Beacon Reprints Bond Attacks Without Context or Scrutiny

The St. Louis Beacon has a story today reprinting excerpts from a Kit Bond press release accusing Democrats of finding "a loophole to our constitution" in their consideration of using "deem and pass" procedures to advance health care reform legislation.

Say what you will about the merits of the proposal, but Bond is completely wrong in asserting that Democrats have "found a loophole to our constitution." Bond has decided in March 2010 to rename the tool "scheme and deem," but Republicans have regularly used the exact same tool during his tenure in Washington. Indeed, his pal Roy Blunt passed legislation with the self-executing rule more than 100 times over a six-year span as House Majority Whip.