House goes ‘bananas’ before Conservatives throw in the towel after more than 20 hours of voting

MPs working on an hour of sleep wore sweatpants and headphones, read books, and munched on snacks to make it through.

Government Whip Pablo Rodríguez, centre right, and Government House Leader Bardish Chagger are questioned by reporters in the House of Commons foyer during more than 20 hours of votes, which began the evening of March 22 and ran through the night into the next afternoon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KRISTEN SHANE, SHRUTI SHEKAR

March 23, 2018

After more than 20 hours of straight votes in the House of Commons, the Conservatives threw in the towel Friday afternoon, deciding to cut short more than 250 consecutive votes they had planned in an effort to pressure the government into allowing the prime minister's national security adviser to te...

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