House Republicans win showdown

Power Line has the story here.  Rep. Eric Cantor explained the Democrats' power play:

House Republicans are shutting down the floor, because the Democrats are threatening to change a rule and deny Republicans any opportunity to offer a motion to recommit on the "paygo" provisions of their legislation. That’s a lot of wonky talk; bottom line - the Democrats are preventing their Members from having to vote on the tax increases that they are trying to impose on the American People.

It is simply stunning that House Democrats want to change the germanenss rule on motions to recommit; this would be the first change to the germaneness rule since 1822.

Check back for updates.  We will be updating on this showdown as it unfolds.

UPDATE: Rep. Westmoreland just moved for a recorded quorum call, then a motion that the committee will rise. Expect to see more of these…

From RedState:

Brad Dayspring at the Republican Study Committee  credits the work of Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R.-Ga.) for halting Pelosi's power grab.

Nice going.

The Republican Study Committee Floor Action Team, under the leadership of Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), began requesting a series of procedural protest votes every 30 minutes in response to this power grab by the Majority, and was joined Rep. Tom Price, another  member of the RSC floor Action Team.   Today was a big win for all Republicans in the House.