'No verse about "deeming" in Schoolhouse Rock'

By: David Freddoso
Online Opinion Editor
03/12/10 12:21 PM EST

So then, after I'm drawn up behind closed doors, I get released minutes before they're expected to vote on me, which of course they are expected to do without reading me. And if they don't do as they're told, they can expect a visit from Rahm Emanuel in the shower. Or maybe even a primary challenge. (Broadcast image)

As a subtle rejoinder to those whining about health care and the filibuster as if it somehow overturns what we learned in civics class, Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., sends a short e-mail on the so-called "Slaughter Solution," by which House Democrats avoid a vote on health care and simply "deem" it passed in a House rule:

We’re pretty sure there’s no verse about “deeming” in Schoolhouse Rock. It begs the question: why vote on anything at all? Instead of going to the polls next November, Americans can just deem who will represent them in Congress.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/No-verse-about-deeming-in-Schoolhouse-Rock-87474647.html?

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