Civics/Procedural Experts -- why is this going to committee a good thing?

Randi Rhodes just had an orgasm when the gavel fell.

What happens next from a procedural perspective and what is the timing?

I wouldn't look to her to understand what's happening.

WHY is committee a good thing?

What do we hope to see accomplished by Conyers et al and in what timing?

What happens next?

Thanks in advance...

They are voting on that now.

I thought they said the vote was gavelled and it was off to committee.

When it was introduced originally it was referred to the Judiciary where it has sat dead for several months.

Why I am wondering about the exhuberance here, but then again, I am not up on procedurals so am likely missing something.

Now I know what I need to do this afternoon, national strike or not

Write a long letter to the judiciary

it's been in committee since June. it will die there.

a long letter and call them

They tried to kill it, and it didn't work

It is still alive

I am surely missing something rather critical here.

but unless you invoke the rule, they can do whatever they want.

there should never have been a vote on the previous question. it was out of order. damn damn damn Steny Hoyer to hell!

Don't kid yourself.

to make some move.


This also puts the impeachment issue on the public radar, watch for more public opinion polls about a Cheney impeachement. Pollsters have avoided the question thus far, but may not be able to after this.


The bull got out of the barn and charged around on the House floor before he was put back in. He may be back in the barn, now, but he'll be bellowing and kicking in the stall.

It gives me hope on a day when I'm pretty disgusted with our reps. Thanks.

It certainly helped when it was referred to the judiciary before the Impeachment of Nixon.

The House thinks they are fighting the last Impeachment war.

Look how quickly Newt and company jumped on the Impeach Clinton bandwagon. They thought the American public would react like they did when Nixon was Impeached. But instead the public saw that Clinton's Impeachment was a trumped up charge and ended up kicking out Newt and company.

So now they all think the American public will react like they did during the Impeachment of Clinton and turn against those who called for the Impeachment. But they have miscalculated the American public's sentiment as they did during the last Impeachment war.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HE00333:@@@C

It will die a lonely death and never ever see the light of day. No, this is definitely not a good thing.