comment: >
  
  For anybody not aware there is an actual Hastert Rule which is also awful and the reason our politics is so partisan: never bring anything to vote unless a majority of the GOP supports it.
  It basically kills bipartisanship while the GOP has a majority in the House and controls what can actually get voted on.
context: I'm starting to think that non-perv Republicans are the exception. >
  
  Starting to? Have we already forgotten Denny Hastert? >
  
  ...yes? >
  
  Dennis Hastert, best known for the "Hastert Rule":
  
  "As a Republican you must use cash hush money to cover up your underage sex scandals."