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House GOPers Seek to Delay Contempt Vote

The House GOP has been doing their best to kick this can down the road, even igniting something of a fracas. From The Politico:

During what was supposed to be a somber memorial service in Statuary Hall for Rep. Tom Lantos, who died Monday, the House chamber became mired in chaos over procedural votes.

Democrats angrily denounced the GOP as insensitive for calling a "motion to adjourn" — essentially a dilatory tactic — while dignitaries were still giving tributes to Lantos, a Holocaust survivor who was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. But Republican aides shot back quickly, saying it was Democrats who broke an agreement to keep the House in recess during the memorial service....

More at Huffington Post.

We'll have results from the vote when the House finally gets to it.


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stay classy, gang.

When the DNC does more than "denounce" things, and start real oversight with an impeachment investigation, the public might have a reason to take the DNC's feigned shock seriously.

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Breaking news: Republican lawmakers are assholes!

Oh, wait, I guess that isn't actually news...

See both sides are to blame. How dare they enforce consequences for ignoring Congressional subpoenas. The GOP can now feel free to start showing up at their funerals with the Phelps family.

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