bylaws committee

Summary: John Geer Vanderbilt University political science professor and Elbert Ventura, research fellow with Media Matters for America.

One of the questions asked most often this weekend was "what is going on at the rules and bylaws committee?" I even got asked the question by a cab driver from (I believe from the Caribbean) who saw me carrying a YDA poster. Despite the sense of suspense that the media wanted to portray, there really weren't any major surprises.

The Florida/Michigan Democratic Primaries that "Will not count" according to Hillary Clinton will now be counted. A Clinton campaign paid staffer, Harold Ickes, was a member of the Rules and Bylaws Committee that voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposals put forward by the Florida Democatic Committee and the Michigan Democratic Committee. The Compromises went heavily in favor of Hillary

Yesterday the Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) heard arguments on seating Florida and Michigan delegates, and then voted on the proposals.

Howard Ickes slams the DNC Rules % Bylaws Committee . . . "You cannot take delegates from one candidate and give them to another. . I submit to you ladies and gentlemen that hijacking four delegates . . is not a good way to start down the path to party unity . . Mrs.

Jane Hamsher at FireDogLake interviews one of the women who was forcibly ejected from the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) meeting…

A long and sometimes contentious meeting of the national Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) has essentially ended, and the two state parties who brought challenges concerning delegates to the national convention walked away with the results they sought.

A long and sometimes contentious meeting of the national Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) has essentially ended, and the two state parties who brought challenges concerning delegates to the national convention walked away with the results they sought.

UPDATE: Roundup of Tennessee blogger reaction at TennViews.

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee has heard arguments all day re. Florida and Michigan. They have just reconvened, and are ready to consider the motions.

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