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dk...actually, Pelosi just ended the "Hastert Rule" in the House. Under the former Speaker and the Repub majority, the rule requred that a bill have support of the "majority of the majority" before being alllowed to be brought to the floor for a vote.
This meant that any bill that had bi-partisan support, but not the support of the majority of the Repubs was not allowed to be considered. The two most aggregious examples were the Repub majority energy bill that was a payoff to big oil and the medicare reform bill that was a payoff to the pharmaceuticals. There were alternatives to both that had bi-partisan support, but were never considered.
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