This is the first time I ever heard of this technique. I am absolutely horrified by this turn of events.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Publius Maximus" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:27 AM Subject: [OT] House to pass bill... without voting on it? > http://bit.ly/be6OhM > > - - - > After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the > Senate's health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday > that she might attempt to pass the measure without having members vote > on it. > > Instead, Pelosi (D-Calif.) would rely on a procedural sleight of hand: > The House would vote on a more popular package of fixes to the Senate > bill; under the House rule for that vote, passage would signify that > lawmakers "deem" the health-care bill to be passed. > > The tactic -- known as a "self-executing rule" or a "deem and pass" -- > has been commonly used, although never to pass legislation as > momentous as the $875 billion health-care bill. It is one of three > options that Pelosi said she is considering for a late-week House > vote, but she added that she prefers it because it would politically > protect lawmakers who are reluctant to publicly support the measure. > > "It's more insider and process-oriented than most people want to > know," the speaker said in a roundtable discussion with bloggers > Monday. "But I like it," she said, "because people don't have to vote > on the Senate bill." > - - - > > What an embarrassing farce of a process. > > "It was a nice Republic, while it lasted." > > - Publius > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/98bc146b9a0e4212ad3fc948b8fa9...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
