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House Republicans Overthrow the Constitution

04-02-2011 by L. S. Carbonell

Every week brings us more proof of how confident the Republican Party is of the effectiveness of their propaganda machine. The machine has convinced millions of Americans that they should strip fellow Americans of good wages and benefits instead of aspiring for better pay and health insurance for themselves. The machine has convinced millions that some nefarious force has taken over America and they must “take back our country.” The machine has convinced millions that the recession had no impact on our states’ and federal revenues, causing deficits. It has been a very, very effective machine. Now, it seeks to convince Americans that the House of Representatives, and only the House, can impose a law on us.

On Friday, the Republicans in the House (with 15 intelligent ones dissenting) pass H.R. 1255, the Government Shutdown Prevention Act that states that a previously passed House spending bill WOULD BECOME LAW if the Senate fails to pass a bill by April 6. This is what House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was talking about when he said the Republican spending bill would become “the law of the land.” He planned to overthrow the Constitution to assure that $66 billion were cut from the Federal budget for 2010.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland, said “This is a joke, America. This is not real, America. It is a real bill, passed by 221 of the 236 Republicans in the House. But it is about as much law as any of the 300 House-passed bills that the Senate Republicans filibustered into oblivion.

Rep. Anthony Weiner of Brooklyn went down to the Capitol gift shop and picked up a copy of a children’s book about how a bill becomes law, House Mouse, Senate Mouse. He read part of it on the floor. Like most of the staff at MSNBC, he understands that House Republicans never watched School House Rock and opted out of the Constitution Classes that Michele Bachmann graciously organized for them. They are totally clueless about how a bill becomes law. It passes the House, it passes the Senate, if the two bills aren’t identical, it goes to committee to reconcile the differences, then it gets voted on again. Anything else is unconstitutional.

This is from the party that ran on restoring our nation to its Constitutional base.

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