AuH20
12-22-2009, 10:07 AM
Hot Air is on fire today. While I'm not a fan of their warmongering, they really struck gold with this story. These bastards are incredulous!
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/22/video-demint-objects-to-supermajority-protection-in-reids-obamacare-bill/
Demint brought this to everyone's attention:
There ’s one provision that I found particularly troubling and it’s under section C, titled “Limitations on changes to this subsection.”
And I quote — “It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection.”
This is not legislation. It’s not law. This is a rule change. It’s a pretty big deal. We will be passing a new law and at the same time creating a Senate rule that makes it out of order to amend or even repeal the law.
I’m not even sure that it’s constitutional, but if it is, it most certainly is a Senate rule. I don’t see why the majority party wouldn’t put this in every bill. If you like your law, you most certainly would want it to have force for future Senates.
I mean, we want to bind future Congresses. This goes to the fundamental purpose of Senate rules: to prevent a tyrannical majority from trampling the rights of the minority or of future Congresses.
YouTube - DeMint Challenges Democrats on Rules Changes in Reid Health Bill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnmvVo_itT0&feature=player_embedded)
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/22/video-demint-objects-to-supermajority-protection-in-reids-obamacare-bill/
Demint brought this to everyone's attention:
There ’s one provision that I found particularly troubling and it’s under section C, titled “Limitations on changes to this subsection.”
And I quote — “It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection.”
This is not legislation. It’s not law. This is a rule change. It’s a pretty big deal. We will be passing a new law and at the same time creating a Senate rule that makes it out of order to amend or even repeal the law.
I’m not even sure that it’s constitutional, but if it is, it most certainly is a Senate rule. I don’t see why the majority party wouldn’t put this in every bill. If you like your law, you most certainly would want it to have force for future Senates.
I mean, we want to bind future Congresses. This goes to the fundamental purpose of Senate rules: to prevent a tyrannical majority from trampling the rights of the minority or of future Congresses.
YouTube - DeMint Challenges Democrats on Rules Changes in Reid Health Bill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnmvVo_itT0&feature=player_embedded)