Posted on 01/12/2007 11:36:28 AM PST by SomeoneNeedsToSayIt
January 12, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Powerhouse New York Rep. Charles Rangel is butting heads with fellow Democrat Nancy Pelosi just a week into the new Congress controlled by their party, The Post has learned.
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The next two years are going to be quite a show!
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
I mentioned last week that she will be looking forward to working with the Republicans much more than her dems.
They're full of it, all right.
"Yeah, we're gonna raise taxes, but wait until they're not lookin', promqueen!"
Better not be any of that low fat stuff. :)
When Nancy Pelosi has an easier time keeping Republicans under control than Democrats, you know there's something messed up about our party.
Touchy little fella, isn't he?
When your opponent is in the process of destroying himself, get out of his way.
This is showing me even more, though, that if the Republicans win back the House in 2 years, it won't make the slightest difference, because they love Madame Nancy's agenda just as much as the Democrats!
Charlie Rangel, supply sider!
From the article:
In another swat at Pelosi, Rangel sided with Republican lawmakers by opposing his leadership's high-profile push to jam through legislation in the first 100 hours of Democratic rule.Pelosi decreed that none of the early legislation would go through the normal committee process, hoping to keep her party in lockstep to enact key agenda items and boost her own and the party's national image.
"I don't think the chairman [Rangel] likes the idea that there were no hearings on a lot of the bills that were coming up in the 100 hours," said the Democratic lawmaker.
Sources say Rangel went to Pelosi urging that his committee be allowed to review legislation allowing the feds to negotiate with drug companies over prices and taking away tax breaks for big oil companies - but she refused.
Rangel got around her by setting up closed-door committee forums that were essentially hearings anyway.
Yesterday, the Republican and Democratic committee members met with health experts on the drug bill, and an energy meeting is set for next week.
Making a big fuss resisting the inevitable makes sense if the fuss buys you good publicity. Republican resistance will be portraited negatively in the LSM, so it pays them to pick their spots.
Are they going to provide to US that which they demanded of VP Cheney?
Quick, does anybody know if it is in the bylaws of the House, that the Speaker can be be removed from the position for "malfeasance of office"?
Seems like a rule was invoked fairly recently that effectively forced the resignation of another Speaker, for "ethical conflicts".
We might yet see "Queen Bee Nanacy" go under the bus.
Rangel has much more seniority than Grandma Nancy. So why didn't HE run for speaker? If he had and lost then he would have been screaming racism.
Robert Aderholt, Rodney Alexander, Spencer Bachus, Judith Biggert, Gus Bilirakis, Jo Bonner, Mary Bono, John Boozman, Ginny Brown-Waite, Vern Buchanan, Shelley Moore Capito, Michael Castle, Ander Crenshaw, Jo Ann Davis, Geoff Davis, Charles Dent, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, John 'Jimmy' Duncan, Vernon Ehlers, Jo Ann Emerson, Philip English, Terry Everett, Mike Ferguson, Randy Forbes, Vito Fossella, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Jim Gerlach, Wayne Gilchrest, Paul Gillmor, Virgil Goode, Bob Goodlatte, Robin Hayes, Kenny Hulshof, Bobby Jindal, Tim Johnson, Walter Jones, Ric Keller, Peter King, Mark Kirk, Randy Kuhl, Ray LaHood, Steven LaTourette, Tom Latham, Frank LoBiondo, Kenny Marchant, Thad McCotter, John McHugh, Candice Miller, Jerry Moran, Tim Murphy, John Peterson, Thomas Petri, Todd Platts, Ted Poe, Deborah Pryce, Jim Ramstad, Ralph Regula, David Reichert, Rick Renzi, Mike Rogers, Hal Rogers, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jim Saxton, Jean Schmidt, Christopher Shays, John Shimkus, Michael Simpson, Christopher Smith, Lamar Smith, Cliff Stearns, Michael Turner, Fred Upton, Greg Walden, James Walsh, Zachary Wamp, Jerry Weller, Ed Whitfield, Heather Wilson, Frank Wolf, Don Young, Bill Young
And to get that small amount of political ground, these Republican house members screwed over every business for years.
If you're speaking of the list, they won't give squat. I betcha.
But Rangel, that guy sometimes surprises me . . . pleasantly so. And then, he proves himself to be what he is . . . a liberl Democrat.
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