The Republican Majority in the House is using Nancy Pelosi-approved tactics to advance the Ryan Budget:
House Republican leaders used an arcane legislative maneuver to enforce Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s financial blueprint Tuesday, highlighting how quickly a procedure maligned when in the minority can become a useful tool when in control of the gavel — and vice versa.
Despite cries of hypocrisy from Democrats, Republicans used the self-executing rule — informally known as “deem and pass” — to tack the Wisconsin Republican’s budget onto an easily passable bill, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act.
The term might sound familiar. In the last Congress, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) considered using the procedure to pass the sweeping health care reform law.
Pelosi eventually decided against using the procedure, but not before Republicans cried foul, giving it nicknames such as “demon pass” and “scheme and plot.”
Pelosi also used the process in 2010 to deem budget numbers without actually passing a budget, a process to which Ryan and then-Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) objected. But on Tuesday, the nicknames came from the other side of the aisle.
I do know one Leftie that is behind this tactic 100%! He knows a move like this won't bring down the Constitution. He recognizes that when a Party not in power does nothing to advance legislation, measures must be taken. He sees a lack of bipartisan solutions, and recognizes what must be done.
As a side note, did those massive savings ever materialize? What does the CBO say today, I wonder?
For the record, I don't like the Republicans continuing along the path that Nancy Pelosi forged. Didn't like it when the Dems did it, don't like it when the Republicans try it.
The politicians from both sides of the aisle need to act like adults, and do their jobs without having to resort to tricks.
