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House Democrats Muzzle GOP on Sensitive Issues
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| Contributor | excelsior |
| Last Edited | excelsior Jul 17, 2009 01:54am |
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| Author | Associated Press |
| News Date | Friday, July 17, 2009 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON (AP) - In their zeal to protect their members from politically hazardous votes on issues such as gay marriage and gun control, Democrats running the House of Representatives are taking extraordinary steps to muzzle Republicans in this summer's debates on spending bills.
On Thursday, for example, Republicans had hoped to force debates on abortion, school vouchers and medical marijuana, as well as gay marriage and gun control, as part of House consideration of the federal government's contribution to the District of Columbia's city budget.
No way, Democrats said.
At issue are 12 bills totaling more than $1.2 trillion in annual appropriations bills for funding most government programs . . . .
For decades, those bills have come to the floor under an open process that allows any member to try to amend them . . . .
It was a right the Democrats zealously defended when they were the minority party from 1995 through 2006.
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