According to Senator DeMint, over 800 bills were passed during the wee hours of the night that were neither debated or received an up or down vote on the Senate floor. This was normal procedure for doing such things as praising a baseball player and things like that that would take up valuable floor time during a full session. Now, the Unanimous Consent ploy is being used to pass legislation that will cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Worst part, it is done without public knowledge....secretly. Does this tell you something about Harry Reid? Does this tell you that we are getting close to a one party system in the United States? Better do some research and practice your civic duty by hounding your Congressmen and Congresswomen to do what you sent them to Washington to do, represent their constituents....you. They took an oath of office and swore to abide by defend the Constitution. All of the Democrats are bent on destroying our freedoms granted under the Bill of Rights, the first ten Amendments.