House to relax ethics rule - Page 2

Happy Monkey · 01-04-2005, 07:00 AM

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John Feehery, a spokesman for Hastert, said a change in standards of conduct “would have been the right thing to do, but it was becoming a distraction.”

Hee hee...

BigV · 01-04-2005, 11:09 AM

I understand that the straw that broke the camel's back on this issue was House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's plan to call for a recorded vote on the issue when it came up first thing. The prospect of having daylight on the vote and having it not secret and recorded was just too much "distraction" for the rank and file republicans. The leadership didn't have enough (dare I say mandate) "capital" to put the rest of their colleagues, who clearly thought this was a bad idea, at ease.

01-04-2005, 11:09 AM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I understand that the straw that broke the camel's back on this issue was House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's plan to call for a recorded vote on the issue when it came up first thing. The prospect of having daylight on the vote and having it not secret and recorded was just too much "distraction" for the rank and file republicans. The leadership didn't have enough (dare I say mandate) "capital" to put the rest of their colleagues, who clearly thought this was a bad idea, at ease. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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