[crz]

All the SOB had to do was agree with the rule changes concerning the ways and means committee.

Right now they push bills written by the lobbyists through the ways and means and onto the floor without any consideration.

He will not budge on that and does not care if the American people keep getting screwed as long as they keep that power.

This is how skunk city works these days.

[tomkat]

He will not budge on that and does not care if the American people keep getting screwed as long as they keep that power > and keep getting paid, by hook or crook.

[frog in a pot]

All the SOB had to do was agree with the rule changes concerning the ways and means committee.
Right now they push bills written by the lobbyists through the ways and means and onto the floor without any consideration.
He will not budge on that and does not care if the American people keep getting screwed as long as they keep that power.

THIS...along with removing certain Rino's from the chairs of key committees and balancing a few procedural points ought to be all the 20 hard core R's talk about - and they should be delivering that message every chance they get!

Pelosi gave herself additional powers by tweaking the House Rules and is now being positioned by the Dems for the history books as the best Speaker of all times. Our nation is in a street fight and the R's need to effectively respond in kind - it is in fact a step toward draining the swamp.