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Pelosi Censors Republicans
by Rep. John Carter

Monday night Democrats voted to shut down the U.S. House Representatives rather than allow a handful of Republican Congressmen to speak on the floor. What could have been so offensive or frightening about our discourse that Speaker Pelosi felt she had to protect her party by gagging free speech in the House?



we had planned to speak on the lack of transparency of the House since Democrats took control. We had planned to criticize Speaker Pelosi for repeatedly denying Members, the media, and the public to right to read legislation before it was voted on. We were set to discuss House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's statement last week that if his Members were required to read the Democrats' healthcare reform package before it was voted on, it would fail.

So the Speaker obviously feels that if the public is truly aware of her party's agenda, they will reject it. She is now making sure the public is kept in the dark by trampling the centuries-old democratic traditions of the House.

What are those traditions? Every day that the House is in session, following the final vote of the day, representatives are allowed the privilege of free speech on the House floor in what is known as "Special Orders." They may speak for one minute, five minutes, or one hour segments, and must request their time in advance. Time is allocated equally to both parties on a first-come basis.
This Week's Top Human Events Articles
5. Sotomayor Claims Little Involvement with PRLDEF (Day 3 of Hearings)
by Connie Hair

The Democratic smoke grenades were billowing all over the third day of the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings yesterday. Democrats continued to portray Sotomayor as a judicial conservative, which is reminiscent of John Kerry's presidential campaign. Remember former altar boy Kerry's stand on abortion?

by Rick Scott

Earlier this week, the warning signs were clear to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid (perhaps made clearer after a visit to the White House): the liberal dream of a government health care takeover was headed down the same path trod by the Clinton Administration some 15 years earlier -- skyrocketing cost projections in the trillions of dollars, talk of an ever-expanding government bureaucracy, and plummeting support from the American public as the details began to trickle out.


by Rowan Scarborough

An independent federal investigation into President Bush's warrantless intercepts of al Qaeda communications found that intelligence agencies followed the program's procedures, did not spy on innocent Americans and gleaned valuable information on the terror network. (Continued Below)





2. Will Blue Dog Democrats Stop Health-Care Debacle?
by Michelle Oddis

Rep. Tom Price says it's too soon to tell if the Blue Dog dissent will keep the legislation from passing before the August recess.



by Jed Babbin

The Democrats' war against our spies has taken two new turns. In their zeal to punish Bush administration officials -- and protect House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) from publication of the facts showing her complicity in then-legal waterboarding of terrorist prisoners -- the Democrats have again accused the CIA of lying.
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Posted by HUSTUSA at 7/16/2009 3:39 PM
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