House rejects lame duck measure

[sabra]

Source: CNN

The House of Representatives has rejected a GOP measure that would have prevented the chamber from meeting in a lame duck session after this year's November midterm elections.

Key Republicans believe Democrats may attempt to use such a session to advance controversial legislation - an idea publicly rejected by Democratic leaders.


Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/10/house-rejects-lame-duck-measure/

[47of74]

1. OH MY GOD IN HEAVEN!!!

You mean to say they didn't fold to GOP demands.

[dflprincess]

2. They couldn't

Pelosi already promised an up or down vote (no debate that might alert the "little people" to what they're up to) on the Catfood Commissions recommendations during the lame duck session.

[damntexdem]

3. Good start: rejecting the lame duck death plot.

Now take the next step and advance the controversial legislation.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. And how many Teapublicans cried in their support of doing nothing for months?

[Donnachaidh]

5. truth -- they just wanted more vacation time on the taxpayer's dime

Personally, I think they should have their salaries cut in half just for putting this garbage up for a vote.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. So the DEMS will NOT try to get anything accomplished during the Lame Duck session...

Wow. what a relief it is to know that.....NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!


Last night Rachel Maddow had a whole list of things that Bush and his colleagues did during his Lame Duck sessions..including the creation of DHS and an unannounced, last-minute move to nominate John Bolton as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. In 1998, despite a consistent lack of public support for the effort, both McConnell and Boehner supported the impeachment of President Bill Clinton during a lame duck session.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/08/10/price-hypocrisy-lame-duck/
Lame Duck Hypocrisy: GOP Leaders Blast 2010 Lame Duck Session Despite Supporting Previous Sessions