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Pelosi Erases Gingrich's Long-Standing Fairness Rules
Human Events ^ | 5 January 2009 | Connie Hair

Posted on 01/05/2009 7:54:23 AM PST by Clinton's a liar

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to re-write House rules today to ensure that the Republican minority is unable to have any influence on legislation. Pelosi’s proposals are so draconian, and will so polarize the Capitol, that any thought President-elect Obama has of bipartisan cooperation will be rendered impossible before he even takes office.

Pelosi’s rule changes -- which may be voted on today -- will reverse the fairness rules that were written around Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America.”

In reaction, the House Republican leadership is sending a letter today to Pelosi to object to changes to House Rules this week that would bar Republicans from offering alternative bills, amendments to Democrat bills or even the guarantee of open debate accessible by motions to recommit for any piece of legislation during the entire 111th Congress. These procedural abuses, as outlined in the below letter obtained by HUMAN EVENTS, would also include the repeal of six-year limit for committee chairmen and other House Rules reform measures enacted in 1995 as part of the Contract with America.

[TEXT OF LETTER AT LINK]

(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; agenda; america2point0; bho2008; congress; cultureofcorruption; demcultofcorruption; democratcongress; democratparty; democrats; democratscandals; dictatorship; fairness; fascism; gingrich; house; liberalfascism; liberals; newt; ninepercentnancy; pelosi; rats; rino; rinos; rules; sitdownandshutup; starkravingsocialism; thedemonazisgotowork; tyranny
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To: MeekOneGOP; Clinton's a liar
Thanks for the Ping, Mr. Meek!
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301 posted on 01/05/2009 9:38:16 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: massgopguy

ROFL. i CAN’T WAIT FOR jAN 20TH TO WATCH THE CIRCUS ROLL INTO TOWN.


302 posted on 01/05/2009 9:49:09 PM PST by Ancient Drive (will)
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To: Fiddlstix

Yes, sir!

Happy New Year !! :^D


303 posted on 01/05/2009 10:24:23 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Obama, WHO is Bill Ayers and WHY are you still friends with him? Please RSVP asap!)
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To: Clinton's a liar

/mark


304 posted on 01/06/2009 12:23:29 AM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: Clinton's a liar

Dictators want dictatorial power.

Maybe her face will implode from all the botox and stretching — we can hope can’t we?


305 posted on 01/06/2009 4:34:44 AM PST by Tarpon (America's first principles, freedom, liberty, market economy and self-reliance will never fail.)
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To: EDINVA

Obama-lama-ding-dong wants his New Deal programs to pass with bipartisan support so that both parties can be blamed when they fail.


306 posted on 01/06/2009 4:51:42 AM PST by Jacquerie (Want to die wallowing in your own filth? Support Obamacare.)
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To: dools007

Campaign for Liberty ftw


307 posted on 01/06/2009 6:40:07 AM PST by villagerjoel (1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual!)
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To: Red Badger

“House Republican leadership is sending a letter today to Pelosi to object to changes”

How about a strongly worded email? How about a sticky note put on the senate fridge?

What a bunch of pussies. They need to start screaming about this. Call press confrences, etc... Call her worse than hitler or stalin.


308 posted on 01/06/2009 6:51:44 AM PST by Holicheese (Get up Tom Brady, get up! PLEASE!!)
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To: pnh102
I see nothing wrong with this. In fact, why wasn’t this in place when the GOP was in charge?

So, I have a Republican representative in Congress who is now not able to fully represent me because he can't offer amendments. He is no longer a full participant in Congress. No, it isn't right.

However, I do agree the Republicans should not be handing the other side the tools they need to prevent Republican progress. Fight fire with fire, play tit for tat.

309 posted on 01/06/2009 6:52:17 AM PST by slowhandluke (It's hard work to be cynical enough in this age)
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To: Holicheese

The MSM will ignore this as fast as possible. The Republicans are totally screwed. There is no sympathy to be had at any outlet. The rumor is that Harry Reid will do the same for the Senate, the “nuclear option”, to remove any Republican power totally.................


310 posted on 01/06/2009 6:59:48 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: Red Badger

Of course when the Pubs get back into power, they will change the rules right back. The MSM will be outraged that the Pubs would yield such dictatorial power, blah blah blah


311 posted on 01/06/2009 7:02:14 AM PST by Holicheese (Get up Tom Brady, get up! PLEASE!!)
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To: Holicheese

The Republicans will NOT get back in power. Ever. Not in the House, not in the Senate, not in the presidency. Period. The Democrats will see to that. The “Fairness Doctrine” will stifle all the talk radio hosts, from Rush on down to your local morning shows. The McCain-Feingold (Damn them all to hell) laws are in place to stifle any financial support. The House and Senate will take whatever actions are necessary to suppress any dissent within their respective bodies. The complicit and complacent MSM will hide all actions of this nature from the public airwaves. Freedom of speech will die a slow and agonizing death..................


312 posted on 01/06/2009 7:13:34 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: Clinton's a liar

I see the Politburo is back in session ...


313 posted on 01/06/2009 7:18:04 AM PST by Gritty (The GOP has no political warriors. None are willing to fight liberalism's premise.-Rush Limbaugh)
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To: doodad

Didn’t the Dems get the filibuster rule changed from needing 50 votes to 60 when they were in the minority in the 90’s?


314 posted on 01/06/2009 7:24:43 AM PST by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: chimera
The sheeple chose the Dems because the Dems successfully, via their able servant Media, accused the Republicans of committing the very underhanded things they themselves are guilty of.

Just one example is Pelosi's statement shown round the world that the Republicans are the party of corruption after the Larry Craig scandal.

If any of our Republican lightweights have actually accused the Dems of now being that party of corruption, it sure hasn't been noted on any major news source.

315 posted on 01/06/2009 7:32:29 AM PST by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: jwparkerjr
Unfortunately, I fear that before the idiots who put these neonazis in power come to their senses, some ugly consequences will be in store for many people - I'm talking real dictatorship here.

How long did it take Hitler and his minions to go from getting in power in Germany to sending folks to concentration camps (and not just Jews). About 6-7 years?

316 posted on 01/06/2009 7:37:49 AM PST by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: jersey117

We could boycott them, but they are just lining up for their very own bailout which the Dem majority will be happy to give them for their years of service to the cause.


317 posted on 01/06/2009 7:46:17 AM PST by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: Right Cal Gal

Even if there were a rule, she’ll just change it.


318 posted on 01/06/2009 7:57:30 AM PST by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: Post Toasties

Hey, I got that too. I was able to cancel it out but should I do something to make sure it wasn’t able to get a good hold in my computer?


319 posted on 01/06/2009 8:00:02 AM PST by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: Red Badger

Wonder if the Fairness Doctrine would mean that FR can’t block obnoxious liberal trolls from speaking their opinions? Would we have to put up with their obscenity laced tirades?


320 posted on 01/06/2009 8:16:36 AM PST by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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