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I wonder if this means that the leadership in the House will bypass the Hastert Rule to allow the Senate bill to be brought up for a straight up/down vote. The

I wonder if this means that the leadership in the House will bypass the Hastert Rule to allow the Senate bill to be brought up for a straight up/down vote. They've supposedly had the votes for a clean CR for a while, but the Speaker has not permitted a vote to come to the floor due to the GOP's adherence to requiring a "majority of the majority" to approve a vote to reach the floor. If you exclude the Tea Party caucus Republicans, the majority of the majority just isn't there.

dragontamer 13y ago
Wikipedia lists 4 instances where Speaker Boehner has broken the "Hastert Rule". Really, the "rule" is common sense for the Speaker of the House. If the Speaker wishes to keep his job, he should follow the rule. But as demonstrated in the past, Boehner is willing to break the rule to get some bills passed. Boehner is subject to two masters: the 8th district of Ohio, and the Republican Caucus. The first keeps him a Representative, and the second keeps him the speaker of the house. Keeping both pleased is necessary if he wants to continue working as Speaker.