Monday, November 29, 2004

So Much for Republican Bipartisanship

The call for bipartisanship didn't last too long in the GOP. Hastert, the Majority leader, has stated that no bill will pass, even if it has the majority of Congress wanting to vote for it, unless the majority of Republicans also want to pass it. Of the 535 members of Congress, 421 members could support a bill and it would still be blocked by the GOP leadership. That means 78% of congress could want a bill to pass, but it would never come up for a vote because 114 Republicans don't like it. So much for representative democracy...

Hastert Launches a Partisan Policy

By Charles Babington, Washington Post Staff Writer

In scuttling major intelligence legislation that he, the president and most lawmakers supported, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert last week enunciated a policy in which Congress will pass bills only if most House Republicans back them, regardless of how many Democrats favor them... (Full Story)


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