Posted on 03/16/2010 1:16:34 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
House Republicans will bring to the floor a resolution preventing the use of a self-executing rule, known in this instance as the “Slaughter Solution”, to “deem” the Senate bill passed without a direct vote. The House’s newest Republican, Rep. Parker Griffith (Ala.) will reportedly sponsor the resolution.
Rep. David Dreier (R., Calif.), ranking member of the Rules Committee, pledged support for the measure. In an e-mail Dreier said “This resolution would ensure that voters get what they are demanding and what they deserve – a fair, open, transparent vote that clearly puts each Member of Congress on record for the position he or she takes on the very critical issue of America’s healthcare system.”
Senior GOP staffers on the Rules Committee admit that at this point the resolution is largely symbolic, and say they don’t expect Democrats to allow the resolution to come to the floor.
But one senior staffer told National Review Online that the GOP believes there will be some push-back on the rule from nervous Democrats, and that Republicans believe they have a small but real chance of defeating the rule should Democrats bring it to a vote.
During a Monday press conference that included NRO, Dreier disagreed with a reporter who suggested that ordinary Americans don’t about the minutiae of legislative process.
Dreier said Americans became more focused on process in the wake of the controversial floor tactics used to ensure passage of the cap and trade bill in June of 2009, when Democrats used a self-executing rule to add a previously unseen 309-page amendment to the bill in the early morning hours on the day of the vote. Though it was passed with virtually no floor debate and no amendment process, Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) took to the floor to read from the amendment for nearly an hour.
“We finally got the American people focused on process,” Dreier said of Boehner’s floor speech. “Process is substance. What was it that came from that June 26 meeting? The mantra ‘read the bill’ was echoing all across the country.”
I thought Dreier just said yesterday there was nothing the Republicans could do to stop this thing from becoming law. There’s a whole thread devoted to it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2472283/posts
There is nothing they can do but protest. Under House Rules, they don’t even have the right to receive a vote on anything they propose... but shining the light of day on these Rat Cockroaches is a good thing, and helps.
Damn democrats!....If they can’t get what they want they cheat!....Sorry Charlie...Something as important as this is not going into law without a vote!....What the hell?...Shove your Chicago style politics!!!
Turn the Pit Bulls onto Congress.
Drier was on Fox last night saying they weren’t going to show all their cards right away.
I’ll give them a little credit, maybe the Rs are wising up.
Well, all the non-RINO Repubs and the conservatives in the USA DEEM that obama is no longer president. Who needs a stinkin vote? If they can do it, so can we.
Maybe they can throw a switch and put the Capitol in darkness.
Neil Cavuto said Rush gave out the numbers for congress to his listeners and now the phone lines are overloaded.
The numbers are also listed on Rush’s page.
Here is one of the ones he gave out on the radio that I’m calling. So far it’s been busy but I’m going to burn it up till I get to tell my congress critter to vote NO!
Join me?..... 1-877-762-8762
But, but I thought he was rolling over. /sarc
I think it’s more a matter of lighting candles.
It annoys me when certain FReepers (I'm naming no names) keep popping up declaring pre-emptive surrender.
And they never have an alternative plan. They just want to give a cynical shrug and proclaim, "Give up, we're doomed." Bunch of Eeyores, if you know what I mean.
Makes me furious. Just think if our forefathers quit.
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