Oh the Tangled Web Republicans Weave
Republicans are flaming about a House of Representatives parliamentary process called 'deem and pass', claiming it is unconstitutional (and that the world will end if it is used, but I digress). They say it violates the clause on the Constitution that says that bills because law if and only of they are passed by both Houses of Congress (and signed by the President). They want an up-or-down vote on the Senate HCR bill in the House, claiming that the House has no right to determine the method by which a bill may be considered passed. They claim that the clause in the Constitution that says that each House of Congress makes its own rules is not relevant.
But at the same time they are going apeshit about an up-or-down vote in the Senate on the reconciliation package (a set of amendments to the Senate bill), claiming in this case that an majority vote would be a gross and horrible violation of Senate procedure; that the 60-vote supermajority rule (which, of course, appears nowhere in the constitution) is sacrosanct, and that using a majority vote will cause the world to end.
In an alternative reality, the Republicans could not have it both ways. They would be laughed at by anyone who cared about this stuff (which is almost no one, but again I digress). But in this reality, the ability of Republicans to believe both that the House of Representatives has no right to make its own rules about how bills are passed, while the Senate has every right to make its own rules about how bills are passed, is treated with the utmost respect.
But at the same time they are going apeshit about an up-or-down vote in the Senate on the reconciliation package (a set of amendments to the Senate bill), claiming in this case that an majority vote would be a gross and horrible violation of Senate procedure; that the 60-vote supermajority rule (which, of course, appears nowhere in the constitution) is sacrosanct, and that using a majority vote will cause the world to end.
In an alternative reality, the Republicans could not have it both ways. They would be laughed at by anyone who cared about this stuff (which is almost no one, but again I digress). But in this reality, the ability of Republicans to believe both that the House of Representatives has no right to make its own rules about how bills are passed, while the Senate has every right to make its own rules about how bills are passed, is treated with the utmost respect.