House Speaker John Boehner's Tuesday's vote passing yet another big bill that most of his Republican colleagues oppose, to avert defunding the Department of Homeland Security, was perhaps the final coffin nail in the "Hastert Rule," promulgated by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
He said a speaker should not allow votes on major bills opposed by most of his caucus.
More than two-thirds of House Republicans voted against the DHS bill Boehner offered Tuesday.
GOP Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, often tasked to explain congressional realities, said in an interview: "The Hastert rule's a rule until it's not."
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