completely dead, I've updated my answer to mention this is a delay. Commented May 28, 2019 at 20:25
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    It's also worth noting that this is more of a delay than it would otherwise be, because the House is in recess. Otherwise, they could just take the full vote immediately or the next day. Commented May 28, 2019 at 21:19
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    @Time4Tea You should see how the British vote on things, then. Commented May 29, 2019 at 3:50
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    @Time4Tea The House does have electronic push button voting (since 1973). The Senate does not. Commented May 29, 2019 at 5:41
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    @MartinBonner Agreed that the term is not pedant-friendly at an individual-word level, but I do believe "unanimous consent" is the standard terminology (at least for the US House and Senate)...it's unanimous in that everyone is in agreement that the motion may pass, not that they support the motion itself. Commented May 29, 2019 at 15:04