House Democrats Eye Ditching Procedure That Gives Republicans a Voice

The Daly Signal ^ | March 6, 2019 | Rachel del Guidice

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

House Republicans’ use of a century-old legislative procedure that helps the minority party alter or oppose measures advanced by the majority has exposed significant divisions among Democrats.

Now some House Democrats want to do away with the procedure, called a motion to recommit. It allows a lawmaker in the minority to move that a bill be sent back to a committee for a particular reason.

In a letter to Pelosi and three other Democrat leaders, 17 freshman Democrats ask them to “end abuse of the MTR,” referring to the motion to recommit.

The two freshmen, Reps. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania and Lori Trahan of Massachusetts, originally suggested in a draft of the letter that Pelosi and leadership do away entirely with the motion to recommit before a House vote, expected this week, on election legislation.

Conservatives say that bill would inhibit states’ powers to set qualifications for voters, remove safeguards on voter registration rolls, and undermine the integrity of elections.

“I think you should just vote against all motions to recommit,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters last week. “It’s a procedural vote, it’s a ‘gotcha’ on the part of the opposition. Let’s make life easy: Just vote against them.”

But even one of Pelosi’s top deputies, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., says the procedure helps lawmakers to vote their conscience.

“My position has always been if it does no harm, and members feel that’s a vote they need to cast, then it’s fine with me,” Clyburn told Politico.

[laplata]

The democrats are going full Communist/ Fascist. God help us if/when they take both houses of congress and the White House.

[butlerweave]

and when the Dems get thrown out they’ll want it back ,LOL

[DesertRhino]

Then go nuclear in the Senate. When in hell will repubs ever fight like... (this tastes bitter to even say it...) DEMOCRATS?

[markomalley]

They should change the House Rules to deny the minority the right to sit on committees, vote on legislation, or speak.

(Then when we get the House back in 2020...)

[thoughtomator]

This will turn out as well as Harry Reid’s nuclear option.

[Sarah Barracuda]

They have nothing else. They figure they will be kicked out of office in 2020 so they figure what the hell, lets go full commie now we have nothing to lose

[Openurmind]

Yep... They sure will. They want to change the rules to fit themselves and back as needed. They are already complaining about what Harry Reid did. lol

[guyman]

And deep state McConnell fricks around with the “nuclear option” ? My GOD, what a bunch of old women republicrats are.

[C210N]

I guess they can still call it RROO.

‘Rats Rules Of “Order”

[G Larry]

This is working out well.

Libs continue their overreach and will get voted out of House leadership in 2020, but first they will eliminate the one small rule that would give them a voice.

[Openurmind]

I think you are right... They are going for broke and throwing all caution to the wind. Global Communism is at a stall and they can’t have this.

[Arlis]

Only a matter of time.....might not be until 2024 - but it’s coming......

And that, truly, will be the point of no return.........

[erkelly]

With vote harvesting, illegals voting, etc., the dems have nothing to worry out, they know they have it all, they will rule in perpetuity — or until all the illegals have a majority and start voting their own in. Mr. Trump’s number one priority should be voter fraud, illegal entry into the country the 2nd priority. Unfortunately, while he is taking the illegal problem seriously, he is not doing nearly enough to stop the fraud. The present congress is utterly fraudulent. The citizens of this country are not reprsented at all!

[Fungi]

The evil party vs. the stupid party. Who will win?

[Secret Agent Man]

No.

Then we arm up and actually begin the necsary fuching purge this country desperately requires. We take these stalinists out right now before we have to have a full blown war.

[Political Junkie Too]

And our feckless Republicans will give it back to them.

-PJ

[Liz]

Here’s another of Pelosi’s “brilliant ideas”:

SOURCE https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nancy-pelosi-wrap-up-smear/

In 2017, Pelosi revealed a shady tried-and-true Democrat demonization tactic called the “wrap-up smear.”
PELOSI: “We call it the ‘wrap-up smear.’ You smear somebody, with falsehoods and all the rest, and then you merchandise
it to the media,” Pelosi blithely said at a press conference last year.......as if she were giving out a recipe for apple pie.

SOUND FAMILIAR? This patented Democrat criminal MO was used against Justice Kavanaugh. (snopes.com)

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Hillary was good at this——she’d “leak” what she said was damaging info on Trump to the media.
Then when the smear was published-—she’d wave around the clipping to show how she was the superior candidate.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Tell them if this goes, so does the cloture rule in the Senate.

[david1292]

So the Democrats want to get rid of the motion to recommit because the leadership can’t gain control of their own caucus.

Pelosi can’t keep the votes in line. Ilhan Omar is making antisemitic comments. And 28-year old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is proposing crazy Green New Deals.

This Democratic majority is a mess.