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Pelosi Erases Gingrich's Long-Standing Fairness Rules

2009-01-06

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.

Posted by:Fred

#17 "And Pelosi would die before she'd give way."

~~What's the downside?~~

Don't tease me, lotp.

Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-06 14:59

#16 Dingle is trying to replace Pelosi as Speaker.

Posted by: 3dc 2009-01-06 14:44

#15 The 111th Congress is now seated. Tyrants.

Posted by: newc 2009-01-06 14:28

#14 I'm confused. Would this be "Change We Can Believe In" or "Eliminating the Culture of Corruption"?

Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-06 12:36

#13 Before we get heated about this, did she just restore the pre-1995 stuff or did she go beyond that?

Because to be honest the almost the same dual "our-party" versions of various bills was more of a trick the voters, cover my ass, sort of thing in the long run.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-01-06 12:30

#12 And Pelosi would die before she'd give way.

That may be in the cards anyway. I believe that Nancy P. is deranged and drunk on power. She is bound to cross the line in such a way that someone may be motivated to sanction her. She is very dangerous.

Posted by: Spusosh the Prolific6862 2009-01-06 11:25

#11 Nazi Pelosi

Posted by: Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6 2009-01-06 10:31

#10 Interesting course of events, Besoeker. I do think that she can do more harm to "O" from State, however it would be more apparent. To sit back (as VP) and quietly wait doesn't really seem to fit Hil's modus operandi although it would give her enormous opportunities to appear 'detached' from the day-to-day 'drain-spin' that the chOsen will try to micro-manage.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-01-06 09:50

#9 Enjoy it while it lasts, Pelosi. You dhimocrats always manage to really piss off people once you get in power.

Posted by: DarthVader 2009-01-06 09:45

#8 She'd have to get past Pelosi/Reid first, Besoeker. And Pelosi would die before she'd give way.

Posted by: lotp 2009-01-06 09:44

#7 Hilderbeast approved as Secretary of State. Biden resigns, returns to his (yet unresigned) and very warm senate seat. Hilderbeast ~~annointed as~~ moves up to VP, awaits the impeachment or resignation of The One. Clintonian staff already in place. Pat Robertson smiles.

Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-06 09:34

#6 Let's see: Pelosi stifles all debate; the Senate, according to Reid, can decide who wins an election or can be seated based on how they FEEL about the process.

Sounds like a real winner for the Democratic dictatorship to come. Oh yes, stir in the MN "recounts" for good measure for a bit of spice.

Posted by: Sam3lindsey 2009-01-06 09:28

#5 Hmmm didn't the Nazis start out this way? BTW I LOVE the graphic, it really captures Pelosi.

Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-01-06 08:07

#4 I'm a'guessin this means that future AMERIKA = USSA or USRoA will still be AMERICA for at least another 2 years [4 tops as per PEBO's first term].

FYI, YAHOO NEWS > JIMMY CARTER has repor been voted the BEST POTUS OF THE 20th CENTURY???

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-06 01:33

#3 Elections are two years away. Payback is a Pelosi.

Posted by: DMFD 2009-01-06 01:30

#2 Could it be? Mrs Nancy is more dangerous for our country than the Pope of Hope ( by a Rantburg University grad student... and I'm so sorry, a senior moment lends itself to me misremembering just which grad student that deserves the credit.. I think I know.... I think I know... but just hate being proven wrong... and that's my story and I'm stickin' to it)

Now, back to our regularly scheduled commenting..... this Pelosi thing scares me plenty. I stopped the game of conjuring up in my head, the scenarios of what our country could become with the Pope of Hope as our president...

But, Miss Nancy? Who is there to stop her? Not enough Repubs in the house to stop her. We as voters have no control over her.... we can't, as a nation, call for her recall.... is she eligible for impeachment? I think not.

I will admit to grabbing a SF zip code and getting around her zip code thingy (more than once) to send her an email, stating my total opposition to some of her past actions....

Prolly didn't help, but at least, I got recorded as a "voter" in her district, opposing something she favored. Surely did help my attitude for the rest of the day.

She is truly the unstoppable woe... gathering more and more power to herself with the Pope of Hope in charge......

And there is something about him, and the wife that he has chosen, that I don't think he has the guts to stand up to Nancy.

And she is Number 3 in the line of succession to become our president.

Obama scares me.... this move by Grancy Nancy... I'm not sure my little bunker of a small Texas town can withstand her.

Posted by: Sherry 2009-01-06 00:52

#1 Change is what we want.

Change is what we will have.

Posted by: badanov 2009-01-06 00:28

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