TPMMuckraker
Patriot Act

Steve King

Patriot Games: GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over National-Security Votes


Rep. Steve King (R-IA) at the Capitol Hill tea party.

When it's a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots, what's a GOP lawmaker to do? We'll give you one guess...

Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off votes on the signature anti-terror legislation of the post 9/11 era to attend Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally against health-care reform.

Read more »

PERMALINK | COMMENTS (30) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (8)
Topics: House Judiciary, Jim Jordan, Louie Gohmert, Michele Bachmann, Patriot Act, Randy Forbes, Steve King, Tea Parties, Teabaggers, Ted Poe, Trent Franks

Featured at TPMMuckraker

Masthead

Recommended Reader Posts

Follow us!

Most Popular