Clock Ticking On Democrats
Clock Ticking On Dems 100 Hour Agenda
WASHINGTON - The clock is ticking for House Democrats, but it's hard to tell what time it is.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi News, Bio, Voting Record, D-Calif., was touting a plan to push six bills through a Democratic House in 100 hours or less as early as June of last year. She's reached the halfway point — in fewer than 20 hours, According To Her Count.
But just as the official clock for a basketball or football game stops for time-outs and commercial breaks, Democrats aren't counting the minutes spent on business unrelated to those six designated bills.
So while the House has been in session for almost 48 hours since the 110th Congress was sworn in Jan. 4, the clock on Pelosi's Web site says only 17 hours 48 minutes have elapsed.
"We're just counting the legislative hours," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill explained. (HaHa)
Finished are new rules on ethics, lobbying and budgeting — part of the Democrats' 100-hour promise in November but not included on Pelosi's clock. Also completed are the passage of three bills: antiterrorism measures, a minimum-wage increase and expanding federally funded stem cell research.
With just three bills to go, and one of those scheduled for passage Friday, Democrats appear on their way to accomplishing their promise, regardless of which clock is used.
After acting on a measure to make the government negotiate directly with drug companies for lower Medicare prescription drug prices, the House turns next week to the final two bills on their 100-hour to-do list: cutting interest rates on some student loans and getting more money for the government from oil companies.
Brian Kennedy, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner News, Bio, Voting Record, R-Ohio, said the clock — no matter how time is kept — is irrelevant.
"The clock is just a distraction to the hypocrisy they've exhibited and continued to exhibit in the first 100 hours," Kennedy said, referring to House Democrats' refusal to allow the GOP minority a chance to offer amendments or have any role in writing the bills.
No time was run off on either clock Monday, when many lawmakers attended the BCS championship football game in Arizona between Ohio State and Florida.
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GOP Hits Pelosi's 'Hypocrisy' On Wage Bill
Rangel And Pelosi Butt Heads
(Rangel yesterday swatted down a tax hike that Pelosi has floated, and he made an end run around her decision to bypass House committees in a rush to bring bills to a vote......Whoa! Maybe Charlie will keep this Nutjob in line!)
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Way to go Nancy, your first mistake was postponing the "First 100 Hours" for a football game! I think the clock should have started ticking the minute the new 110th Congress was sworn in. This is the longest 100 hours I have ever seen. Oh by the way Nancy, the clock is still ticking on any alternative plan you guy's have to the President's besides Retreat-In-Defeat!
WASHINGTON - The clock is ticking for House Democrats, but it's hard to tell what time it is.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi News, Bio, Voting Record, D-Calif., was touting a plan to push six bills through a Democratic House in 100 hours or less as early as June of last year. She's reached the halfway point — in fewer than 20 hours, According To Her Count.
But just as the official clock for a basketball or football game stops for time-outs and commercial breaks, Democrats aren't counting the minutes spent on business unrelated to those six designated bills.
So while the House has been in session for almost 48 hours since the 110th Congress was sworn in Jan. 4, the clock on Pelosi's Web site says only 17 hours 48 minutes have elapsed.
"We're just counting the legislative hours," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill explained. (HaHa)
Finished are new rules on ethics, lobbying and budgeting — part of the Democrats' 100-hour promise in November but not included on Pelosi's clock. Also completed are the passage of three bills: antiterrorism measures, a minimum-wage increase and expanding federally funded stem cell research.
With just three bills to go, and one of those scheduled for passage Friday, Democrats appear on their way to accomplishing their promise, regardless of which clock is used.
After acting on a measure to make the government negotiate directly with drug companies for lower Medicare prescription drug prices, the House turns next week to the final two bills on their 100-hour to-do list: cutting interest rates on some student loans and getting more money for the government from oil companies.
Brian Kennedy, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner News, Bio, Voting Record, R-Ohio, said the clock — no matter how time is kept — is irrelevant.
"The clock is just a distraction to the hypocrisy they've exhibited and continued to exhibit in the first 100 hours," Kennedy said, referring to House Democrats' refusal to allow the GOP minority a chance to offer amendments or have any role in writing the bills.
No time was run off on either clock Monday, when many lawmakers attended the BCS championship football game in Arizona between Ohio State and Florida.
Story Here
GOP Hits Pelosi's 'Hypocrisy' On Wage Bill
Rangel And Pelosi Butt Heads
(Rangel yesterday swatted down a tax hike that Pelosi has floated, and he made an end run around her decision to bypass House committees in a rush to bring bills to a vote......Whoa! Maybe Charlie will keep this Nutjob in line!)
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Way to go Nancy, your first mistake was postponing the "First 100 Hours" for a football game! I think the clock should have started ticking the minute the new 110th Congress was sworn in. This is the longest 100 hours I have ever seen. Oh by the way Nancy, the clock is still ticking on any alternative plan you guy's have to the President's besides Retreat-In-Defeat!
posted by Marie's Two Cents | 9:46 AM
2 Comments:
Gosh, talk about meaningless gimmics. dumbacrats think they are accomplishing something right now and they are passing legislation but it will be watered down in the Senate and vetoed by the President. Ho-Hum dumbacrats strike again with a rubber bladed knife. Does anyone take nacy Pelosi seriously? I think not, even her own committee chairs are jumping the already sinking dumbacrat garbage barge.
JG,
This is rather interesting watching this train wreck in progress!
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