House Republican Leaders Launch Sneak Attack on the Presidential Public Financing System

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Democracy21.org:

House Republicans leaders announced today that they would bring legislation to the House floor next Wednesday to repeal the presidential public financing system.

Not one minute of hearings on the proposal.

Not one minute of Committee consideration of the proposal.

Just a flat-out sneak attack that ignores the normal legislative process that House Speaker John Boehner appeared to commit to using in leading the House.

House Republican leaders promised a fair and open process for considering legislation in this Congress. They appear to have forgotten this commitment before even settling in to their offices.

The process House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) announced today is an absolutely outrageous and indefensible process for considering a presidential public financing system that served the country well for most of its existence but that now needs to be repaired, not repealed.

Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced legislation in the last Congress, and are expected to shortly reintroduce the legislation, to update the presidential public financing system to take account of changes that have occurred in presidential campaigns, including their costs.

It is this legislation that the House should be considering and should eventually pass, not the mindless, unconsidered legislation that House Republican leaders are trying to rush through next week prior to President Obama’s State of the Union address.


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Don't know anything about this. Amazing though to hear the D's howl when we emulate their tactics.