claim: in preparing a rules package for the 112th congress, the gop had no discussions with democrats.
author: steny hoyer
evidence_1: jun 7, 2016 ... republicans after they took majority control in the 112th congress reflected critiques of the other party's management of the house. democrats emphasized changes to ethics rules and laws in their new ... most standing rules, however, did not change, at all or substantially, under either party because.
evidence_2: dec 13, 2010 ... although bakersfield is in one of the most conservative districts in california, the tea party speakers assigned fault to republicans as well as to democrats. the event's organizers had been advised that boehner and mccarthy would be there but did not invite them to speak. for boehner, the bakersfield ...
evidence_3: jan 10, 2017 ... the answer is no. under republican control in the 112th and 113th congress, the rules of the house were adopted on january 3, 2013 by a vote of .... democrats' motion to recommit would provide an exemption to the underlying bill for any issuer that has withheld information from congress relevant to ...
evidence_4: in 1947, republican senator robert a. taft was at the peak of his power, commanding a coalition of conservative republicans and southern democrats to thwart president harry s. ... yet he did not seek the highest political office in the senate; indeed, the title "majority leader" would not precede his name until 1953.
evidence_5: jan 4, 2011 ... and yet the 112th congress has sipped from the fountain of youth. the addition of 87 freshmen republicans lowered the party's average age from 56.5 to 54.9 in the house of representatives, the wall street journal reported this week. meanwhile, the democrats are grayer, seeing their average age climb ...