Wipeout: How the Democratic Majority Abandoned its Promises of Openness and...
As the 110th Congress concludes, the Committee on Rules Republican Members released this report on the new Democratic Majority's record of openness in their first Congress in control in 12 years.
View ArticleParliamentary Boot Camp Video: "The Problem With Pre-Printing"
In this video, House Rules Committee Ranking Republican David Dreier describes how the Democratic Majority has changed the way spending bills are considered in the House. By making a small, subtle...
View ArticleCongressman Mike Simpson on Restoring Openness in the Appropriations Process
In response to unprecedented actions by the U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Majority leadership to close the process for spending bills, Congresman Mike Simpson, Ranking Member of the Interior...
View Article“Opportunities Lost” – An Examination of the Breakdown of the Appropriations...
The House Rules Committee Republicans released a report today outlining the breakdown of the appropriations process this year under the restrictive limits imposed by the Democratic majority....
View ArticleThe Slaughter Solution: Bending the Rules Beyond Belief
In this memorandum from Rules Committee Ranking Republican David Dreier, he explains the Democratic Majority's predicament on health care legislation: "The Democratic Majority has a problem with their...
View ArticleFrom the “Slaughter Solution” to “Supermax” — The Rule for Debating the...
While the Democratic leadership has abandoned the “Slaughter Solution” of “deem and enact” for their health care plan, they weren’t content to allow debate to continue according to the Rules of the...
View ArticleBudget Reference Manual — Points of Order in the House
Today, the House Rules Committee Republicans released a new reference guide entitled Points of Order in the House Related to the Budget Act. This volume is intended to serve as an easy to use reference...
View ArticleCommittee Republicans Issue Report: "The Wrong Way Congress"
The Democratic Majority took America in the wrong direction with the wrong bills in the wrong way at the wrong time. The Majority once promised to take us in a "new direction." Instead, they have gone...
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