The office of House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R‑MO) has produced a document titled “Pelosi’s House.” It is a list of
out-of-the-mainstream bills introduced by Democratic Members [that] deserve particular attention because the principle [sic] advocates are the very individuals who would be in a position to schedule committee markups and move the legislation through the Congress should the Democrats take control.
The list includes bills that would nationalize health care, create an adult diaper benefit under Medicare, reduce mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine, etc.
The list is less scary than its authors seem to think. Reducing jail time for selling crack cocaine is actually a good idea. And most of the bills have little support even among Democrats. A bill that would nationalize health care has only 19 cosponsors, which is less than 10 percent of Democratic House members and less than 5 percent of the full House.
I mean really. If the Democrats were to take control of the House, probably the worst they could do is add an expensive new prescription drug entitlement to Medicare.
Oh, wait. The Republicans already did that. So the Democrats would have to shoot for something else, like a new adult diaper entitlement. At least the GOP would go back to opposing such things. Right?
