"Martial Law" In House of Representatives

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From Congressman Burgess's site:

http://burgess.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=103976

News "Martial Law" In House of Representatives

Washington, Sep 28, 2008 - Under the martial law procedure, long-standing House rules that require at least one day between the unveiling of significant legislation and the House floor vote on that legislation — so that Members can learn what they are being asked to vote on — are swept away. Instead, under “martial law,” the Leadership can file legislation with tens or hundreds of pages of fine print and move immediately to debate and votes on it, before Members of Congress, the media, or the public have an opportunity to understand fully what provisions have been altered or inserted into the legislation behind closed doors. This is the procedure that the Leadership intends to use to muscle through important bills in the next two days.

http://rules-republicans.house.gov/ShortTopics/Read.aspx?id=220

From the Committee on Rules September 27, 2008

BLANKET MARTIAL LAW RULE THROUGH

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH

Motion offered by: McGovern

Summary of Motion:

To report the martial law rule waiving a requirement of Clause 6(a) of Rule XIII with respect to consideration of any resolution reported from the Rules Committee, through the legislative day of September 29, 2008. It does not apply to any specific measure, but rather grants blanket authority.

Agreed to by voice vote

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I didn’t say they did. I said it was my speculation.

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just ensuring you saw this thread

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I’m assuming they were going out of the U.S. - or was it back and forth?

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[AuntB]

“”Martial Law” In House of Representatives”

I’m not too sure I want to see it....:<(

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[traviskicks]

dont quite understand this to be honest

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[TADSLOS]

Whoa...

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We are under martial law.

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Don’t miss post 37. Last voted in, it didn’t have a repeal date.

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[Liz]

Thanks for the heads-up.

GOLDMAN-SACHS-A-THON Ex- Goldman Sachs'er Hank Paulson stationed his right hand man at G/S---Neel Kaskari---- to (cough) oversee $350B TARP payouts. We still do not know in which G/S rathole these two secreted the first $350B.

Paulson threatened US Senators with Martial Law if they did not vote him the bailout billions.

This depraved G/S Pig---Paulson---demanded the TARP be exempt from judicial, legislative, and regulatory review. $350B disappeared without a trace---and NO significant effect on the economy.

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US Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) said that Congress was not told the truth about the $700 billion bailout. "The American people don't know how much money Treasury Secy Henry Paulson has given away to anyone. IT COULD BE TO HIS FRIENDS. We don't know. There is no way of knowing.''

GOLDMAN SACHS SCREWS US AGAIN Secy Pavelson told Congress bailout billions would be used for one purpose then the foxy, wily Pavelson changes horses in midstream and decides to use the billions for something else.

Typical G/S chicanery.

The heck with Congress enacting the bailout law for one use. Pavelson personally decides he and the G/S guys will use it for "something else."

As US citizens line up at soup kitchens and sell apples on street corners, Pavelson, Kashkari, and the G/S frat boys are cashing in bigtime......numbered offshore bank accounts, "parking" bailout billions at Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street entities; wire-transfers going 24/7.

The late economist John Kenneth Galbraith blamed Goldman Sachs policies for causing the Great Depression of '29. In his book, The Great Crash, 1929, Galbraith, a key figure in JFK's admin, an entire chapter titled “In Goldman, Sachs, We Trust,” details the “large-scale corporate thimblerigging” that Goldman and other Wall Streeters practiced in the 1920s.

G/S frat boys at the highest levels of govt are now pulling the levers of power. Watching them operate, we know Goldman types promote their own interests relentlessly...........the rest of us be damned.

G/S insiders are pocketing as fast as they can----making motions to bail out the crooks who contributed to the economy's meltdown is part of the exercise in greed. Even Pres Bush was willing to give the USofA away to Paulson and Bernanke.

" Golly Ben, bailing out hedges and other greedsters is hard work."

"Keep bailing, Paulson."

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After the market meltdown, many Goldman Sachs execs fled for the safety of the Federal Reserve and Treasury....and are sucking up tax dollars as we type.

Tax cheat (and US Treasury Secy) Tim Geithner hired a Goldman Sachs lobbyist as his COS. ...even though Obama said his admin is off-limits to lobbyists.