... always dig up spurious sources? Truthout.org is not a recognized source ... it is a minor left-wing radical-vegan opinion-blog that begs for contributions to sustain it's obscure and frustrated existence ... LOL.

My source was the infallible :) Washington Post. If they thought Pelosi's unconstitutional manipulations were defensible, they would have defended her. Instead, they made this statement:

"As House leaders looked for a path that could get the Senate legislation through the chamber and onto Obama's desk, conservatives warned that Pelosi's use of deem-and-pass in this way would run afoul of the Constitution. They pointed to a 1998 Supreme Court ruling that said each house of Congress must approve the exact same text of a bill before it can become law. A self-executing rule sidesteps that requirement, former federal appellate judge Michael McConnell argued in a Wall Street Journal op-ed."

Appellate Judges are a far more reliable source than "Soothsayer.org".