# What exactly happened in the House today?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 4, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happened-in-the-house-today/414374 "2007-08-04T01:13:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happened-in-the-house-today/414374/21 "2007-08-04T21:56:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Squink]  
Nah, Ronnie Earl bent the rules to get DeLay: [Texas court refuses to reinstate DeLay charge](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19468543/)  
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Which, according to your own cite still leaves the money laundering charges. And am I missing something, or is he no longer in the House? And what does any of this have to do with congressional rules, anyway?

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-happened-in-the-house-today/414374/22 "2007-08-04T22:13:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Squink]  
Likewise, being anal about the rules is good when it supports the Republicans racist agenda, huh?  
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It’s not being anal to recognize the difference between breaking and not breaking the rules. And I have no idea what “racist agenda” you’re talking about.

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> Let the minority die by the rules, and _slight_ extensions to the rules.

“The minority” will be the Democrats again at some point. And “slight extension” isn’t a very good euphemism for “breaking”.

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> I’m certain a good lawyer, such as Gonzales, could find a decent enough justification for the Democrats actions here.

Possibly, but irrelevant. This isn’t a legal issue, but a parliamentary one.

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> Republicans ruled with gloves off for 6 years, now they whine because it’s payback time? That seems pretty wimpy.

Eh. They’re the minority party, which pretty much means it’s their job to whine. This isn’t the first time in history that power has shifted from one party to the other, you know. And it won’t be the last.

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