Heres proof positive that Republicans own this shutdown. When the stage of disagreement has been reached on a bill or resolution with House or Senate amendments, a motion to dispose of any amendment shall be privileged. That means when the chambers are deadlocked and any member trying to break the deadlock would be able to do so—would have privilege to do so. Except that in this case, for this continuing resolution only, Republicans changed the rule. They did it on the night of September 30, the eve of the shutdown, in a Rules Committee meeting. The rule change said that any motion to take up the Senate bill may be offered only by the majority Leader or his designee. Meaning only Eric Cantor or with his approval. Which wasnt going to happen.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 04:39:45 +0000
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