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DeMint: Let's Read the Omnibus Spending Bill Before Voting On It
Weekly Standard ^
| 12/14/10
| John McCormack
Posted on 12/14/2010 7:54:05 PM PST by pissant
Harry Reid just unveiled a pork-laden $1.1 trillion and 2,000-page omnibus spending bill this afternoon, and Senator Jim DeMint (R, S.C.) has offered an audacious response: he's going to force the Senate to actually read the bill before voting on it.
“Democrats haven’t given Republicans or the American people time to read the bill, but I’ll join with other Republican colleagues to force them to read it on the Senate floor,” said Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).
Such a tactic is rarely employed, but any senator can force a full reading of legislation, which is usually skipped by unanimous consent.
Fox News reports reading the bill would take nearly 40 hours, which means Reid couldn't file for a cloture vote until Thursday, thereby setting up the cloture vote on Saturday morning. McConnell says the GOP should block the omnibus bill and opt for a continuing resolution--i.e. continuing current government funding levels.
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: demint; pork; readthebill; spending
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DeMint is DeMan!!
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posted on
12/14/2010 7:54:13 PM PST
by
pissant
To: unspun
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posted on
12/14/2010 7:55:09 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
Read it. Why?/sarcasm. major sarcasm. double msjor sarcasm
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posted on
12/14/2010 7:57:05 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: pissant
NO DEMINT! WE WANT A BUNCH OF GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO QUICKLY RECEIVE LIMITLESS AMOUNTS OF CASH!!!! </sarcasm>
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posted on
12/14/2010 7:59:55 PM PST
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: pissant
You just got to admire that man.What a rare breed.
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:00:04 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: pissant
What a unique idea, read the bill! Wow, what is next? Following the Constitution, real fillibusters! Imagine the possibilities.
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:00:31 PM PST
by
Patrick1
(I'm a soldier of good fortune, I'm guarding the Yucatan.)
To: pissant
THEY need to be brought before the American public in hand cuffs and carted off to jail! enough is enough!
To: pissant
Go DeMint make ‘em read every page word for word. This bill and any others between now and the new Congress and maybe up until 2012. GO for it!!!!
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:01:56 PM PST
by
Qwackertoo
(New Day In America November 03, 2010)
To: pissant
he's going to force the Senate to actually read the bill before voting on it. Every hour we hear different things coming out of Washington. Is this for sure?
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:02:36 PM PST
by
stevem
To: struggle
Hmm, so come January 1, 2011 the first Social Security payments won't be paid, ......
The fight commences for real ~ you folks best see to the well-being of your elders in this one if this is the way it's going to be done.
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:04:29 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: pissant
There’s a novel idea; read bills before voting on them.
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:05:56 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: pissant
Make sure you read that deal with the Devil before voting on it too.
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:08:19 PM PST
by
Ingtar
(If Washington and his peers had been RINOs, we would still be a British colony.)
To: muawiyah
Bennet is really a piece of work, isn’t he?
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:10:11 PM PST
by
RobbyS
(Pray with the suffering souls.)
To: Ingtar
Make sure you read that deal with the Devil before voting on it too.
Ah yes, START...
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:10:53 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: pissant
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:12:26 PM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: Army Air Corps
No, the taxes, unemployment, inheritance, pork, promises, and behind the scenes deal bill.
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:12:40 PM PST
by
Ingtar
(If Washington and his peers had been RINOs, we would still be a British colony.)
To: Ingtar
Ah, the OTHER deal with the Devil...
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:14:09 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: pissant
What is the point of reading anything sponsored by this Senate with Harry Reid presiding?
I'll wait a few weeks and see what comes out of that cess pool then.
Reid may still preside, but at least he won't have a guaranteed 60 votes plus every time.
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:14:55 PM PST
by
Radix
("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
To: pissant
Democrats haven’t given Republicans or the American people time to read the billRemember the rats and RINOs in January. Paybacks are Hell. You have been shoving crap down the throats of the American People at full speed for the last two years. You arrogant bastards are about to be investigated and hopefully prosecuted for your crimes.
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:15:03 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(Forward with Confidence!)
To: pissant
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posted on
12/14/2010 8:15:54 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
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