JustRalph
10-11-2007, 12:00 AM
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Pelosi turns Dem caucus into 'meet market'
By: Ryan Grim
Oct 10, 2007 05:56 AM EST
For the House Republican leadership when it was in the majority, meetings were often a formality. Decisions were made at the top, and after a perfunctory debate, members were informed how they were expected to vote.
The new House majority has a different operating philosophy — one that requires more meetings. A lot more.
“We do have an enormous number,” said Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.).
“There are a lot of meetings,” agreed Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), an ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
The large number of meetings says something about the kind of inclusive regime Pelosi intends to build.
It also drives staffers nuts.
One leadership aide said that Pelosi schedules meetings to talk about the agenda for the next meeting, leaving no time to get anything done. Those complaints fall on the deaf ears of members of Congress not forced to attend.
~more at the link~
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6274.html
Pelosi turns Dem caucus into 'meet market'
By: Ryan Grim
Oct 10, 2007 05:56 AM EST
For the House Republican leadership when it was in the majority, meetings were often a formality. Decisions were made at the top, and after a perfunctory debate, members were informed how they were expected to vote.
The new House majority has a different operating philosophy — one that requires more meetings. A lot more.
“We do have an enormous number,” said Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.).
“There are a lot of meetings,” agreed Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), an ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
The large number of meetings says something about the kind of inclusive regime Pelosi intends to build.
It also drives staffers nuts.
One leadership aide said that Pelosi schedules meetings to talk about the agenda for the next meeting, leaving no time to get anything done. Those complaints fall on the deaf ears of members of Congress not forced to attend.
~more at the link~