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Tyranny of the Majority

May 16th, 2007

If you don’t like the game, change the rules:

PELOSI LOWERS THE BOOM
Wed May 16 2007 14:43:59 ET

After losing a string of embarrassing votes on the House floor because of procedural maneuvering, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has decided to change the current House Rules to completely shut down the floor to the minority.

The Democratic Leadership is threatening to change the current House Rules regarding the Republican right to the Motion to Recommit or the test of germaneness on the motion to recommit. This would be the first change to the germaneness rule since 1822.

In protest, the House Republicans are going to call procedural motions every half hour.

Developing…

(via Drudge)

Update!

Jonah Goldberg has more at The Corner…

Update to the Update!

Nancy decides not to have her ass handed to her on a platter…

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  1. MikeyNTH
    May 16th, 2007 at 16:46 | #1
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    I'm sure its for the best. The trains will all run on time.
  2. Sithmonkey
    May 16th, 2007 at 17:53 | #2
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    Well, the germane test was outdated anyway...it's every Politician's god given right to tack on sneaky amendments to mundane bills
  3. torrentprime
    May 16th, 2007 at 18:45 | #3
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    Cheers! This stuff was crap when the GOP was playing games with the rules in 92 and it's crap now. I'm glad it got stopped.
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