The Return Of The Hastert Rule -- And What It Means For The Rest Of Us

[UCmeNdc]

Let's begin by defining it:

Hastert Rule: An informal rule of the House of Representatives first imposed by Speaker Denny Hastert. The rule holds that the Speaker of the House shall bring no bill to a vote that does not have majority support among members of the majority. In other words, under Republican Speaker Hastert, who was elected Speaker by a GOP majority of the House of Representatives, no bill could be brought to the floor for a vote unless a majority of House Republicans supported the bill.


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Under Speaker John Bohener, the Hastert Rule was non-operative.Incoming Speaker Paul Ryan has promised his caucus that the Hastert rule would be reimposed.

That means shit is about to get real.The incredible gerrymander of 2010 has brought about a set of conditions by which the House is filled with the most radical members of the right-wing. Recall that Eric Cantor was not conservative enough to keep his seat. Yes, the Eric Cantor who fully embraced the Tea Party and leveraged it to great effect in 2010. He lost his primary to a member of the so-called "Freedom Caucus" - an 80 member group of extreme conservatives. Don't lose the greater meaning of the Cantor message though. A GOP member needn't be a member of the Freedom Caucus to be fearful of and responsive to her conservative base.

Anyway, so long as they remain "conservative enough," these members of Congress will hold their seats at least through 2022. Call it the magic of gerrymandering. But let me get back to the part about shit getting real...

What this translates to is that, under the Hastert Rule, the most right-wing members of the House have just taken control of the House of Representatives.

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So if the majority of the GOP House members are required to be on board to bring a bill to the floor, how do we get a budget that includes funding for Obamacare? or Planned Parenthood? or the EPA's new climate rules?

Remember, the GOP crazy caucus that just took control of the House is accountable to the blood red districts they gerrymandered for themselves back home.


http://crooksandliars.com/2015/10/return-hastert-rule-and-what-it-means-rest

[corkhead]

1. They're supposed to "represent" ALL of us

wankers.

[lonestarnot]

2. Oh thought that was just all you fucking democrats to the basement with ye! Has Turd Will Travel.

[global1]

3. News Flash: Hastert Is Going To Jail!!!!.... nt