[deport]

The vote tally to authorize suspending the rules a little while ago was:

Yea — 222
Nay — 206

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2474136/posts

[calex59]

There was no vote to suspend the rules. There was a vote to suspend the constitution, you know, the part that says a bill must be voted on by both houses in order to become law? That part of the constitution, remember it?

The slaughter rule is far worse than a simple "rule" violation.