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Bookmark or Share- The ‘Hastert Rule’ Is Common Sense for Strong LeadershipOctober 23, 2015. The so-called Hastert rule is simply common sense. No speaker can survive if he or she brings up a series of bills opposed by a majority of his or her party. The speaker is...
- The Hastert Rule - Congressional InstituteSpeaker Dennis Hastert succinctly summed up Conditional Party Government when discussing why he did not allow the Democrats to participate in drafting the 2003 Medicare prescription drug. In formulating what is now known as the Hastert Rule, he said such bills would reach the House floor only if “the majority of the majority” supports them.
- Definition of the Hastert Rule - ThoughtCoThe Hastert Rule is an informal policy in House Republican leadership designed to limit the debate on bills that don't have support from a majority of its conference. When Republicans hold a majority in the 435-member House, they use the Hastert Rule to forbid any legislation that doesn't have support from a "majority of the majority" from ...
- Hastert rule - WikipediaThe Hastert rule, also known as the "majority of the majority" rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships [1] and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House. [2]
- Oh 113th Congress Hastert Rule, We Hardly Knew Ye!In other words, the Hastert Rule reflects a decades-long pattern in the House of more aggressive Democratic and Republican majority party leaders (denoted by the blue and red bars below)...
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