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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 24, 2018, 02:40:37 am
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Small band of Democrats holding votes for Nancy Pelosi's speakership bid for ransom
by Naomi Lim
| November 23, 2018 04:34 PM
A handful of House Democrats signaled Friday that they will withhold their support for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's speakership bid in a pressure effort to convince the California Democrat to agree to a rules reform package that would weaken her control on the lower chamber.
“We will only vote for a speaker candidate who supports ‘break the gridlock’ rules changes,†nine Democrats belonging to the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
“While we appreciate Leader Pelosi’s broad commitment to our effort, we have yet to receive specific commitments to our proposed rules changes that would help ‘break the gridlock’ and allow for true bipartisan governing in this new era of divided government,†their statement continued, referring to a meeting they had last week with Pelosi. “Without specific changes, we will face more of the same — small pockets of extreme ideologues will continue to block the will of the commonsense majority.â€
The Problem Solvers Caucus is a group of 48 members, 24 from each side of the political aisle. The 36 member-backed "break the gridlock" package includes a suite of 10 proposals that would essentially encourage consensus-building. Chief among the ideas is requiring a supermajority vote for bills brought under "closed" rules, fast-tracking the consideration of legislation co-sponsored by two-thirds of the House, and replacing the "motion to vacate the chair" procedure used by the House Freedom Caucus with a public petition.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/small-band-of-democrats-holding-votes-for-nancy-pelosis-speakership-bid-for-ransom (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/small-band-of-democrats-holding-votes-for-nancy-pelosis-speakership-bid-for-ransom)
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I predict they'll eventually fold like cheap suits. K Street is firmly behind Pelosi and her crew.
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I predict they'll eventually fold like cheap suits. K Street is firmly behind Pelosi and her crew.
Consider that these ones are the centrists. If the principled socialists can be twisted to vote against their conscience, the centrists with no strong views either way don't stand much of a chance.
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Meanwhile, this is what Dementia Nance thinks is important:
Pelosi blasts Trump's move to bar transgender troops, calls it 'disgusting' and 'cowardly'
Lukas Mikelionis
1 hr ago
President Trump’s decision late Friday to ban transgender Americans from serving in the U.S. military was blasted by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who called the move “cowardly†and “disgusting.â€
The Trump administration issued a memorandum that bars people with a history of “gender dysphoria,†which would require medical treatment, from being admitted to the U.S. military “except under certain limited circumstances.â€
Pelosi, a San Francisco Democrat, immediately released a statement slamming the memorandum and condemning the Trump administration.
“This latest memorandum is the same cowardly, disgusting ban the President announced last summer. No one with the strength and bravery to serve in the U.S. military should be turned away because of who they are,†she said in a statement. ... More (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-blasts-trumps-move-to-bar-transgender-troops-calls-it-disgusting-and-cowardly/ar-BBQ2GH6)
And by "who they are," Crazy Nance means, well, mentally ill.
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"Small band of Democrats holding votes for Nancy Pelosi's speakership bid for ransom"
Well, then, pay 'em off.
That's the way they've always "taken care of business", right...?