Bipartisanship - Uh Huh

Come on, does this *really* surprise anyone? The Democrats ran on being open and bipartisan and blah blah blah, but if anyone really believed they'd keep their word, they were being exceedingly foolish.

Democrats who control the House have reneged on vows to encourage minority participation in the legislative process and have instead muscled through their agenda with little debate.

Of nine major bills passed by the House during this session, Republicans have been permitted to make amendments to only one, a measure concerning biofuels, the Washington Post reports.

Won't do you any good to whine about it, Republicans, this is what you get when you lose to Democrats. You were accused of it, so you should have gone ahead and done the same thing to them.

In May, before the Democrats won control of Congress, current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said bills should come to the floor under a procedure allowing "open, full and fair debate consisting of a full amendment process.” After the November election, Pelosi said "respect for minority participation in this House” is "the right thing to do.”

But thus far Democrats have largely bypassed the usual legislative committees and brought their agenda straight to the floor for passage.

Nancy Pelosi is the biggest liar on the Hill, and baby, that's saying something. She wouldn't know the right thing to do if it bit her on the butt. Her counterpart in the Senate, Mr. I-Can-Make-Illegal-Land-Deals-And-Get-Away-With-It Reid is as dishonest as the day is long, but hey, they're Democrats, so the press doesn't give a darn.

Pretty sad. Pret-ty sad.