But Hastert himself told The Daily Beast that “the Hastert rule never really existed.”

[whttevrr]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/03/denny-hastert-disses-the-hastert-rule-it-never-really-existed.html

The former Republican speaker’s ‘rule,’ that you can’t bring legislation to the House floor without a majority of GOP votes, is cited as the reason Boehner can’t end the shutdown. But Hastert tells Eleanor Clift it’s a ‘non-entity’—and ‘if we had to work with Democrats, we did.’

Bah... Today's Republicans are complete frauds.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Hiding behand Dennis Hastert, a retired Congressman...how long can you go?

Cowards, one and all.

[BlueCaliDem]

2. And yet, the media (including Mrs. Greenspan) perpetuated the lie

to excuse Republican intransigence.

[whttevrr]

3. Remember Chuck Toad?

It's Not Media's Job To Correct Falsehoods

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Chinless Todd is a lazy ass.

[Orsino]

4. Therefore, it did. n/t

[randome]

5. Boehner has broken the 'rule' himself in the recent past.

Hurricane Sandy aid and the Violence Against Women Act are but two examples.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[treestar]

7. This is the part I'm not familiar with

It's appalling to me that the Speaker has that much power. Anything should be able to come up for a vote, at least.