Does anyone remember the Contract with America?
In it the Republicans pledged to require all laws that apply to the rest of the country, also apply to Congress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_with_America
Government reform
On the first day of their majority, the Republicans promised to hold floor votes on eight reforms of government operations:
Require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply to Congress;
select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;
cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;
limit the terms of all committee chairs;
ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;
require committee meetings to be open to the public;
require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;
and implement a zero base-line budgeting process for the annual Federal Budget.
I remember the contract well, Gingrich pushed for it
and I believed him.
Did Hastert and Frist agree with this contract?
If so, then they agreed to
Require all laws that apply to the rest of the country
also apply to Congress
Going against this is going to seriously bite them bad...
Their Republican base will revolt en mass, including me