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CreekDog

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3. Boehner isn't using the "Hastert Rule". The bill has already met that threshold

Reply to OmahaBlueDog (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 07:38 AM

Oct 2013

Boehner is using some other rule that says the number of his caucus that can deny him a majority vote for Speakership dictates what bills come to the floor.

That's about 13 votes and the Tea Partiers are the ones that will pull their support from him.

Call it the Bonehead Rule.

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Bloomberg/Business Week: Why John Boehner Won't Hold a Vote to Reopen the Government [View all] OmahaBlueDog Oct 2013 OP

"John Boehner did it several times in the summer in order to get anything done." bahrbearian Oct 2013 #1

+1 Scuba Oct 2013 #2

Boehner isn't using the "Hastert Rule". The bill has already met that threshold CreekDog Oct 2013 #3

Hey Boehner: Sober up and do something for America Berlum Oct 2013 #4