{"id":2442,"date":"2016-06-24T19:05:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T02:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2016-06-24T23:04:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T06:04:41","slug":"live-blog-friday-evening-session-222nd-general-assembly-pcusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=2442","title":{"rendered":"Live Blog &#8211; Friday Evening Session Of The 222nd General Assembly Of The PC(USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening folks. It is Friday evening at the PC(USA) General Assembly. This is the session that goes along with the joke about the &#8217;60&#8217;s &#8211; If you remember it you are lying.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the lay of the land..<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are in the middle of an item with a minority report<\/li>\n<li>The afternoon session was arrested with that item and two more items from Middle East Issues to be acted upon.<\/li>\n<li>We still have the Immigration and Environmental Issues Committee moved from the afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>And Peacemaking and International Issues was already docketed for tonight.<\/li>\n<li>And there is coffee provided by the Foundation and the Board of Pensions (and maybe another agency).<\/li>\n<li>The trains stop running between 11:30 and 12:30 depending which line you need<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So remember &#8211; there is no tomorrow. (Well, technically there is but it is so closely docketed that nothing from tonight can be carried over.)<\/p>\n<p>If we get close to drop-dead and there is still lots to do there are a couple alternatives. The Assembly could do what the 209th did at 2 AM and refer any unfinished business to the next Assembly. (They had the advantage it was still annual assemblies.) Or call on the Rev. Browning to describe the Church of Scotland&#8217;s Time Bound policy. It is affectionately known as the Guillotine and has the effect that you envision &#8211; It gets everything wrapped up quickly.<\/p>\n<p>So hang on, get your caffeine ready and here we go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lb24 lb_1335855\" height=\"960px\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"auto\" src=\"\/\/v.24liveblog.com\/live\/?id=1335855\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Well, we finished before 11 PM. It was later last night.<br \/>\nWe are in recess until 9 AM. 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