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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (746458)10/14/2013 2:25:16 AM
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Republicans Changed The Rules of Congress to Force a Shutdown

Why don't the Democrats in Congress just force a vote on the spending bill already passed by the Senate? Because less than two hours before the government shutdown, House Republicans enacted a special rule that prevents anyone but the majority leader from introducing a bill to fund the government.

Here's the video of Rep. Chris Van Hollen pointing out the absurdity of the new special rule:
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