"FURTHER UPDATE: It's over. House Republicans are proclaiming victory as
Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer have abandoned their effort to change the rules to
allow their majority to operate with more stealth.
Let's give some credit to
conservatives in the House. The conventional wisdom is that in the House, unlike
the Senate, the minority is more or less powerless. But the House Republicans
seem to be well led and to be using effective tactics. They have foiled a number
of pieces of bad and unpopular legislation with motions to recommit; hence
today's effort by the Democrats to change the rules to take that option away
from the minority. "
I think that this is a good thing. The debate seemed to have focused on voting, and how the votes are taken. It seems that Republicans have had success derailing votes in the house by using a motion that would force the votes to go on the record. That means that some Democrats will not vote with their party on issues that are unpopular in their districts. If you ask me, I think every vote should be on the record.
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