Pelosi to Speaker Hastert: Democrats Will Fight Immoral Republican Budget

[kpete]

Budget Fight Continues
Posted by jesselee
Thursday, December 22, 2005 at 1:34 PM

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi writes to Speaker Hastert:

The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert
Speaker

United States House of Representatives

H-232, The Capitol

Washington, D.C. 20515


Dear Speaker Hastert:


I am replying to the letter you sent last night requesting unanimous consent to approve the Budget Reconciliation Conference Report, H.R. 4241.


Mr. Speaker, I cannot grant unanimous consent to bring up such contentious legislation. Contrary to its misleading title claiming to reduce the deficit, this bill will actually add billions of dollars to the deficit when combined with the Tax Reconciliation Conference Report, which you will call on the House to pass next year.


Every single House Democrat opposed this immoral bill because of the harmful cuts in student loans, health care, child support enforcement, and other assistance for seniors and low- and middle-income families.

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[katinmn]

1. Great response! But did you see the comment about

an acclamation vote?

What the heck is that??

Feedback
One of the Blue 7th PAC folks called Congressman Ferguson's NJ office, and they did not know anything. So she called the DC office and this is what she said they said:

I spoke with the DC office. The staffer told me that there will not be a vote per se, but an acclamation on the budget. He said that Ferguson, along with most of the Congressmembers, will be out of town for the holidays.

So the DC staffers for a Congressman say there will be an acclamation vote even though Leader Pelosi says there will not be one.

Posted by njdem on Thu. 12/22/05 at 2:10 PM

[acmejack]

2. Wthout dissent.

Voting on the Motion by Acclamation If a motion being made is universally accepted by the members, the Chair may call for a voice vote by acclamation (no dissenters). If there is no objection, the vote is taken and recorded as such.

http://www.aboutmyhoa.com/fndrobertrules.htm

[katinmn]

3. Thanks. I guess the Repugs are only calling back Repugs

to vote.

Would not surprise me in the least.

[electropop]

6. And sometimes it's accepted even if the "NOs" outweigh the "Yays"

That's happened at least once with the cameras and mics on, just a couple of months ago. It's sleazy trick to steal votes. Again.

[texpatriot2004]

4. Thank you Nancy Pelosi, you are right. nm

[IndyOp]

5. Pelosi, as quoted by NYT last night, said it would not pass today -

Surprisingly, the flurry of activity left several bills short of final passage in a Congress where Republicans hold majorities in both houses.

Senate Republicans said they expected the House to approve a $493 billion defense spending bill -- shorn of the ANWR provision -- on Thursday. Ditto for the Patriot Act extension.

But Democrats in the House said they would not agree to speed action on the deficit-reduction bill they voted against unanimously earlier this week.

The House approved the measure in the pre-dawn hours of Monday, but the Democrats' leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, said she will insist it be re-examined ''in the light of day'' the next time. That's likely to be in February.

<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Congress-Rdp.html>