Daniel Horowitz (Diary) |
Over the past few months, we have witnessed a dynamic in Washington in which House leadership is passing liberal legislation with support from the Democrat caucus. Instead of using their unfettered control over the House to advance conservative legislation and jam the Senate with popular bills, they are playing defense on Senate-passed legislation. On other occasions, they have wasted valuable legislative days on suspension bills that grow government.
Just who controls the House? Democrats?
Well, that is what will happen if we continue to violate the Hastert Rule. Former House Speaker Denny Hastert employed a simple rule when scheduling legislation for floor consideration. He would never bring any legislation to the floor that did not enjoy the support of the majority of Republicans. So far this year, House leadership has violated that rule 5 times, bringing bills to the floor with minority support from the Republican conference:…To Read More…..
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