Democrats To Start Without GOP Input

PeteEU said:

Of course they are not gonna be bipartisan in kicking out partisan republican laws and rules laid down the last decade. No one in their right mind would expect that.

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Democrats To Start Without GOP Input
Quick Passage of First Bills Sought

By Lyndsey Layton and Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, January 2, 2007; A01

As they prepare to take control of Congress this week and face up to campaign pledges to restore bipartisanship and openness, Democrats are planning to largely sideline Republicans from the first burst of lawmaking.

House Democrats intend to pass a raft of popular measures as part of their well-publicized plan for the first 100 hours. They include tightening ethics rules for lawmakers, raising the minimum wage, allowing more research on stem cells and cutting interest rates on student loans.

But instead of allowing Republicans to fully participate in deliberations, as promised after the Democratic victory in the Nov. 7 midterm elections, Democrats now say they will use House rules to prevent the opposition from offering alternative measures, assuring speedy passage of the bills and allowing their party to trumpet early victories.

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PeteEU said:

Of course they are not gonna be bipartisan in kicking out partisan republican laws and rules laid down the last decade. No one in their right mind would expect that.

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Goobieman said:

So... the Democrats lied when they said they would work with the GOP?

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Iriemon said:

The seem to be working with them just as well as Republicans worked with the Democrats as promised by Mr. "I'm a uniter not a divider."

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Stinger said:

They promised to include the Republicans and engage in compromise and bipartisanship and already the lie is being exposed. Bush did work with Democrats and they stabbed him in the back. We are talking about the Congress here. So do you admit they lied?

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Goobieman said:

Obviously Iriemon thinks that because Bush (supposedly) lied, it's OK for the Democrats to lie as well. 2 wrongs make a right, and all. :roll:

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Iriemon said:

Just get a kick out of you cons whining now about the same stuff you did.

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This country needs unification through bipartisanship after years of Republicans dividing us through new levels of partisanship.

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That said, Iriemon has a point that the same Republicans who cheered Bush's partisanship after many of us were deceived into believing he was a 'uniter not a divider' are now wanting to hold Democrats to account.

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Dezaad said:

That said, Iriemon has a point that the same Republicans who cheered Bush's partisanship after many of us were deceived into believing he was a 'uniter not a divider' are now wanting to hold Democrats to account. By Republican standards, such campaign promises are not the sort of ones that ought to be kept. We'll see about Democratic standards.

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Democrats To Start Without GOP Input
Daly said Democrats are still committed to sharing power with the minority down the line. "The test is not the first 100 hours," he said. "The test is the first six months or the first year. We will do what we promised to do."
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Senate Democrats will allow Republicans to make amendments to all their initiatives, starting with the first measure -- ethics and lobbying reform, said Jim Manley, spokesman for the incoming majority leader, Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).
In the House, Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.), who will chair the Rules Committee, said she intends to bring openness to a committee that used to meet in the middle of the night. In the new Congress, the panel -- which sets the terms of debate on the House floor -- will convene at 10 a.m. before a roomful of reporters.
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At the same time, she added, the majority would grant Republicans every possible chance to alter legislation once it reaches the floor. "We intend to allow some of their amendments, not all of them," Slaughter said.

For several reasons, House Democrats are assiduously trying to avoid some of the heavy-handed tactics they resented under GOP rule. They say they want to prove to voters they are setting a new tone on Capitol Hill. But they are also convinced that Republicans lost the midterms in part because they were perceived as arrogant and divisive.

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Dezaad said:

I knew there was a reason you didn't include the actual link to the article. You didn't want any nuance to the Democratic position to be portrayed:

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Dezaad said:

I knew there was a reason you didn't include the actual link to the article. You didn't want any nuance to the Democratic position to be portrayed:

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Daly said Democrats are still committed to sharing power with the minority down the line. "The test is not the first 100 hours," he said. "The test is the first six months or the first year. We will do what we promised to do."

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"We intend to allow some of their amendments, not all of them," Slaughter said.

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Goobieman said:

So, who here is surprised by this?



Democrats To Start Without GOP Input - washingtonpost.com

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CurrentAffairs said:

So many Democratic promises already have gone down the toilet. It only took a few hours after winning Congress to back down from the Impeachment promise and now this.
Hey, Democrats, how does it feel to be lied to?

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CurrentAffairs said:

Hey, Democrats, how does it feel to be lied to?

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niftydrifty said:

As a citizen, really no different than when previous government officials did the same.

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niftydrifty said:

And this is really no different than all the other grandstanding double standards stinger is so famous for.

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