{"id":1314,"date":"2009-01-05T14:37:26","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T19:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2009-01-05T14:37:26","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T19:37:26","slug":"so-much-for-bipartisanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/05\/so-much-for-bipartisanship\/","title":{"rendered":"So Much for Bipartisanship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connie Hair at Human Events reports on the latest power grab<\/a> by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Pelosi\u2019s rule changes — which may be voted on today — will reverse the fairness rules that were written around Newt Gingrich\u2019s \u201cContract with America.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not the least bit surprised by this news… Democrats in congress are only interested in bipartisanship on their terms.<\/p>\n

H\/T: Michelle Malkin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Connie Hair at Human Events reports on the latest power grab by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 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\u2019s proposals are so draconian, and will so polarize the Capitol, that any thought President-elect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[160,59,131],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-congress","8":"tag-democrats","9":"tag-nancy-pelosi","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-lc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2182,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/13\/cnn-aide-told-pelosi-waterboarding-had-been-used\/","url_meta":{"origin":1314,"position":0},"title":"CNN: Aide Told Pelosi Waterboarding Had Been Used","author":"Jeff","date":"May 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"CNN reported yesterday that a source close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has confirmed her intelligence aide, Michael Sheehy, told her in early 2003 that waterboarding had been used on CIA detainee Abu Zubaydah: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A source close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now confirms that Pelosi was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2218,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/17\/association-of-former-intelligence-officers-responds-to-nancy-pelosi\/","url_meta":{"origin":1314,"position":1},"title":"Association of Former Intelligence Officers Responds to Nancy Pelosi","author":"Jeff","date":"May 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Gene Poteat, president of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, offers the following statement on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that the CIA lied to her in their briefings: Those CIA officers chosen to brief the Congress, and especially the intelligence committees, are very senior, experienced officers, who well know\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":535,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/29\/crash-burn-700-billion-crap-sandwich-goes-down-in-flames\/","url_meta":{"origin":1314,"position":2},"title":"Crash & Burn: $700 Billion “Crap Sandwich” Goes Down In Flames!","author":"Jeff","date":"September 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Whoa... 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