[Pest]

Hoyer testified that, “when Democrats controlled the House, we did not always provide for fair debates. We should neither excuse those past practices, nor countenance the current ones."

Translation: We know we did it, but it's unfair now.

[Tribune7]

Unlike the Senate, I don't think there is a whole lot they can do in the House.

[SC_Republican]

yup.

House rules give the minority party less leeway in fighting the majority’s agenda

Gee, I wonder where these rules originated?

[SavageRepublican]

“There are some more dramatic ways we can express ourselves.”

Oh, no...they're gonna bring on the puppeteers again!

[borisbob69]

“Mr. Speaker, this is one of the most cynical, arrogant displays of power that I have ever witnessed in this House,” Hoyer charged during a June 12 debate on the GOP proposal.

Hmmmmmmm I guess this maroon wasn't around for the 40+ years the dims controlled the House!

[LS]

I just noticed something: 229-206. What were the numbers when the GOP first took the House in 1994? We have been led to believe in every election that we were "losing ground," but this seems up several seats from just a couple of years ago, and about where we were in 1994, is it not?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Or, "It was okay when we did itm but not when it is being doen to us."

If I were the Republican leadership, I would nationalize the next race and highlight the Rats' policy of obstructionism.

[freeperfromnj]

I heard an audio clip on the radio this morning but I didn't catch the name of the Senator who made the following statement on the medicare bill: "It used to be that GOP stood for Grand Ole Party. Now it stands for Get Old People". How low can you go?

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Just Dems being Dems, stomping their feet and turning blue when they don't get their way.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Do it, DemonRats! You're not angry and militant enough.

This is all they can do. It's not like they have a vision, an actual plan, or any reasonable justification for what they want.

[mabelkitty]

How about this Dem House member:

• As sometimes happens with Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), he let his mouth race ahead of his brain Wednesday night at a gathering of Young Democrats at the Washington nightspot Acropolis. After presidential candidate Howard Dean spoke, Kennedy delivered an impassioned peroration against President Bush's tax cut. We hear that Kennedy told the crowd: "I don't need Bush's tax cut. I have never worked a [bleeping] day in my life." With that he got the audience's attention -- the dropping-jaws kind.

[skinkinthegrass]

Hoyer testified that, “when Democrats controlled the House, we did not always provide for fair debates. We should neither excuse those past practices, nor countenance the current ones."..Translation: We know we did it, but it's unfair now.

????...No Answer Required...Anybody have the New 'RAT (baby Crying) seal Avail.?

[PhiKapMom]

Was part of a small group on here last night that watched the debate in the House until the final vote was cast early this morning!

The DemocRATs, if last night was an example, are in an all out war against Republicans. Their speeches were rabid, finger-pointing, arm flailing, obnoxious, lying, mean-spirted, and nasty rhetoric when debating on Medicare. Their lack of class in heckling Cong DeLay said it all!

Bill passed anyway in spite of their nasty rhetoric. Guess the RATs don't like living with the RULES they created!

[1Old Pro]

Republican aides said the GOP leadership has treated the Democrats more fairly than the Republicans were treated a decade ago.

WHY? Treat them worse, they deserve it.

[wjcsux]

RATS crying again, nothing new.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Well, paybacks being what they are...

[Paulus Invictus]

RATS are RATS no matter where they are in the government--obstructionists par excellence and whiners all the time.

[RJL]

Hoyer testified that, “when Democrats controlled the House, we did not always provide for fair debates. We should neither excuse those past practices, nor countenance the current ones."

No Thanks. We’ve been down this street more than once.

Under Trent Lott, the Republicans "shared power" with the Democrats in the Senate. The very moment the Democrats flipped Jumpin Jim Jeffords, Daschle stopped and froze everything Republican as “controversial” and then required a two thirds vote to even think about it.

[LiteKeeper]

Politics INTSUM

[VRW Conspirator]

House Democrats have declared war on the Republican leadership, vowing to gum up the legislative process in retaliation for what they say is systematic and unfair treatment by the majority.

Yawn

[Dan from Michigan]

Politics is war, and war is hell.