Belling was talking about this today. The franking commission is censoring GOP mail to constituents. Story here.
“House Republicans this week accused Democrats of censoring GOP mailings to constituents on a variety of subjects and of imposing uneven requirements on the minority party’s mail.
Democrats on the franking commission — which must approve all official mail — have blocked Republicans from using politically weighted descriptions of climate change legislation, the stimulus bill and other issues, according to e-mails obtained by Roll Call.” [...]
Particularly galling is the following statement made by some Demhack named Kyle Anderson:
[...] “Kyle Anderson, a spokesman for the House Administration Committee, which has oversight over the franking commission, said the mailings were denied because they did not comply with longstanding rules.
“The requirements and regulations imposed by the franking commission have not changed, nor has the review process,” Anderson said. “They are designed to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used for political and partisan purposes.”
Anderson said majority and minority staff reviewed the content of the GOP franking requests and that decisions were made in a bipartisan process.
“It’s regrettable that some Members’ offices view the process as inconvenient, but the majority Members and staff take their responsibilities and their stewardship of taxpayer resources very seriously,” he said.” [...]
This is just utter bullshit. How do I know? Read a little further and you’ll find out.
[...]” One Republican found that the exact partisan language the commission rejected for a GOP mailing had been approved three years ago for then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) proposed writing in a draft newsletter, “[O]ur nation will wind up paying the price for the Democrat Congressional majority’s special interest agenda,” language that was initially cited as too partisan by the franking commission. But Barton’s staff found a 2006 Pelosi newsletter that said the same thing about the then-Republican majority.
“[Pelosi’s newsletter] said, ‘But too many here and across the nation are paying the price for the Republican Congressional majority’s special interest agenda,’” said Sean Brown, a spokesman for Barton.
The franking commission approved the Pelosi mailer on Aug. 3, 2006, three months before Democrats won back the majority.
A commission staffer explained to Barton’s staff that the Pelosi newsletter was approved in error.” [...]
Only a journalist from the sockpuppet media would belive the explanation given to Barton.
As usual, go to the end to find out why this is happening.
[...] “House Republicans this week accused Democrats of censoring GOP mailings to constituents on a variety of subjects and of imposing uneven requirements on the minority party’s mail.
Democrats on the franking commission — which must approve all official mail — have blocked Republicans from using politically weighted descriptions of climate change legislation, the stimulus bill and other issues, according to e-mails obtained by Roll Call.”
Pelosi objects to being called a Nazi. Tough. Actions speak louder than words.
