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Three-Card Monte
Posted at 11:38pm on Dec. 27, 2007 Parliamentary Procedure Tricks
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
The House Democratic Caucus has a problem: It has a number of freshmen members who got elected from conservative districts. Said freshmen members will not long survive if they do not show some "independence" from the House Democratic leadership. It is a political necessity for them to be able to go back to their constituents and say that many a time, they were brave enough to cast votes defying Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Majority Whip James Clyburn and Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel.
So, how do these freshmen pull this trick off? Via InstaPundit, we have our answer.
Read on . . .
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