GOP bends its own new House rules

[Roy Rolling]

Source: Politico


Just hours after taking control of the House, Republicans passed a sweeping set of rules promising transparency and reform.

But the new majority is already showing these promises aren’t exactly set in stone.

After calling for bills to go through a regular committee process, the bill that would repeal the health care law will not go through a single committee. Despite promising a more open amendment process for bills, amendments for the health care repeal will be all but shut down. After calling for a strict committee attendance list to be posted online, Republicans backpedaled and ditched that from the rules. They promised constitutional citations for every bill but have yet to add that language to early bills.

Republicans say there are subtle reasons for these moves and that they certainly will follow their own rules throughout the 112th Congress. But the hedging on some promises shows just how hard it will be to always match the sharp rhetoric of the campaign with the ugly and complex work of running the House


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47124.html

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New rules, same rulers.

[FBaggins]

1. They will no doubt break them... But this isn't it.

Assuming it's a straight repeal vote, then it's just a "do over" on a bill that was published and debated months ago.

After this vote fails in the Senate (if they even vote), then all the bills trying to chip away at it or rewrite it... Those would need to be treated as new actions.

[tavalon]

2. No, silly, that's just for Democrats

All Democratic sponsored bills will go to committee and die there. Clearly, you weren't reading the subtext. (I kid)

[bullwinkle428]

3. "Contract On America" rides again!!!

:rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

4. I'm shocked, shocked to find there is rule-bending going on in here

or something to that effect

[Roy Rolling]

5. At least

they could have trotted out the old saw "rules were made to be broken" to make light of the farce.

Not only are they hypocrites, they are hypocrites without a sense of humor.

[jpak]

6. What do you expect from crybabies?

:D

[Historic NY]

7. Lets see how they manuver this...........

“The repeal bill is going to be a very straightforward document,” Cantor said this week. “It is going to reflect what I think most people inside the Beltway and outside the Beltway understand about the health care bill that was passed. It is a job-killing health care bill that spends money we don’t have, and we need to repeal it and replace it with the kind of health care that most Americans expect.”



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47124.html#ixzz1AGc619sO

[valerief]

8. Rules are just another word for regulations!!! And regulations prevent rich people from getting

richer!

[penndragon69]

9. RULES? We don't need no stinking rules.

Rules only exist to control the opposition,
NOT the party of GOD.

[Roy Rolling]

10. To control the party of GOD...

... that is why they think "death panels" were created :sarcasm:

[barbtries]

11. come on they're such hypocrites

i can't listen to one goddam one of them say anything anymore without hearing the cynicism and the lie behind it. nothing.

[Cherchez la Femme]

12. Transparency? Republicans??!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Stop! STOP!! You're killing me!



Rather, they are... and loving every second of it :cry: