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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (10333)	5/16/2007 9:39:07 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

You really think Pelosi, Murtha, Kucinich etc strike a chord with the public. Ha ha. Budget will be balanced in 2008 unless the Dems screw things up.

To: American Spirit who wrote (10333)	5/17/2007 10:37:09 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

Dems bend rules, break pledge By: Patrick O'Connor May 16, 2007 --Democrats are wielding a heavy hand on the House Rules Committee, committing many of the procedural sins for which they condemned Republicans during their 12 years in power. So far this year, Democrats have frequently prevented Republicans from offering amendments, limited debate in the committee and, just last week, maneuvered around chamber rules to protect a $23 million project for Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.). On Wednesday, Democrats suggested changing the House rules to limit the minority's right to offer motions to recommit bills back to committee -- violating a protection that has been in place since 1822. Much of this heavy-handedness is standard procedure in the House, where the majority dominates, but it contradicts the many campaign promises Democratic leaders made last year to run a cleaner, more open Congress. Just last December, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) declared that Democrats "intend to have a Rules Committee ... that gives opposition voices and alternative proposals the ability to be heard and considered on the floor of the House." Democrats have made a number of small revisions -- such as meeting earlier in the day -- but their overall record in the new Congress has fallen well short of that goal. "The Democrats have not made good on a single promise they made during 2006, especially when it comes to fostering a more open and deliberative House of Representatives," Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said. "Instead of making the House more open and deliberative, they've gone in the opposite direction, doing things we never even contemplated during our time in the majority."