No MOTM here:

2004:

Hastert Launches a Partisan Policy

In scuttling major intelligence legislation that he, the president and most lawmakers supported, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert last week enunciated a policy in which Congress will pass bills only if most House Republicans back them, regardless of how many Democrats favor them.

Hastert (R-Ill.) ... says ... bills will reach the House floor, after negotiations with the Senate, only if "the majority of the majority" supports them.

2006:

The House Friday easily approved a compromise bill setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government’s terrorism-era warrantless eavesdropping on phone and computer lines in this country.

[M]ost House Dems voted against the measure, while House Republicans were nearly unanimous in their support. Specifically, among Dems, 128 voted against it, while 105 voted for it. Among Republicans, 188 voted for it, and just one [against].

Pelosi is no Hastert, that's for sure.


posted by Quiddity at 6/20/2008 10:49:00 AM