GOP Forces House Democrats To Pull DC Voting Bill

Politico ^ | 3/22/07

[pabianice]

I may be wrong, Captain, but this Republican appears to be growing a spine..."

[Paleo Conservative]

Yes.

[blau993]

Actually when you talk about the District of Columbia the issue is not "taxation without representation." The issue is "taxation without results."

[bnelson44]

on their face?

[WalterSkinner]

..Good!

Now--hit 'em again...

[politicalwit]

The 100 hour clock has just been set BACK a few minutes

It's that Daylight Savings Time crap that has the Dems confused.

[zendari]

Just to clarify:

This is falling apart because the Pelosi crowd doesn't want a DC gun ban repeal, which was already declared unconstitutional?

[bnelson44]

The House on Thursday took up legislation, shadowed by a presidential veto threat, that would give the people of the District of Columbia a vote in the chamber denied them for the past two centuries.

The bill would also create a new at-large seat for Republican-leaning Utah, offsetting what would be a safe Democratic seat in D.C., and increasing House membership to 437. The House has had 435 voting members since 1960.

The House bill, a bipartisan effort by D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat, and Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., is likely to pass the House in a vote scheduled for later Thursday.

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0307/407650.html

[bnelson44]

Yes, I think so.

[bnelson44]

I also doubt it is constitutional.

[llevrok]

I'd love to see a 100 hour clock (ala Doomsday Clock) that gets set back 5 minutes every time liberal legislation gets stuffed by the GOP.

[steve-b]

It wouldn't just be for show. I'm sure the DC city council will appeal the decision of the DC cicuit court to the US Supreme Court. If Congress passed legislation overturning the DC gun ban, the issue would be moot.

All the more reason the Democrats are stupid to object -- if this case is taken off the table, they avoid a Supreme Court ruling that will sweep away their gun control laws nationwide.

[Beagle8U]

"I may have to admit I was premature in naming the Pubbies and Bush as cowards on domestic issues. If I am proved wrong I will be delighted!"

There are some new freshmen Republicans in the House that may make a difference too.

Tim Walberg R-MI 7th district is one of those.

He Pi$$ed off the Rats by saying that most of Iraq is now safer than Parts of Detroit and Chicago, or most any large US city.

The Rats know its common knowledge that they control all the big cities so they don't like him much...lol

[NRA2BFree]

BWAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA! Oh how embarrassing this must be! I love seeing the RATS get their butts kicked! Teddy must be drinking straight out of the bottle by now!

So, now the Republicans KNOW how to kill the immigration legislation. Just attach the same gun legislation to it. The RATS really are afraid of making gun owners mad! LOL! That's nice to know ;o)

[stylin19a]

make that motion for every rotten bill.

[God luvs America]

bump

[rarestia]

HUGE BUMP!

OUT-FREAKING-STANDING! THIS is politics, ladies and gentlemen. Dirty but effective, God bless the Pubbies on this one. We'll get an idea of the real sheep on this one. I'll toast another beer to this news!

[operation clinton cleanup]

Is this the same gun ban that the federal court panel recently ruled against?

And the same DC voting rights that would require a Constitutional amendment?

[Paleo Conservative]

The House on Thursday took up legislation, shadowed by a presidential veto threat, that would give the people of the District of Columbia a vote in the chamber denied them for the past two centuries.

Denied by the US Constitution. A mere statute isn't enough to give DC representation in Congress.

[rarestia]

Wait a tick... is the DC gun ban a 10th amendment issue? Just wondering if they consider DC a State or if the legislative branch does the lawmaking for them?