Pelosi Runs Roughshod Over the Legislative Process

You have to wonder how long Congressional Democrats are going to be able to hold themselves together peacefully when Nancy Pelosi keeps writing legislation herself and excluding other committee chairmen.

Under the guise of "emergency rules" Mrs. Pelosi is subverting the normal rules of legislating, and this is beginning to rankle a lot of people, as well it should.

Senior House Democrats have a message for their Speaker: We’re mad as hell, and we’re only taking it this one last time.

As congressional Democrats take the lead in responding to the sinking economy, subcommittee and even some full-committee chairmen — who normally wield significant influence in writing legislation — have been forced to wait on the sidelines as monumental bills are written in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) office.
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“This is really set to come to a head soon,” said Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who chairs the Energy and Commerce Oversight subcommittee. “The question is: Are we actually going to get a chance to legislate? There’s an opportunity to turn this corner, but we have not done that yet.”

The Founding Fathers are spinning in their graves. No doubt we will see more and more of this as the last vestiges of the old Republic keep being swept away by the new progressive (socialist) tide.