GeneralRemembrance of PROCs Past: Those who forget history ...... are fortunate enough to be able to relive it, in almost realtime, via the ITQ archives:
GeneralWho wants to be a committee chair? No, seriously. Someone has to do it.Another possibly relevant section of the Standing Orders (emphasis added): "Shall." Not may. Not much wriggle room there, as far...
GeneralA watched PROC never boils - except when required under Standing Order 106(4)But wait! What if the committee doesn’t have a chair, because - well, we won’t get into exactly why it doesn’t have a chair. It...
GeneralLiveblogging PROC - We’ll leave a candle in the window, Gary (From the archives)(Originally liveblogged on March 6, 2008) Somehow, this seems like the perfect way to kick off what could be the last conventional...
GeneralLiveblogging PROC: Is this the end of a very Goodyear? (From the archives)Four minutes to go before what could be the swan song for Gary Goodyear, whose tenure as chair and chief filibuster-wrangler at...
GeneralLiveblogging PROC: His point - and he *does* have one ... (From the archives)Well, this meeting has a lot to live up to, as far as the standard set by Ethics. Bang goes the gavel, and the Conservatives lose...
GeneralLiveblogging PROC: Bustafila! Round Three (From the archives)(originally liveblogged on February 12, 2008) 11:00:13 AM An oddly serene atmosphere in the room, given the tensions simmering at...
GeneralLiveblogging PROC: We’ll stop blogging when he stops talking - the return of the killer filibuster (From the archives)It’s baaack - the Procedure and House Affairs committee, that is, after an enforced time out that sent opposition parties into a...
GeneralLiveblogging the Procedure and House Affairs Committee: Filibuster ahoy! (From the archives)(originally liveblogged on February 5, 2008) 11:03:27 AM Order, order! Actually, it was far less dramatic than that. The chair...