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Dissent Silenced in Congress
Moonbattery —
... Technically, we do not yet have single party rule. But Rep. John Carter (R-TX) explains what happened when Republicans tried to object to the Democrats' heavy-handedness: ...
Pelosi Censored House Republicans Who Wanted To Talk About The Dems’ “Lack Of Transparency”
Nice Deb —
... Via Rep John Carter at Human Events, and submitted for your disapproval:
Monday night Democrats voted to shut down the U.S. House Representatives rather than allow a handful of Republican Congressmen to speak on the floor. What could have been so offensive or frightening about our discourse that Speaker Pelosi felt she had to protect her party by gagging free speech in the House?
In fact, we had planned to speak on the lack of transparency of the House since Democrats took control. We had planned to criticize Speaker Pelosi for repeatedly denying ...
Fiery Culberson slams Pelosi for 'censorship'
News —
... in Congress: I am literally conducting a test of the Twitter community tonight: here it is - a stark and very real choice….. R u more devoted to sunlight/freedom of speech/debate, or to liberalism? Will Twitterverse rise up agnst censorship by top US gov't leaders? Bombard Pelosi & House leadership; let the sun shine in; post all bills online for 72 hrs bf vote, open debate/amendments & end censorship! Throughout the climate change and healthcare battles, House Republicans have accused Democratic leaders of silencing debate. Cross-posted to the ...
Pelosi finds dissent un-American… now.
Patterico's Pontifications —
... The reality is that Pelosi wanted the healthcare bill passed before the August recess and threatened to keeping the House in session through the August recess to pass its healthcare overhaul. She had no use for a dialogue between the members of her caucus and the voters who elected them.
Nor was she encouraging debate within the House of Representatives. Pelosi has run a more debate-free House than the GOP did from 1992-2006, and was willing to shut down the House to shut off debate about it. So it is no shock that Pelosi will not promise a ...
Pelosi is proudly un-American
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Then there’s the matter of House Rule XIII Clause 4a1, aka the “Three Day Rule”, in essence requiring a three day pause after a bill is reported out of committee before it can come up for consideration on the House floor. It can be waived. And in fact, it has been for every major policy bill undertaken by Congress this year, namely: ...
