GOP complains House isn't being very Obama-like

[Enrique]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrats-push-through-new-rules-package-2009-01-06.html

House Republicans Tuesday lost their fight to retain the minority’s ability to force potentially embarrassing floor votes when the lower chamber voted 242-181 to pass the rules package for the 111th Congress.

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Republicans cried foul on the floor Tuesday afternoon, charging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) with setting a divisive tone on the first day of the 111th Congress, in contrast to President-elect Obama's message of inclusion and unity.

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However, one of the most contentious issues included in the rules package is a revision to the way Republicans may amend a bill before final passage. The passed rules package allows Democrats to remove the GOP’s ability to offer a “motion to recommit” a bill “promptly,” which in effect kills the underlying legislation.

Democrats argue that Republicans will still have the opportunity to offer amendments to legislation in the final stages, i.e. “forthwith” - they just won’t be able to use that amendment for political gimmicks, according to Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.).

“Members have said on the other side, they want to be able to offer an alternative. Nothing in this proposal diminishes their ability to offer an alternative. They are fully able to offer an alternative as an amendment. What they are losing is a legislative Ponzi scheme,” Frank argued.

[VA4Moran]

1. GOP

Needs a diaper change.

[jpak]

2. Boo fucking whoo - elections have consequences losers

:rofl:

[Barack_America]

3. So now the GOP's last defense is to praise Obama in order to trash congressional Dems?

:rofl:

God it's fun to watch them crawl!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. "cried" being the operative word.

Republicans cried foul on the floor Tuesday afternoon,,,

[onenote]

5. where's the requisite DU post condemning Pelosi for selling out?

Just askin...

[monmouth]

6. Pelosi dismantled Gingrich's contract with America or whatever that

crap was. Good on her...

[opihimoimoi]

7. Whiners....thats what they are when striped of power,,,,they wanna control so bad they often implode

when not telling us what to do.....they then whine....

[Winterblues]

8. Hmmm if that was in the existing rules I wonder why Democrats never used it?

Some things that make one's head spin