(Tea) Party over. GOP hiding behind parliamentary rules to avoid defunding OromneyCare. This on the heels of extending unconstitutional wire-tapping and business records grabs. Now that's change you can only hope for!
Further elaboration:
"Last night, the House of Representatives' Rules Committee shut down Rep. Steve King's ability to offer an amendment to completely defund Obamacare on the continuing resolution to fund the government through the end of the year. House Republicans are now hiding behind parliamentary rules to say that it would somehow violate what the new Republican Majority is all about. This is just complete and utter nonsense. Every major bill that comes to the floor is governed by a "special rule" that sets the parameters of the debate and the amendment process for that bill. You don't need a special rule to consider a bill, but House Rules are viewed as so inefficient and cumbersome that each bill needs its own special dispensation. And that is where the Rules Committee comes in and constructs a special rule that in essence waives House Rules. Normally, in a situation like this, the Leadership of either party, if they support what the rank and file member is trying to do, makes the amendment in order."
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