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Moderate Blue Dogs endorse House rules overhaul to break gridlock
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 03, 2018 07:40am |
| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Oct 03, 2018 07:05am |
| Description | The Blue Dog Democrats, an 18-member group, announced early Wednesday that they’re backing a series of proposals from the Problem Solvers Caucus designed to promote the passage of popular, bipartisan legislation — bills frequently blocked by small blocs of ideologues.
Among the proposed reforms, the Problem Solvers group wants to require a supermajority vote — three-fifths of the House — to pass any legislation brought to the floor under a closed rule, a procedural step that bars amendments during floor debates. Republican leaders this cycle broke the record for reporting the most closed rules in a single Congress, bringing howls from Democrats — and a number of Republicans — who want to empower more lawmakers to have a say in forging legislation.
A second proposal promotes fast-track consideration of any bill co-sponsored by at least two-thirds of the chamber. A third would make it tougher to remove a sitting Speaker, thereby preventing a small group of detractors from using threats to “vacate the chair” as a strategy for keeping certain bills off the floor. |
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