Dude, come on.
Washington (CNSNews.com) – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) says voting on the debt-ceiling legislation the same day the bill was posted online does not violate the “spirit” of the 2010 GOP Pledge to America to publish legislation on the Internet at least 72 hours before it comes to a vote.
“If this (bill) has a super-majority, if it has the president’s buy-in, if we’ve all known and been involved in seeing it worked out over the 72 hours, then the spirit of the 72 hours was kept,” Issa told CNSNews.com.
Issa also mentioned the Aug. 2 “default” deadline proclaimed by President Obama, noting the deadline could not be met if the bill were to be posted for 72 hours before a vote. “You can’t have 72 hours and not bust the Aug. 2 deadline. So I don’t think anyone in America thinks we are failing to keep the spirit and the reality of the situation.”
Funny, I don’t recall seeing any such disclaimers in the GOP Pledge to America last fall – do you? I guess it just went without saying that the 72-hour rule wasn’t always going to be practical. Sure sounded nice on the campaign trail though! Oh, and it’s so wonderful to know that the GOP-controlled House is in business to pass – nay, write – bills that have the President’s buy-in. Yes, that’s what the American people voted for last November – more bills out of the House with Obama’s buy-in! Because we just didn’t get enough of that during the first two years of his term.
Well, at least we avoided having to prioritize discretionary spending a “default” that was never going to happen anyway. Does that make you feel any better?
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