I say we keep it tight and traditional.
Plus, we might run out of good ones.
#OldSchool
Posted on 11/20/2019 1:54:12 PM PST by ransomnote
Just got back from Wasilla. Now more than a thousand posts behind! It was a lovely break. What did I miss?
I say we keep it tight and traditional.
Plus, we might run out of good ones.
#OldSchool
LOL~!
OK yes her shrek appearance was amplified through Photoshop ;)
I was thinking of the train that had Pubbies on board and a truck on the train tracks—disaster avoided, but something similar in DERP plans.
I think all.
I do agree whatever they might think of —it’s unlikely.
Holmes thought the “black ledger” was legit ... seemed quite proud of it. Said he didn’t know the Mule had dismissed it.
https://www.butasforme.com/post/189213099846/nunes-invokes-the-minority-witness-rule
Copy of letter from Nunes, et. al, to Schiff.
Dated today.
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Link doesn’t work.
Aack! By the time I got there, the thread was overflowing with Trump haters.
:)
Eight kun a running
HO HO HQ!
I think we have 4 tracks going now.
My guess, a man.
My guess, a man.
Nunes Minority Witness Rule
When a House committee or subcommittee holds a hearing, the minority party members of the
panel have the right to call witnesses of their choosing to testify on at least one day of that
hearing. Clause 2(j)(1) of House Rule XI—known as the “minority witness rule”—states:
Whenever a hearing is conducted by a committee on a measure or matter, the minority
members of the committee shall be entitled, upon request to the chairman by a majority of
them before the completion of the hearing, to call witnesses selected by the minority to
testify with respect to that measure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon.
If the minority’s request to call witnesses comes after a hearing has begun, it will necessitate the
continuation of the hearing on an additional day to accommodate minority witnesses.1 Rule XI,
however, is rarely formally invoked to request an additional day of hearing. In practice, the rule
has largely served as a “backstop” that gives the minority party a procedural recourse if a
committee majority refuses to invite witnesses they request. In the vast majority of hearings, the
majority does invite minority witnesses after consultation and negotiation with minority members
and staff. In rare instances, however, a majority of the minority party members of a House
committee or subcommittee have invoked Rule XI to schedule an additional day of hearings for
their witnesses.
2
Origin of the Minority Witness Rule
The minority witness rule was contained in Section 114(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 19703
and was first made a part of House rules at the beginning of the 92nd Congress (1971-
1972).4 The report of the House Committee on Rules to accompany the 1970 act said of this
provision:
By custom, committees ordinarily honor requests from their minority party members to
call certain witnesses. Section 114(b) will make this a matter of right. It provides that
during any hearing of a committee, those members shall be entitled, during at least one day
of the hearing, to call as witnesses persons they select. We don’t look upon this as an
authorization for delaying tactics but rather as good legislative practice.5
The suggestions that the minority party be granted an absolute right to call witnesses of their
choosing at hearings had originated five years earlier with the Joint Committee on the
Organization of Congress (JCOC). The JCOC was established on March 11, 1965, to study the
organization and operation of Congress and recommend improvements “with a view toward
strengthening the Congress, simplifying its operations, improving its relationship with other
branches of the United States Government, and enabling it better to meet its responsibilities under
the Constitution.”
6
In its final report to the House and Senate, the joint committee argued that the
practice of calling minority witnesses should be codified by both chambers of Congress. Their
report stated:
It is normal procedure for witnesses representing both sides of the issue to give testimony
at committee hearings. In those infrequent instances when witnesses representing the
minority position are not allotted time, a minimum safeguard should exist to protect
minority rights. The allocation on request of up to 1 day of hearings for witnesses chosen
by the minority will furnish the needed protection.7
Although the recommendations of the JCOC were not initially enacted, their suggestions laid the
foundation for those adopted in the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970.8
Majority Prerogatives and Minority Witnesses
Although clause 2(j)(1) of House Rule XI gives the minority the right to witnesses of their
choosing on one hearing day, the committee majority maintains control over the scheduling and
logistics of that hearing. In addition, ordinary House and committee rules governing hearings—
such as those mandating the questioning of witnesses under the five-minute rule—apply to any
hearing in which minority witnesses testify.
It is up to the chairman of the committee to set the day and location of the requested hearing
“under a reasonable schedule.”
9 While the committee majority must invite the witnesses chosen
by the minority, they are not precluded from inviting additional witnesses of their own choosing.
The chairman maintains control over the logistics of how the minority witnesses will testify (i.e.,
individually or in panels) and also determines whether to administer the oath to the witnesses.10
As is the case with other witnesses, a minority witness may decline an invitation to testify. The
committee can elect to issue a subpoena for testimony under the normal procedures of the House
and the committee but is not required to do so.
The scope of an additional day of hearings under the minority witness rule is generally limited by
the subject of the hearing. A committee is not required to permit testimony by minority witnesses
or questioning by committee members or staff that strays from the announced subject of the
hearing.11 Of course, if the committee chooses, it may broaden the scope of its inquiry as it sees
fit.
Notwithstanding the rights afforded the minority party under the minority witness rule, under
clause 2(k)(8) of House Rule XI, a committee is “the sole judge of the pertinence of the testimony
and evidence adduced at its hearing.” As such, a committee majority, applying a “reasonableness
test,” retains the right to determine the relevance of testimony and the appropriate length of a
Rule XI minority day of witnesses.
Ah the old ‘deem & pass’. I used to call it ‘demon pass’.
Re Zorro Ranch:
Aragon says he also interviewed another former contractor, who revealed that Epstein built an underground club. In one picture, a spiral staircase leads downstairs although there are no images of the actual ‘club’.
‘It’s an underground layer of 1,000 square feet. Like a nightclub, with stripper poles, it’s not directly underneath the house. Most activity took place there, like dancing, hanging out, it was the entertainment area, no one [staff] was allowed down there, they installed cameras down there,’ he says.
Same article
On the 8th day of Christmas
My QAnon gave to me
8Chan (now 8Kun)...
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