I want to know why the House FISA Bill was set up for failure.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

The House FISA bill needed 2/3 majority in order to pass. It was done under the Suspension of Rules.

The House Bill was DOOMED to failure from the get go. Why??? I looked at the House Rules and Suspension of the Rules usually occurs -- from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_the_rules


U.S. House of Representatives

Suspension of the rules is a procedure generally used to quickly pass non-controversial bills.


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Most often, bills "on suspension" are non-controversial legislation -- such as naming Post Offices of the United States Postal Service or federal buildings -- and nearly all bills that are considered under suspension rules have bipartisan support. Both major political parties in the United States -- the Democratic Party and Republican Party -- have internal rules that prohibit proposing or supporting a bill under suspension unless it costs less than $100 million.

Was this a non-controversial bill that should be quickly passed????

IMHO, The House Vote Friday Night Was A Farce, It Was Grand Theater.

Leadership Knew from the Start that It would be the Senate Bill that would be signed into law.