I wanted you all to see this excellent column from the
Buffalo News today detailing how the GOP strangle-hold on the Rules process has had a dramatic impact on the legislation that comes out of the House.
Frightening indeed.
-LMS
Control of House Rules Prevents Critical Debate
By Douglas Turner
WASHINGTON - The link between the cute rules of the House of Representatives and violent crime, broken streets and higher taxes at home seems obscure. But it is very real all the same.
The way the House Republican majority runs the place helps explain why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer in urban America, according to a research paper put out by Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, D-Fairport.
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