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Tomorrow, the 111th Congress Gets Sworn In... (Election Talk Post)
This was on a feed from a tweet link I clicked on today concerning House Rules and the Republican minority:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30143
The Ann Coulter ban is what prompted me:
http://www.memeorandum.com/090105/p139#a090105p139
Digg: Says Scary Things About Martial Law: He just Said it
The best I could find . . .
All the following is quoted from http://www.cbpp.org/7-28-06bud-stmt.htm
What is “Martial Law”?
The House leadership is using a parliamentary gambit to evade a longstanding House rule that is supposed to ensure that this kind of obfuscation does not occur. That House rule (Rule XIII(6)(a)) provides that a resolution (called a rule) reported by the Rules Committee cannot be considered by the House on the same legislative day that the rule is reported (except by a two-thirds vote of the House). This is supposed to ensure that Members of the House and the public have at least one day to examine and analyze what is in legislation before they have to debate and vote on it.
To maneuver around this House rule and rush the three proposals discussed above to a vote before they have been fully examined, the Rules Committee reported a rule late Thursday afternoon (H.Res. 958) that would waive the application of Rule XIII(6)(a). Instead, it would allow the Rules Committee to wait until the last minute and not to report the rules governing the consideration of these bills or to release the text of the bills themselves until immediately before debate and votes on the bills, and on the rules governing their consideration, commences.
This extraordinary procedure is known as a “martial law” rule because it suspends the normal procedures and safeguards and allows the House Leadership to operate in a more authoritarian fashion. It enables the Leadership to seek to ram a bill or conference report through before the Members have the opportunity to fully understand what they are voting on.
Legislation that has far-reaching implications for millions of Americans deserves to be considered under a more democratic process. Waiting until the last minute to reveal what is in these bills, and then “spinning” or potentially mis-characterizing changes in the bills without Members of the House or the public having an opportunity to obtain a more objective review of what the legislation does, is unfair to Members of the House. It also is unfair to the millions of Americans whose lives could be affected by this legislation. It represents a further step in reducing the degree of transparency and democracy in how this country is governed and how decisions are made. At a time when our leaders preach the goal of promoting democracy abroad, they should not be reducing it at home.
Bugs Bunny and the Evil Scientist get high on ether
I don't think he dies of long term exposure in Cider House Rules. Ether is relatively safe, I think it was an accidental overdose.
Bugs Bunny and the Evil Scientist get high on ether
Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
I learned about tripping on ether from the Cider House Rules book. The abortionist doctor was addicted, and eventually died from it.