{"id":3802,"date":"2011-01-06T09:58:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T17:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2011-01-06T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T17:58:24","slug":"boehner-invokes-freud-as-he-opens-with-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/06\/boehner-invokes-freud-as-he-opens-with-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Boehner Invokes Freud as He Opens with Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I watched in disgust as John Boehner became Speaker of the House.  Nancy Pelosi handed him the biggest gavel I have ever seen, and quipped that it was the one he had chosen for the occasion.  Sigmund Freud chuckled in his grave, and I imagined that Agent Orange has wanted something that big in his hands ever since he was a young man in his family\u2019s bar, wondering why the girls whose numbers were inscribed on the men\u2019s room walls hung up on him alone.  Then Boehner started lying.  Lets take a look at how some of those promises were broken within hours.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"6bonersboner\"Just hours after taking control of the House, Republicans passed a sweeping set of rules promising transparency and reform. <\/p>\n

But the new majority is already showing these promises aren\u2019t exactly set in stone.<\/p>\n

After calling for bills to go through a regular committee process, the bill that would repeal the health care law will not go through a single committee<\/strong>. Despite promising a more open amendment process for bills, amendments for the health care repeal will be all but shut down<\/strong>. After calling for a strict committee attendance list to be posted online, Republicans backpedaled and ditched that from the rules. They promised constitutional citations for every bill but have yet to add that language to early bills<\/strong>. (See: GOP backpedals on committee attendance rule<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Republicans say there are subtle reasons for these moves and that they certainly will follow their own rules throughout the 112th Congress. But the hedging on some promises shows just how hard it will be to always match the sharp rhetoric of the campaign with the ugly and complex work of running the House. (See: The era of Speaker Boehner begins<\/a>) <\/p>\n

The promise of full debate in committees, for example, was inspired by Republican complaints that Democrats abused their power in bypassing regular debate. Republicans such as Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia and Rules Chairman David Dreier of California all have complained that Democrats in the last Congress didn\u2019t bring a single bill under a process called the open rule \u2014 a mechanism that allows for nearly unlimited<\/strong> amendments and debate. None of the bills that will be brought to the floor this week will be brought under open rules<\/strong>. When asked directly whether he would bring the repeal bill to the floor under an open rule, Cantor dodged the question. (See: House to vote on health repeal next week<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe repeal bill is going to be a very straightforward document,\u201d Cantor said this week. \u201cIt is going to reflect what I think most people inside the Beltway and outside the Beltway understand about the health care bill that was passed. It is a job-killing health care bill that spends money we don\u2019t have, and we need to repeal it and replace it with the kind of health care that most Americans expect.\u201d <\/p>\n

Regarding the failure to put the constitutional citation into bills, Republicans say that typically will come when a bill hits the floor. The three bills that Republicans plan to introduce this week \u2014 one to cut the congressional budget, one to repeal the health care bill and another to instruct House committees to present new health care legislation \u2014 were posted on the Rules Committee website with plenty of time for review, but none had the constitutional citation for similar review<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I will point out here that there is a valid reason that the Constitutional citations are not in the bills.  This morning\u2019s reading of the Constitution in the House may well be the first exposure most Republican legislators have ever had to that document, so that can\u2019t yet cite what they don\u2019t know.<\/font><\/p>\n

Chris Hayes and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky talk about these lies and more.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

In conclusion, the batch of Republicans that took control of the House have only one difference from that batch that did so in 1994.  They are even less competent.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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