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.

Treasury Nominee Should Withdraw, or Be Withdrawn

Do we need a Secretary of Treasury -- the guy in charge of the IRS, the Secret Service, and who knows how many trillions of dollars in federal buyout, er, bailout funds -- who doesn't pay his taxes until he's about to get caught?

It may be that Timothy Geithner, until recently one of the Federal Reserve board members, is a true financial genius, but his character does not bear scrutiny. If the Senate confirms his nomination as Treasury secretary, then truly we are no longer a nation of laws but of men, and it becomes more and more obvious that the rules by which us lowly peons are expected to play by are not the rules of the elite.

By the way, did we forget to tell you that Geithner is considered the architect of the TARP ("bailout") program?

Shame on Barack Obama that Geithner's name has not already been pulled from consideration.

The AP report doesn't even adequately detail the full truth of the scandal, but it does include the typical responses we've come to expect from our "leadership" in Washington.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., dismissed the events as "a few little hiccups," and said he was "not concerned at all" about the impact.

Obama reiterated his support for Geithner.

Harry Reid wouldn't know corruption if it bit him on the ass.

For more details on how the Associated Press is trying to white-wash this guy's nomination, read this post over at BizzyBlog.

UPDATE -- Byron York has the damning details on how the IMF (International Monetary Fund) reimbursed Geithner for taxes he did not pay. More grist for the mill.