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To: average joe who wrote (54232)	10/3/2013 11:46:47 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 85487

People have been getting the Hasturd Rule wrong for almost as long. Denny Hastert Disses the ‘Hastert Rule’: It ‘Never Really Existed’ by Eleanor Clift Oct 3, 2013 5:45 AM EDT The former Republican speaker’s ‘rule,’ that you can’t bring legislation to the House floor without a majority of GOP votes, is cited as the reason Boehner can’t end the shutdown. But Hastert tells Eleanor Clift it’s a ‘non-entity’—and ‘if we had to work with Democrats, we did.’ ....contd at thedailybeast.com