Friday, July 30, 2010

Just Say No to Lame Duck Legislating

Will endangered Democrats sign onto bill preventing them from passing legislation after voting day and before the new Congress is sworn in? Or will they signal that they are going to pass bad and unpopular legislation after being voted out of office as a last middle finger in the face of the American electorate?

Amplify’d from rsc.tomprice.house.gov
Washington,
Jul 29 
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Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after offering a resolution on the floor of the House of Representatives calling on Congress not to hold a lame duck session after Election Day for the purpose of passing hugely unpopular legislation like a national energy tax, enormous deficit spending bills, and the kickback to Big Labor known as “Card Check.”



“Americans are sick and tired of their elected leaders making backroom deals to ram through unpopular, 2000-page bills that no one has read,” said Chairman Price.  “They are sick of out-of-touch politicians, and they are tired of being ignored.  A number of Democrats, including members of their leadership, have recently expressed a desire to ignore the public will and use a lame duck session to pass liberal legislation Americans do not want.  Today I gave my Democrat colleagues an opportunity to show they are finally ready to listen to the American people.
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