Constitution Busting "Deem and Pass" okay now that Republicans are in control. Looking hypocritical the new Republican norm.

Media Matters noticed something I wasn’t even aware of; Deem and pass is back. Remember when deem and pass made the conservative right wing blow a gasket? Now because Rep. Paul Ryan wants it…well it has to done, when you consider the economic emergency we're in, right?

Fox News' extensive coverage of the new Republican House majority has so far ignored the fact that the GOP is reportedly embracing the use of the self-executing rule -- commonly referred to as "deem and pass" -- to mandate federal budget limits. By comparison, Fox figures repeatedly attacked Democrats for considering using the rule during the health care debate, dubbing it "demon pass" and questioning its constitutionality. As soon as those rules are adopted on Wednesday, Ryan's spending levels will be considered -- or "deemed" -- adopted by the full House as if they'd passed a budget with a floor vote.

This quickly became known as "Demon Pass," or the "Slaughter Solution," named after House Rules Chair Louise Slaughter. Republicans rebelled, and conservatives went off the deep end. Radio talk show host Mark Levin called it "100 times worse than Watergate."

Democrats eventually bowed to that pressure and decide not to use the process -- known technically as "deeming," or a "self-executing." [Talking Points Memo, 1/4/11]

Beck similarly wrote in his newsletter that Democrats are "slaughtering the Constitution" and that "the Constitution is being thwarted" if the health care reform legislation passes using the self-executing rule. [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 3/16/11] … Hannity: Democrats' "Latest Solution, Don't Vote At All." Now she wants to create a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed and once and for all by passing a minor bill that makes corrections to the Senate bill." [Fox News' Hannity, 3/11/10 (accessed via Nexis)] …  Van Susteren Called Self-Executing Rule "Cowardly." … On the March 17 edition of Fox News' On the Record, Cavuto Compared Dems Who Vote On Self-Executing Rule To  A "Nefarious Car Salesman." … On March 18, Hannity criticized then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her support of "deem and pass," calling it "unconstitutional" and suggesting that House Democrats are "bribing people."