Senator Harry (the Grinch Who Intends To Steal Christmas) Reid, thinking that his sneaky, furious, closed-door scribblings of devilish, sweetheart deals for votes would continue to be kept hidden in smokey Democratic darkness, has been outed as plainly as Ben Nelson’s hypocrisy.
Yesterday, during continuing debate over health care legislation, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) pointed out a bullet aimed at binding the hands of future Congressional actions through a change to Senate rules within the legislation (see page 1020):
“…it shall not be in order in the senate or the house of representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection.”
Jeff Merkley (D-OR), chairing the Senate at the time, disagreed, calling it a “procedure change” not a “rule change” and stated that this has happened before. Senator DeMint wisely asked for evidence, after Merkley had agreed that earlier this year such 2/3 majority vote was required for other legislation passed in the Senate that included similar verbiage.
The exchange is included here for full context:
As Senator DeMint stated, “the fundamental purpose of Senate rules [is to] to prevent a tyrannical majority from trampling the rights of the minority or of future Congresses.” Which, of course, means that the Senate is less able to also trample the rights of the American people. Something the Democrats obviously do not want to hear.
(H/T Breitbart)
What if we as a nation came to realize that the quest for empire eventually destroys all great nations?
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2k7xXxdUJ0