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Markji
Posts: 22753 Alba Posts: -4 Joined: 9/14/2007 Member: #1673 USA |
10/17/2013 6:01 AM
When the Gov't officially was made to stop functioning, it was called a Gov't shutdown (as per the title of this thread). Now the gov't will be up and running. Can we call it Gov't Shut-up.?
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NardDogNation
Posts: 27294 Alba Posts: 4 Joined: 5/7/2013 Member: #5555 |
10/18/2013 11:21 AM LAST EDITED: 10/18/2013 11:24 AM
Markji wrote:While I am not a Parliamentarian, this rule change really sucks. The House Majority (Republican Party) changed a standing rule in the House so only the leader of the Majority Party can bring up for a vote, the re-opening of the Gov't under the conditions delineated. Watch this. Thanks for the clip. I had only heard about the change; never the actual proceedings that only allowed the House Speaker to bring something to a vote. Another little sneaky things Republicans did involved separating budget approval and the debt ceiling into 2 separate votes. During the Carter administration, it was all consolidated until Republicans intended to hold the government hostage whenever they didn't have superior numbers. Politics is a dirty game but those guys take it to another level. I suppose it's okay to be a douchebag if you constantly profess to love Jesus. |