Pelosi Plays Dirty (updated)

According to Drudge Report Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is set on silencing the minority (Republicans) and is going to change the House Rules. These rules have not been changed since 1822!

PELOSI LOWERS THE BOOM
Wed May 16 2007 14:43:59 ET

After losing a string of embarrassing votes on the House floor because of procedural maneuvering, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has decided to change the current House Rules to completely shut down the floor to the minority.

The Democratic Leadership is threatening to change the current House Rules regarding the Republican right to the Motion to Recommit or the test of germaneness on the motion to recommit. This would be the first change to the germaneness rule since 1822.

In protest, the House Republicans are going to call procedural motions every half hour.

Developing..

Here is an email being circulated by Republican Study Committee Staff. on what Pelosi and the Dems are trying to do to the House Rules.

Attention RSC Staff: The rule providing consideration for the FY 2008 budget conference report (on the floor tomorrow) is expected to modify current House rules to prevent PAYGO offsets from expanding the scope of germaneness to further what Republicans may offer in their Motions to Recommit (MTR). This rules change is a historic infringement on the rights of the Minority-it is the first change in the germaneness rule since 1822. The RSC Floor Action Team, under the leadership of Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, have requested a series of procedural votes every 30 minutes in response to this power grab by the Majority. More details are likely to follow as the situation unfolds.

Congress Approval lower then Bush

According to a new Gallup poll only 29% of American approve of the job being done by Congress. This is down from earlier this year. Bush's approval rating, though still low at 33%, has stayed steady.

There is no surprise that the Gallup poll results indicated that those support for fell on party lines.

"Approval ratings of Congress are higher among Democrats than Republicans, while Bush's ratings are much higher among Republicans."

Hispanic Lobbyist Join Forces

A groups of prominent Hispanic Lobbyist have join forces --- in the hopes they will find strength in numbers and grow those numbers.

The group of 60 created the Hispanic Lobbyists Association, its goal is to increase networking opportunities and providing mentoring for young Latino up-and-comers.

According the the Cox News article:

Estuardo V. Rodriguez, a lobbyist for the Raben Group and president of the association, said that it hopes to mentor young talent and encourage offices on Capitol Hill to hire more Hispanics who could later move into lobbying. Traditionally, Hispanics have been underrepresented in the industry, several lobbyists said. The Raben Group represents many corporations and non-profit groups including The Home Depot, General Electric Company, XM Satellite Radio, and the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic civil rights organization.

Rodriguez said the association plans to work with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and other groups to create "a pipeline of resumes" of people of Hispanic backgrounds to send to different committees and Hill offices. "That's where we are going to get our future dues paying members," he said.

The group plans to have an event on Capitol Hill on April 25.