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House guidelines for presidential put-downs - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com
House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) has released a helpful, updated primer for members regarding their conduct on the floor and in committees.
[Just to clarify: Even though I clearly wrote that it was the committee "primer' -- and not the rules themselves -- that were updated, I've gotten a bunch of emails from readers who think Slaughter and Co. actually revised the underlying regs. Not so. The document produced was merely a new guide of existing rules.]
Especially useful: The section on how to properly insult the executive branch in the chamber.
"Disgrace" and "nitwits" -- okay.
"Liar" or "sexual misconduct" -- ixnay.
House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) has released a helpful, updated primer for members regarding their conduct on the floor and in committees.
[Just to clarify: Even though I clearly wrote that it was the committee "primer' -- and not the rules themselves -- that were updated, I've gotten a bunch of emails from readers who think Slaughter and Co. actually revised the underlying regs. Not so. The document produced was merely a new guide of existing rules.]
Especially useful: The section on how to properly insult the executive branch in the chamber.
"Disgrace" and "nitwits" -- okay.
"Liar" or "sexual misconduct" -- ixnay.
Under section 370 of the House Rules and Manual it has been held that a Member could:
? refer to the government as ?something hated, something oppressive.?
? refer to the President as ?using legislative or judicial pork.?
? refer to a Presidential message as a ?disgrace to the country.?
? refer to unnamed officials as ?our half-baked nitwits handling foreign affairs.?
Likewise, it has been held that a member could not:
? call the president a ?liar.?
? call the president a ?hypocrite.?
? describe the president?s veto of a bill as ?cowardly.?
? charge that the president has been ?intellectually dishonest.?
? refer to the president as ?giving aid and comfort to the enemy.?
? refer to alleged ?sexual misconduct on the president?s part.?
? refer to the government as ?something hated, something oppressive.?
? refer to the President as ?using legislative or judicial pork.?
? refer to a Presidential message as a ?disgrace to the country.?
? refer to unnamed officials as ?our half-baked nitwits handling foreign affairs.?
Likewise, it has been held that a member could not:
? call the president a ?liar.?
? call the president a ?hypocrite.?
? describe the president?s veto of a bill as ?cowardly.?
? charge that the president has been ?intellectually dishonest.?
? refer to the president as ?giving aid and comfort to the enemy.?
? refer to alleged ?sexual misconduct on the president?s part.?
