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DeMint: Over 90% of Bills Passed Secretly With No Debate, No Vote
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| 26 May 2010
| Sen Jim DeMint
Posted on 11/08/2010 10:45:36 AM PST by Lorianne
video 10:38
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: bill; congress; demint; democratcongress; democrats; laws; legislation; obama; palin; passed; secret; transparency
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posted on
11/08/2010 10:45:38 AM PST
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
Wow. I thought it was 100% I’m relieved.
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posted on
11/08/2010 10:46:47 AM PST
by
RexBeach
To: Lorianne; sheik yerbouty; Nachum; Clintonfatigued; flat; freekitty; tgusa; GailA; nutmeg; onyx; ...
Let the exposure, investigations, and prosecutions begin!
To: Lorianne
Can't see utube from work.
Is that real? How can they pass any bill without a vote?
If such a process exists, why wouldn't they use it to pass the controversial bills that was there downfall?
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posted on
11/08/2010 10:50:05 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: Lorianne
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posted on
11/08/2010 10:50:13 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: RexBeach
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posted on
11/08/2010 10:50:55 AM PST
by
murrie
(For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son..........)
To: Lorianne
“We’re passing bills that we don’t even read that are running the country into crushing debt.”
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posted on
11/08/2010 10:51:57 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: Lorianne
I’d like to get the transcript of this. It’s very important stuff.
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posted on
11/08/2010 10:52:51 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: DannyTN
They’ll pass things by concensus. If something has no objections raised, then they can deem it passed.
I think thats how it works. probably.
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posted on
11/08/2010 10:57:31 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: Lorianne
"senator" wyden -(d-OR) is the one who wrote the individual mandate requirement from the health care fraud bill, NOW, he wants to EXEMPT Oregon from the very provision HE wrote. (from the comments on youtube)
To: Lorianne
A lot of what is debated is show biz. The REAL debates happen in conference and agreed upon there. Only the idiots bring anything up for a vote without already knowing the outcome (yes, that’s happened to Pelosi a few times).
I’m not sure I’d go as far as Demint, but the DEms were very careful to hide and pass a lot of things that had no debate.
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posted on
11/08/2010 11:00:00 AM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
To: Lorianne
How long does it take to vote? They’ve got the little buttons that are tabulated electronically. Vote!
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posted on
11/08/2010 11:00:04 AM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: Lorianne
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posted on
11/08/2010 11:00:59 AM PST
by
PMAS
To: GeronL
"Theyll pass things by concensus."Is this a new process DeMint is talking about or an existing one?
If they have a process where legislation is pending and a time frame for objections exists. And that's clearly communicated to both members of the house and the public. Then that's not secret.
And you could conceivably say the absence of objections in a reasonable time frame is itself a consensus vote.
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posted on
11/08/2010 11:03:29 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: Lorianne
Without a vote????
Is there a list of such bills?
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posted on
11/08/2010 11:07:05 AM PST
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
To: DannyTN
I think they’ve doing that for some time. I doubt the new Congress will change much.
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posted on
11/08/2010 11:08:19 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: GeronL
I guess that’s what happens when the lawmakers make laws about themselves. Bad loophole.
To: DannyTN
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posted on
11/08/2010 11:12:13 AM PST
by
I see my hands
(How's that ballot box thing working out for you?)
To: DannyTN
If they have a process where legislation is pending and a time frame for objections exists. And that's clearly communicated to both members of the house and the public. Then that's not secret. That's a cool idea for a legislative process. Too bad it doesn't exist. This is a good explanation for the process.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/03/16/4436482-explaining-deem-and-pass
To: samtheman
It was comical watching wyden (doh) suggesting that, after 10 years of not getting the job done, he wants to take credit for Demint's bill - then threw that cart in reverse when offered to write it up within the next few days ~ we're not ready yet and never will be but we'd like you more and agree that you had a nice thought if you just give us back the ball
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