News sources report the Democrat-controlled Senate passed an anti-discrimination gay rights bill. There are already laws for that…so this just amounts to political theater.

Reid and his Democrat cohort think these types of bills passed over the next year will make House Republicans look bad if they don’t pass them, or bring them up for a vote.

Then Democrats can hammer Republicans before the 2014 elections, hoping by doing so it will distract from the Democrats’ O’care disaster, and drain votes from the GOP.

You can expect the same type of theater to be employed over the next 12 months for every voter group the Democrats want to exploit…women, youth, Hispanics, blacks, etc.

House Republicans can do a lot to defuse these efforts by bringing up honorary renewal ‘testimonial affirmation’ votes on every existing law that already covers their issues.

Such a move will reveal the Senate Democrats wasting time…and taxpayer dollars…and help highlight Republican efforts over the years to improve conditions for those groups.

Republicans know who the Democrats will play to. If the GOP have an ounce of pro-active sense…they won’t wait for the Senate Democrats to pull their shenanigans.

Getting in front of the Democrat tactics now would set Reid-&-Co. back on their heels.

(For a change…)

BlueCollar suggestion: after the House GOP uses a ‘testimonial affirmation’ of existing law to defuse this gay rights bill, the next affirmation should be the ’64 Civil Rights Act.

Fought for by the GOP over heated debate – and protracted filibusters – by Democrats.

Then honor the 1854 founding of the Republican Party…by anti-slavery activists.

Then honor the GOP laws that resulted in youth and women employment to skyrocket.

(And contrast that with this administration’s dismal performance for those same groups.)

Etc., etc., etc…