Posted on 02/17/2015 7:14:41 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction — something House Democrats are finding out firsthand.
In the first week of the legislative session House Democrats chose to underrepresent the minority party in committee assignments. That action has resulted in legislation leaving committees in a hurry, and often with unanimous consent, to be debated individually on the House floor as the House’s top Republican pushes back.
House Minority Floor Leader Jeff Hoover is using procedural objections to pump the brakes and slow the flow of legislation to the House floor for approval.
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Rep. Steve Riggs, chairman of the House Local Government Committee, said Republicans should be “happy” over the committee assignments.
“I thought they wanted less government,” he said in a phone interview with Pure Politics.
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New GOP governor Hogan could always veto it, but I won’t hold my breath.
I still have my sign!
Once again, we see that the Democrats know how to operate when they hold the majority.
Maybe, just maybe, the Republicans really would be happier as the permanent minority party.
Just like with TN, once the KY Dems lose their House majority, it will collapse like a house of cards.
Nice to see someone on our side actually fighting. Obviously its at the state level and not DC. Our side in DC, if it can be called such, just rolls over on its back, shows its soft belly and whimpers.
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