Harry Reid Sends A Clean CR. Bill back to House
Harry Reid wanted to stop the debate on Thursday and send a clean CR bill (restoring funding Affordable Health Care Act) for Health care back to the house. But Ted Cruz and Lee of Utah (Tea Party Members) were operating on their own schedule. They wanted to delay the voting on the bill until Friday so that their tea party supporters could watch on TV. By delaying until Friday, they hope that this would not give the house speaker enough time to vote on the bill, virtually guaranteeing a government shut down on Tuesday. Do you think the speaker should violate the "Haster Rule"(use Democratic votes to pass the Bill) or let the government shut down?
The Hastert Rule
The Hastert Rule, also known as the "majority of the majority" rule, is an informal governing principle used by Republican Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speaker ships and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House. Under the doctrine, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives will not allow a vote on a bill unless a majority of the majority party supports the bill. Its introduction is widely credited to former Speaker Dennis Hastert(1999-2007); However, Newt Gingrich, who directly preceded Hastert as Speaker (1995-1999), followed the same rule. Hastert was vocal in his support of the rule stating that his job was "to please the majority of the majority."
What is A Closure Vote
Cloture Vote
Cloture (/ˈkloʊtʃər/ KLOH-chər) is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. It is also called closure or, informally, a guillotine. The cloture procedure originated in the French National Assembly, from which the name is taken. Clôture is French for "ending" or "conclusion". It was introduced into the Parliament of the United Kingdom by William Ewart Gladstone to overcome the obstruction of the Irish nationalist party and was made permanent in 1887. It was subsequently adopted by the United States Senate and other legislatures
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