Kucinich Will Expose Iraqi "Hydrocarbon Act" Privatization In House Floor Speech Today

[babylonsister]

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Kucinich Will Expose Iraqi "Hydrocarbon Act" Privatization In House Floor Speech
Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2007-05-23 12:35. Congress

From the office of Congressman Dennis Kucinich

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 23) - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will invoke a rarely used House procedure today to discuss the privatization of Iraqi oil on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Kucinich plans to invoke a point of personal privilege under House Rule IX to respond to published remarks regarding efforts he has made to inform the House Democratic Caucus of the details of the Iraqi Hydrocarbon Act.

Kucinich will have one hour of time on the House floor in which he plans to explain why Congress' insistence on benchmarks in the supplemental, which includes passage of the Iraqi hydrocarbon act, demands that Iraqis privatize their oil.

[whistle]

1. What time is his speech and will it be on C-Span?

[babylonsister]

2. Around 11am today, on CSPAN (House event):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3276992

[Tejanocrat]

3. Good for Kucinich!

[Donnachaidh]

4. Watch the yapping poodles of the Republican Party try to sink him

Good for Kucinich!

But I can't help thinking that the Parliamentary Procedure Poodles, aka McHenry and Price, will be on their feet and yapping within seconds of him putting this forward.

[babylonsister]

5. I hope they're not allowed to interrupt his one hour. nt

[Donnachaidh]

They will try regardless of the rules

That is their MO.

Schoolyard bullies don't stop because of rules.

[Heath Hatcher]

6. Oh you know it

And I watch the House everyday and McHenry, Price and the other GOP fanatics will always have a bone to pick on anything the Dems will do.

Wahhhh, We didn't get a say in committee Waaahhhh!!!!

[madrchsod]

9. they do`t have to

there`s plenty in the "party" that will do it by their silence

[madrchsod]

7. no one in the "party" will do anything other than

maybe pat him on the back and walk away. the "party" really does`t want to offend anyone,after all there`s an election to win

[slipslidingaway]

8. K&R n/t