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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Wed Apr 9, 2014, 04:19 PM Apr 2014

Elite Congressman Trained To Kill Legislation In 24 Different Ways

WASHINGTON—Quietly informing reporters of his surgical precision and finely honed skills, sources confirmed Wednesday that highly trained tactical lawmaker John Barrasso (R-WY) is capable of killing legislation in at least 24 different ways. “I’ve seen Sen. Barrasso gut an entire bill using only a ballpoint pen,” said a congressional staffer on condition of anonymity, who then described the emotionless efficiency characteristic of the hardened senator, adding that she once witnessed the cold-blooded 61-year-old deftly take out a bill conserving land in Colorado with just two parliamentary procedures. “He can swiftly put down an entire debate with a single, perfectly timed call for cloture, but he also knows how to operate with stealth. Sometimes he’ll secretly slip a poison pill amendment into a piece of legislation that’ll kill it instantly, and other times drafts are sent to his committee and you simply never hear from them again. Everyone knows what happened though.” At press time, the elite congressman was readying a loaded question as he patiently waited to ambush an unsuspecting judicial nominee.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/elite-congressman-trained-to-kill-legislation-in-2,35741/

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Elite Congressman Trained To Kill Legislation In 24 Different Ways (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2014 OP
Not sure this is comedy, even if coming from the Onion nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #1
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
1. Not sure this is comedy, even if coming from the Onion
Wed Apr 9, 2014, 04:23 PM
Apr 2014

any regular watcher of parliamentary procedures has witnessed this at least once.

Of course it be nice if they kept what House they mean in the link. They mean a Senator, not a Congressman.

I know, picky, picky, picky



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