House Democrats muzzle GOP on sensitive issues

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99FO5880&show_article=1

"The tradition has often meant laborious debates. But it has allowed lawmakers with little seniority to have their say on doling out the one-third of the federal budget passed by Congress each year. It was a right the Democrats zealously defended when they were the minority party from 1995 through 2006."

Obviously, it's only tradition when it benefits your side.