Posted on 05/16/2007 11:52:23 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
PELOSI LOWERS THE BOOM Wed May 16 2007 14:43:59 ET
After losing a string of embarrassing votes on the House floor because of procedural maneuvering, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has decided to change the current House Rules to completely shut down the floor to the minority.
The Democratic Leadership is threatening to change the current House Rules regarding the Republican right to the Motion to Recommit or the test of germaneness on the motion to recommit. This would be the first change to the germaneness rule since 1822.
In protest, the House Republicans are going to call procedural motions every half hour.
Developing...
Boom or broom.
Good info, thanks.
Hugo Chavez is very proud............
This is frightening - I am getting very alarmed where our country (is it our country any more?) is heading.
Her Heinius! A litle italian Mafioso logic.
wish someone would bury that woman... she looks like she’s been dead for a few hundred years already.
Pelosi. Blech. What a mistake this country made allowing her to be majority leader.
She may, however, help us win the White House in ‘08, and take both houses back. Nothing like a huge stink bomb to wake America up on these issues.
This is unbelievable. The Democrats had complained that they were completely shut out of House business when the Republicans were in charge.
Hillary even charged that the Republicans ran the House like a plantation when they were in charge.
Isn’t this a high handed power move on the part of Nancy P. just like what they charged Republicans with doing when Reps. were in charge????
And when the (R) is back in power they'll scream like stuck pigs that it's UNFAIR!!!!!!.......
Chaos in the House
Republicans have thrown the House floor into chaos by calling for repeated procedural votes to protest the Democrats’ attempt to limit their ability to offer motions to recommit bills back to committee.
The change to House rules would limit the ability of the minority to offer motions to recommit, rolling back a protection that has been in place since 1822.
Republicans are protesting that move by calling for repeated procedural votes on the House floor.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/
What? Republicans are growing some gonads? It’s about time to drive the dizzy bitch crazy!!! I may send the RNC a check if they keep this up.
Congressman Eric Cantor explains on his web site:
“Bottom line - the Democrats are preventing their Members from having to vote on the tax increases that they are trying to impose on the American People.”
The Democrat mantra since 2000 when faced with losing.
CHANGE THE RULES
Republican response: “Awww, gee, if that’s what she wants to do then I guess that’s okay with us.”
She/they won fair and square. We need to not be asleep at the switch next election.
Bump!!
Pelosi is playing a dangerous game.
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