Dems no longer have Dingy Reid in control of the gavel and not scheduling votes.
House Democrats on Wednesday successfully blocked a GOP effort to swiftly pass a bill Republicans described as an effort to boost job creation and lower the burden of regulations.
Democrats called the legislation, which would have changed some provisions of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, a favor to Wall Street.
Republicans on Tuesday night introduced the legislation, a package of 11 bills, and tried to pass it quickly Wednesday alongside a reauthorization of a terrorism risk insurance program by suspending the normal House rules for legislation.
But enough Democrats objected to prevent the bill from getting the two-thirds majority needed to approve it under suspension of the rules. The measure failed, 276-146.
“I am very pleased that House Democrats joined together to successfully fight against this Republican effort, a strong rebuke to their strategy of moving controversial legislation in the dead of night,” said Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee.
“I find it remarkable that just a few hours after gaveling Congress into session, Republicans eagerly brought such a complicated set of bills to the floor — well before any new members had a chance to study these issues or participate in hearings on them.”[…]
Jeb Hensarling, the Republican chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said he hoped the bill would be brought to the floor again in the “near future.”
“It’s disappointing so many Democrats, who voted for these provisions just four months ago, suddenly switched their votes in a transparent ploy to appease their far left-wing base,” Hensarling said. “They were for this bill before they were against it. They’ve regrettably told the millions of Americans who are still unemployed, the Main Street small businesses that are the engines of economic growth, and our farmers and ranchers in the Heartland that they will sacrifice positive, bipartisan ideas on the altar of ideological politics.”