Of course, that agreement across the floor was not a true representation of the overall tone of the meeting. As we told you it lasted 14 hours (!) - the longest we've ever seen a meeting for when they weren't debating the budget.
And so, in the course of the meeting, tensions did occasionally flare - even though Madam Speaker uses schoolmarm tactics to keep members away from name calling. When she did this with the often troublesome member for Cayo South Julius Espat - here's what happened:
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