The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

And the Hastert Rule?


Why would Ryan refuse?

Could a too immigration-friendly result come in violation of the Hastert Rule (aka the "majority of the majority rule"), named after Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert and requiring that a Speaker of the House never allow anything to come to a vote unless it has the support of a majority of his own party?

Ryan would be unseated by the hard right of his own caucus if that happened.

“It's gamesmanship and partisanship.

I gave them the answer how you solve this today:

Promise, guarantee in writing to the Democrats that there will be one week's debate on immigration and a vote on an immigration bill some time in the next month in the House and the Senate,” Paul said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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