"This isn't news. The House rule is not 72 hrs anyway. It's "3 calendar days" excluding weekends and holidays when the House isn't in session. A bill posted at 11:59pm on Monday can be voted on 12:01am on Wednesday. The rule could always be suspended and did not apply to emergency bills... The immoveable deadline is tomorrow. There was no time left to comply with the "pledge," let along the rule. Thanks to their obstructionism, Democrats ran the clock out making it IMPOSSIBLE for the GOP not to break this "pledge." BLAME OBAMA. BLAME REID."
"I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT!! I SWEAR TO GOD!!"...
- Joliet Jake Blues
Washington = one big excuse! Like little Bart Simpson... “Not our fault - we didn’t do it!”
Wait just one second... How did your car get stolen if you were out of gas, with a flat tire?! :p