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Thursday, March 18, 2010

One More on Legislative Procedure: Don Wolfensberger, of Roll Call and the Woodrow Wilson Center, on History of 'Deem & Pass'

By Steve Shiffrin

Here: http://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1412&fuseaction=topics.publications&doc_id=190504&group_id=180829

Please note that Mr. Wolfensberger is also former staff director for the House Rules Committee

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There's no question its allowed in so far as the House rules are concerned, and that Republicans have used it. The problems with it are its seemingly apparent unconstitutionality (Art. 1, Sec. 7), the use of it on such a monumental bill (both in terms of the controversial nature of the legislation and its overall affect on the nation/economy), and its use in light of the other procedural manuevers that have dogged this bill from the start that. None of these concerns change just because Republicans have done it or its allowed by House rules.