“Slaughter Rule” Strategy Unprecedented

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  March 16th at 01:30 PM  | 

Lefties (Daily Kos, TPMDC, and Huffington Post) are defending against allegations that the “Slaughter Rule” proposed strategy to pass ObamaCare without a vote is unprecedented and unconstitutional.  The Slaughter Rule has the support of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and is the Democrats preferred strategy to pass ObamaCare.  Liberals are peddling a talking point that self-executing rules like the Slaughter Rule have been done before and it was the Republicans that used | Read More »

Van Hollen Dodges Constitutional Question on Pelosi Strategy to Pass ObamaCare

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  March 14th at 01:06 PM  | 

On FOX News Sunday, Assistant to the Speaker of the House Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) followed his own advise contained in a memo leaked to Politico that advises silence on unconstitutional ObamaCare procedure.  The Constitution clearly states that bills have to be voted upon in the House before being presented to the President.  Leaders in the House are considering a complicated procedure to pass ObamaCare | Read More »

Van Hollen Advises Silence on Unconstitutional ObamaCare Procedure

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  March 13th at 10:38 AM  | 

House leaders have scheduled a vote for next Friday or Saturday according to Politico on ObamaCare.  Reports indicate that House leaders are planning to pass ObamaCare without a vote.  Assistant to the Speaker Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) advised Democrats not to talk about the procedure to pass the bill.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has come up with a very complicated procedure to get ObamaCare to the | Read More »

Constitution Be Damned – ObamaCare Vote Next Week

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  March 12th at 10:00 PM  | 

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has scheduled a vote next week on a House rule to get ObamaCare passed without one Representative having to vote on the bill.  This may be unconstitutional.  I have to be careful not to say that “Pelosi will schedule a vote on ObamaCare,”  because the plan right now is to pass the Senate version of ObamaCare without a vote in the House.  | Read More »