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I am not too familiar with the American legislative process. Why is it that only Boehner can put a bill for voting? It sounds like it would be an unnecessary o
by huherto 13y ago
I am not too familiar with the American legislative process. Why is it that only Boehner can put a bill for voting? It sounds like it would be an unnecessary obstacle.
- maaku 13y agoAnyone can put forward a bill, that will then die in committee or never make it on the agenda for a vote, or fail to come to pass in a thousand other ways. I don't care enough to know the exact situation here, but it's very common that ranking law makers are able to exert control using procedural rules to determine which things can even be voted on, and which are not.
- charonn0 13y agoHe's the Speaker of the House (i.e. the presiding officer.) He sets the schedule for votes, so he can kill a bill by failing to schedule it for one.
- contingencies 13y agoTalk about undue hierarchy. I stick to my view that Western democracy's primary value is that it slows change.