Slap down, house demonic-rats!
FINAL FReepathon of the Year!!
Please Make Your Donations Today!
The democrats are perfectly happy with Harry Reid having the sole power to block all legislation or bring up all legislation. But now they're all upset that their legislation was blocked by the Majority Leader of the House, or at least, he's the only one who can bring it to the floor.
Though I favor open process and have no doubt that this may be a part of a power grab, good for the republican leadership in the House for thinking ahead to thwart the democrats' plans. The King's movement was checked!
Does the left never have a time when they’re not upset over something?
I am impressed. usually it is the dems making the rules. As a minority party, they need all of the power they can get to stop out of control spending.
House ‘rats need to lobby Dingy to produce fair rules.
Peter King belongs to the wrong Party.
“But Republicans altered the rule governing legislation to fund the government so that only House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) holds the power to make such a motion”
Similar to...
But Democrats altered the rule governing legislation so that only Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nv.) holds the power to decide on what bills the senate can take action on.
Dunno, Van Hollen. Ask Harry Reid.
ping
Wah...wah...wah...
Shickanery was used by Pelosi and Reid to get Obamacare on the books.
I don’t recall hearing them cry when Nancy Pelosi decreed that all freshmen proposed legislation must go through her and then completely shutting down GOP freshmen. They then ran against those freshmen in the next election saying that those republicans didn’t propose a single piece of legislation.
& don’t tell me for a second the RATS haven’t already pulled this or would do it without hesitation. This is the same bunch who “deemed” Obummercare passed.
What about Dingy filling the ammendment tree?? Basically the same thing RATS so quit your whining f’n hypocrites!
I might raise an eyebrow if it weren’t the Democrats’ tools the GOP put to use.
The leadership in both the House and the Senate sets the legislative priorities. I believe the Democrats are using an arcane parliamentary trick to force legislation to the floor against the Speaker’s wishes. The rules might have been changed to stop this. Strange how the article doesn’t mention this.
It’s about time the Republicans started playing hardball. Now if only the Senate Republicans would follow suit.
Is this like allowing Harry Reid to amend a bill AFTER it was passed??
Cantor or someone should get a big gavel and carry it around.
It was done to protect the RINOs from having to vote on the CR.
That’s why they’ve been so well behaved LOL!
I wonder how often such a rule was used in the past. Shame the srticle didn’t inform us on that.
” What’s good for the Senate is good for the House. “
They’re learning!
When that little snarky creep Van Hollen asked why the republicans changed the rules, there were several responses that could have been given.
“Because we can.”
“Remember obamacare? Payback’s a bitch.”
“Shutty!”
Elections have consequences and we won the House so it is our rules. You rats can come along for the ride but you must sit in the back seat!