Category Archives: Hastert Rule

Republicans should have stood their ground. Why is it that taking a stand for fixing our problems is a bad thing? At least the Alabama delegation except for a retiring representative said NO.  

I see 87 Republican congressman who voted for the bill and 144 who voted against therefore the bill should never have been brought to the floor in the first place by the Speaker. There's still much blame to go around though.

Disappointed, not surprised.

This whole thing started as a mess and has become even worse. Either the Republicans take a stand on principle or they don’t. To take a stand and then cave is worse than not taking a stand in the first place. Right now, either way, they appear weak. They need a backbone.

I am beyond comments.  Has the Speaker considered the rules in the last few battles?  Well, has anybody considered the rules, Constitution, or anything that looks American in the last few battles?

I hardly know what to say. This has been such an ordeal. Republicans appear to have given in and didn't get very much in exchange. Sadly, I have come to expect this. I knew it was just a matter of time before Republicans would buckle to the Democrats. I understand the difficulty of being hammered…

No one is following the rules anymore, let alone operating with their enumerated powers as defined in the Constitution.  President Obama is taking more and more power and concentrating it within the executive branch.  It is hard to understand how our trusted servants are allowing this to happen.  It is even harder to understand how…

Speaker Boehner has outlived his usefulness to the Republican party.  He is weak and disappointing.

Obama & Media won that battle. But patriotic Americans won't give up.