Freshman GOP Lawmaker Forces Roll Call Votes

New York Times: “For the first time in recent memory, a vote had been demanded on every amendment in a spending package, extending an already unwieldy and gridlocked process painfully late.”

“Dinners were rescheduled. Meetings — and a congressional baseball practice — were missed. Bleary-eyed members made pacts to keep one another awake on the House floor, as a series of two-minute votes last week rolled well into 1 a.m.”

“And almost everyone was mad at Rep. Chip Roy, the freshman Republican from Texas who was leading a campaign to force dozens of votes late into the night — a campaign that would span two weeks of House session.”