Friday, March 19, 2010

The Slaughter Rule: Unprecedented

Chip Bennett "[Democrats] rationalize their actions by claiming that Republicans have used self-executing rules in the past, and that, therefore, their opposition to the Slaughter rule is hypocritical. On the surface, their claim sounds rather damning for Republicans, such as Mike Pence, who oppose the Slaughter rule. However, upon closer inspection, the democrats’ claim proves specious. Mike Pence defends his claim that the “Slaughter Solution” is unconstitutional ; "Why did he vote for self-executing rules three times when Republicans held the House? The exchange follows."...

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