Paul Ryan will be Chairman of the Budget Committee if the Republicans win the house. History will repeat itself, but not in a good way.
Nigel Hamilton repeated an oft used phrase over at HuffPo this morning.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
We, too, can protest -- but can we fight the evil tide of Know-Nothingness that is sweeping the country and potentially handing congressional power over to a group of dimwits, determined to ruin the American empire?
The answer to Mr. Hamilton MUST be yes.
What did Paul Ryan say about using reconciliation as a legislative tool when the Democrats used it?
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/...
Ryan called the reconciliation process a "convoluted legislative charade" and the result of Democrats "employing any means to achieve political victory" in an op-ed in the Washington Post. [3/14/10]
– The congressman referred to using reconciliation for the legislative fix to the bill as "an extraordinary and unprecedented abuse" of the reconciliation process during a debate on the House Budget Committee. "Never before has the House committee process been so grossly exploited," he said. [3/15/10]
Then speaking on CNBC earlier this week, Ryan suddenly decided that using reconciliation to advance conservative ideas was awesome:
Ah yes, the good old days when the Democrats used Reconciliation and were castigated by Republicans and some Democrats. But it's okay of you're a Republican.
I'm saving my money to send President Obama ink cartridges for his veto pen.