Irregular Order

House Democrats did not live up to their promises to treat the minority fairly in the 110th Congress. And the 111th?

Monday, January 12, 2009; A12

"BILLS
SHOULD generally come to the floor under a procedure that allows open,
full and fair debate consisting of a full amendment process that grants
the minority the right to offer its alternatives, including a
substitute." So promised Nancy Pelosi,
now House speaker, before her party regained control of Congress two
years ago. That fairness, it turned out, was easier to preach than
practice.

When they took over in 2007, Democrats set aside their
pledge in order to muscle through their agenda during the first 100
hours; their promises continued to prove hollow in the ensuing months.
As with the GOP
takeover in 1994 and its accompanying pledges of open debate and fair
treatment, Democrats' asserted good intentions yielded to the realities
of governing in the face of an opposing party more interested in making
mischief than law. Democrats brought more measures to the House floor
under closed rules -- permitting no amendments -- than any of the six
previous Republican-controlled congresses.

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This practice of supressing dessent and ramming through legislation is continuing to intensify and with BHO at the helm will know no bounds.

See for example the account of the recent Gaza bill in this Ron Paul video update:
http://www.youtube.com/v/ETx6wW1C04g&autoplay=1&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1