Closed Rule Alert for H.R. 2575
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***Closed Rule Alert***
Today, the House Majority reported their 52nd closed rule http://democrats.rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/documents/113/rule/113hr2575rule.pdf of the 113th
This means that for the 52nd time this
The bill would also violate the Republicans' own CUTGO rule, which requires an offset for any increase in direct spending. By contrast, Republicans have demanded offsets for Democratic priorities like restoring unemployment insurance benefits http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/economy/194625-boehner-unemployment-extension-must-be-paid-for and even bipartisan priorities like permanently enacting a doc fix http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-14/how-squabbling-over-obamacare-derailed-the-doc-fix for doctors who accept
This bill also represents the 52nd attempt by House Republicans to repeal or dismantle the Affordable Care Act, despite the fact that the administration has met its enrollment goal and new polling that shows a plurality of Americans now support the law http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/poll-shows-aca-its-head-above-water. During the committee meeting, members of the Majority continued to repeat the false notion http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/the-spectacular-myth-of-obamas-part-time-america-in-5-graphs/283674/ that the Affordable Care Act is shifting workers away from full-time work and into part-time positions.
Last year, the House Majority set a record for the most closed session in the history of the republic with 44 closed rules, going hand-in-hand with this
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By now, many Americans have seen the headlines that this
Many have speculated on the forces that are driving the current polarization in
In particular, the use of "closed rules" has excluded most House members from full participation in the legislative process. Under a closed rule, no amendments are allowed on the House floor. As a result, House Republicans are able to pursue a politically driven agenda without allowing commonsense amendments that could achieve bipartisan compromise.
This approach has also empowered the most extreme members of the House to pursue narrow policy goals at all costs, triggering a government shutdown, debt-limit brinksmanship and partisan stalemates that are seemingly the new norm.
While closing down the legislative process has become more common under the leadership of both parties over the last two decades, the current House GOP has broken all previous records. Over the last 12 months, the House has adopted 44 closed rules, making 2013 the most closed year on record. In fact, the House GOP passed as many closed rules in a single week in October as during the entire last year of Rep.
Under this closed regime, Republicans have pursued their agenda with vigor, holding 46 votes to undermine the Affordable Care Act, taking the full faith and credit of
Repeatedly during 2013,
Even when the stakes were the highest, House Republicans closed down the legislative process to pursue partisan gridlock over bipartisan compromise. On the evening of Spt. 30, 2013 the
The current atmosphere in
Unfortunately, the New Year is already off to a bad start. The House GOP plans to spend the first full week of January continuing to target the Affordable Care Act--most likely under a closed rule--and Republican leaders have hinted at another round of hostage-taking on the nation's debt limit in February. Instead of continuing to engage in a closed process, Republican leaders should change course and work with Democrats to get things done in an era of divided government.
Rep.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/the-most-closed-congress-in-history-101794.html#ixzz2pjDuOzld http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/the-most-closed-congress-in-history-101794.html#ixzz2pjDuOzld
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