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Deem and pass: a slight return

Submitted by Simon on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 1:06pm

Some Dems are charging that the GOP has resurrected the "deem and pass" procedural rule it criticized last year. This seems like an opportune moment to recall that I didn't join in that particular tizzy. When I examined the issue last spring, I pronounced it dumb but constitutional.

so how do we tell

So how do we tell which side is more hypocritical? We could pretty much set our watches that the first day would bring this, right? Democrats suddenly troubled, republicans warming to idea. Not exactly a shocker, sadly.

It's not clear to me whether

It's not clear to me whether TPM's characterization of the proposed rule is correct; I just didn't challenge it for purposes of the post.

props

props for the jimi ref as well.

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