Hannity falsely claimed that under Pelosi, Republicans "can't offer amendments"
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SUMMARY: Fox News' Sean Hannity falsely claimed that under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "Republicans can't offer amendments; they can't offer alternative bills." In fact, in the 111th Congress, the House has voted on several Republican-sponsored amendments to various bills.
On the March 16 edition of his Fox News program, Sean Hannity falsely claimed that under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), "Republicans can't offer amendments; they can't offer alternative bills." In fact, in the 111th Congress, which began on January 6, the House has held recorded votes on several amendments offered by Republicans seeking to change various bills, including a "substitute" amendment seeking to replace the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with an alternative bill.
The House also voted on a motion to recommit the recovery bill with instructions (i.e., an amendment to the bill) offered by Republican Jerry Lewis (CA). Another Republican amendment to the recovery bill was agreed to on the House floor by voice vote. Additionally, the House voted on a Republican alternative to the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 in the form of a motion to recommit with instructions offered by Rep. Nathan Deal (GA). Debating the amendment, Deal stated: "[T]he Republican motion to recommit replaces what I consider to be a deeply flawed bill that has been offered and also has improvements to the SCHIP proposal that we are considering."
From the March 16 edition of Fox News' Hannity:
HANNITY: All right, let's first start with the tape. Now, Nancy Pelosi, the most draconian rules -- Republicans can't offer amendments; they can't offer alternative bills -- and here she's on Charlie Rose saying she's not partisan. Roll the tape.
PELOSI [video clip]: Some people think there seems to be a market for saying that I am very partisan and that I don't give the Republicans their opportunity. And that simply is not true.
HANNITY: Now, you worked pretty closely there. Is that true?
DANA PERINO (former White House press secretary): I think, yes, Speaker Pelosi is smart, she's accomplished, but she is also very partisan. And that's OK; you can be partisan, and also -- and think that your policies will be the best thing for all Americans, but that doesn't mean you can't have an honest debate. And I think one of the reasons you hear complaints from Republicans -- that they aren't having a chance to be a part of the legislative process -- is because they're not getting the chance to have a -- to be a part of it.
No surprise here. When Republitoads had the majority, they treated Democrats like red-headed stepchildren... now the tables have turned and they're whining like little weenies.
What was it that Rush Blimpboy said to the Democrats a few years ago? "Shut the hell up until you win an election".... or something like that?
Yeah, it was something like that.
You do bring up a good point about how the republicans treated the democrats while they were in the majority. What would happen is that basically anything and everything the democrats tried to get into a bill was rejected off hand, because it came from a democrat. Some things of course did get in, but it was few and far between. The republicans changed the rules for debating a bill on the floor, and vastly reduced the time open for debate, and or to offer amendments and other items.
If the democrats just use the same rules as the republicans did, then they shouldn't have anything to complain about right??
Maybe Hannity just meant to say that republicans were too busy hitting the press circuit complaining about everything democratic to have time available to sit down and offer alternatives?
The Republicans at least let lib bills come up for a vote. They didn't bury them in committees like Pelosi does. Conservatives of this country will watch the libs destroy this wonderful country. You can't have it both ways, either this economy is Obama's or Bush's. Not Bush's economy when it's bad and Obama's when it's good. This is now Obama's and the Dems.
Yea...I heard Nancy Pelosi won't even let Republicans into the House chambers anymore. And that the ACORN militia has been threatening them...and vandalizing their yachts and summer homes. And that Obama is a Communist...and...and...
BTW, my latest theory is that Sean Hannity does not actually exist...that he's not a real person. I believe he's just an animated cartoon character. Computer animation is pretty good nowadays...
But it (animation) unintentionally adds a few pounds to Shamity and Lumpy. The camera is not kind.
I always wondered what happened to Max Headroom!
FIRST!!!! I FOUND THE LONE TRUTH IN THIS HANNITY CLIP!!!!:
WOO HOO!!!
I have to admit though, that was an easy one. Not "Where's Waldo?"-easy, but relative to finding the truth in most Hannity clips, this was a piece of cake.
i think your being too kind to the nixon administration. they didn't run a secret assassination ring
If it were truly secret, how would we know?
ok you got me there......a former secret assassination ring.
Of course Cheney and Rumsfield both were in the Nixon administration. so why does going worse than that not supprise me.
Clearly, the nixon administration was a gateway drug for a whole slew of gop-slime psychopaths, serial killers and career war criminals.
Go figure.
I've decided that for every thread I see about FoxNoise...
I will simply leave this one clip for all to see ... (there are other clips as well... but this one does the trick)
Dispute it right-wingers or FoxNoise defenders...
I dare you!
oops... not "clip" but "link"...
Try this link instead... it is a better formatted site... besides.. the link above links to this one... so I guess it doesnot matter..
In fact... I'm not always on this site every day...
I'm asking any of my fellow MMfA'ers to please use this link in every thread about FoxNoise or any of its people...
Thank you
I've been collecting 'project censored' books since the 90s. They are very informative as to how blind, deaf and dumb the media really is under corporate control.
"FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media."
Well, there you have it. Holy crap.
Under Pelosi, Republicans "can't offer amendments"
Oh, if only this were true.
And if only the Democrats would get it through their heads that THEY WON, and do what they were ELECTED TO, foremost on that agenda being to STOP ALLOWING THE REPUBLICANS TO SCREW EVERYTHING UP!
I know. The Democrats are trying to show that they're not as bad as the republic party. Its a fools task/errand or whatever. If they want to do what they were elected to do, (which they seemed to have forgotten) they need to just get on with it. use the majorities they were given and start to fix things as best as can be done.
How do the democrats stop the republicains from filibustering every major bill in the Senate? they can not unless they change the rules and that will be used against them.
Since earmarks tend to be admendments and 40% of the earmakes on the spending bill were by republicans some from both houses of congres this proves yet another lie by Hanity. Hanity or Rush which one is the king of the liers?
Of course she is a right wing mouth piece who worked for Bush.
I've stopped being amazed at the fact that know-nothing Hannity knows nothing.
Why does Hannity lie? Is he a bad person? Was he raised wrong? Inquiring minds want to know.
He actually believes what he is saying because he has been brain washed by the right and can not see the truth as with all most everyone at fox.
no he sold his soul to get ratings.......
you would think Bush NEVER left
He may have left office, but his legacy continues. Wars, torture, economic crisis, etc.
Untill we put the GOP to having less than 40 Seantors nothing major will get done in a timely manor if at all.
The partisans will keep Bush in the news for as long as they can. They have nothing else.
The partisans will keep Bush in the news for as long as they can. They have nothing else.
Bush left enough damage for the next 12 presidents.
When discussing Bush/Cheney, partisanship will not be the issue.
You need to sober up my fellow American. You have been bamboozled!
What is the Messiah gonna do to fix all of this irreparable damage? Tell the people that if we do not support his spendulus, "there will be irreversible damage to our economy?"
I am at a loss.
Yes, you are at a loss - intellectually.
It's obvious that you're a partisan hack. Bush/Cheney did leave enough behind that presidents for years to come will be cleaning up the mess left behind.
What do you suggest, that we continue in the same manner as Bush? Really?
Something must be done. Republicans with their thumbs up their butts don't solve problems - they've proven that time and again. Allowing the 'free market' to fix itself just shows how intellectually challenged you are with regards to our economy. Laissez-faire economics don't work. Never have. Never will. Quit dreaming and join us in the real world.
Just when ya think we've seen the bottom of the freeperville barrel, a new gop-slop spewin' clueless-cretin contender slithers from the primordial ooze.
I hate to confuse ya with the facts, little factose-intolerant fella, but the Dems passed everything in the House only to see it get filibustered by the gop-slime minority or vetoed by Shrub.
Now, the gop-scum society just filibusters while Crash Coleman drags out the Minnesota race with no hope of winning.
No plane crash, no coleman.
Ya really ought to take Fifth Grade Civics for openers, little fella.
I would suggest eigth grade civics. More of the federal gov't level.
That wouldn't work; assuming that accurate information provided to trolls would prevent them from lying presupposes that they are honest.
You can show your ignorance of the facts by attacking the person while I keep lowering the boom on you with FACTS.
That's cool!
I've not seen you post one verifiable fact.
Care to give it a try?
I am pretty sure I do not care that the Rpeublicans get a say in anything. Yeah, i've confirmed it. I'm sure.
he has to stay at FOX now. It is a jail sentence for him now. The radio guy in Florida has more followers then he does.
You all will get what you wished for. Lets have the next round of layoffs go to all those who voted for Obama.
You're not as super of a mom as you think.
Post a fact or get back to changin' diapers.
I have a better idea, let the next round of laypffs go to all HANNITY listeners and watchers.
I agree in general that, in a just world, Hannity would deserve some sort of jail term...;o).
However, in a way, in this case, Hannity did not lie. Republicans just cannot bring themselves to offer _any_ constructive effort these days, amendment or otherwise.
So the logic is clear: Pelosi is Speaker of the House, and Republicans cannot offer amendments.
Hyperbole, you say?
It is amazing how when there is a news serivce out there who truly does report the FACTS, libs want to knock it down and try to shut them up. Maybe if more libs did as much research as Hannity they wouldn't be spouting off without any education on the issues.
Hannity's "Facts": Obama's citizenship is in serious question by virtue of the "controversy" of his birth certificate, and the Clintons are co-conspirators in murder.
I do not think Hannity has respect for facts.
You must have missed the link Captfoster2 posted.
Fox News is allowed, by law, to lie. They admit to doing so.
It's too bad you're so blind that you cannot see that you're being taken for a ride...out to the country....
Two go out...one comes back...
SUPERMOM, I hate to tell you this but a lot of us LIBS do our research and find out very easily that HANNITY and the rest of FOX NOISE are basicly feeding us nothing but RIGHT WING HORSES--T. FOX has lying down to a science.
You need to use quotation marks when quoting others. Otherwise you'd be a liar and a cheat.
To help Liberalbuster out, that quote was from an unknown.
And your point is...?
You can spend all day quoting others. Do you have something that you've come up with on your own?
I do advise some caution, though. We lefties can be pretty good with using the internets and the google. If you're going to quote, be sure to attribute. And if you do quote someone else and claim it as your own, we will know that you're just as intellectually and ethically bankrupt as your Republican cohorts.
Google away pal. He said the facts.
OH! So NOW Repubs are concerned with an up or down vote.
I see how it works...when an up or down vote can help them, Republicans want it.
When it can hurt them, they don't want it.
Is there ANYTHING in your party that's not hypocritical?
SUPERMOM, HYPOCRACY,THY NAME IS REPUBLICAN
We will make it out of this recession before this spendulus even hits that "we had to install or there would be IRREVERSABLE damage to our economy".
The puppeteers with the string on the advisors of Obama or on Obama himself are being pulled incorrectly. Can someone tell Obama that there is no such thing as an irreversable event in a free market economy!
WE will make it out of this recession before this spendulus even hits". It sounds like your solution is to do nothing while the car runs over the cliff. NOT IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS.