The Germaneness Rule: The rules of the House prohibit a bill from being amended with a
subject matter different from the primary text under consideration. This rule, commonly
known as the germaneness rule, is considered the single most important rule of the House of
Representatives because of the need to restrict the focus of such a large legislative body. The
germaneness rule applies to the proceedings in the House, the Committee of the Whole, and
the standing committees.
That is an excellent explanation, thank you. Suppose a bill were to be introduced to authorize some repairs to a federal facility. Someone then inserts an amendment to raise taxes. Because the amendment would not be germain to the bill, it could be debated. Pelosi wants to let her goons amend bills and pass any number of laws without debate. Disgusting!
So in other words, if Pelosi scraps it, then she can add her anti-war/Defeat in Iraq amendments to just about any other critical piece of legislation, whether the amendments are “germane” to the core legislation or not. Yeah, that sounds like a real recipe for disaster. Sounds like she is really pulling the House down on top of herself...