Republicans walk out on contempt vote
The Hill
House Republicans Thursday left the chamber ahead of a vote seeking to hold White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before a panel investigating the firing of several United States attorneys.
The move was intended to show that Republicans want to work on a permanent update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act rather than be part of a “partisan fishing expedition,” as House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) put it.
At a press conference following the walkout, Boehner said “Before Congress leaves town, we must give our intelligence officials the tools they need to keep America safe.
“The president will delay his trip to Africa to deal with this critical issue. And Republicans are prepared to stay here as long as it takes to complete our work,” Boehner added. “The terrorist threat to our country is not going away. We must do everything we can to protect the American people, and we should start by passing the bipartisan Senate bill.”
Wild Thing’s comment……..
Bush was on TV today to talk about this and how important it is and he did some shame on you to the lefties not getting this done. They have had TWO different dates to get this voted on. Cheney said the other day on Rush Limbaugh that they did not meet the first due date and were given another 15 days to get it done. He said he felt they would for sure get it done in the additional 15 days.
BUT they haven’t and the 15 days are up.
The President is going on a trip to Africa? I wonder how many Billions if giveaways this is going to cost the US Taxpayers?
Follow this link to my post on ‘The Walkoff.’ I’ll be posting updates from House Republicans as they come in.
Why are the dummycraps exempt from completing jobs in time? On the job, I have deadlines–if I don’t make them, I get fired.
The terrorist threat to this nation is congress, if and when the next attack comes I hope an pray its smack dab in the middle of the Rayburn House where these gutless whiners can get a taste first hand of what they are protecting.
Bob, yes he has to go to Africa to finish giving money to them etc. before he leaves office. More of our tax dollars at work. grrrrr
Gary thank you so much for the link. I bookmarked it.
Lynn, I honestly think they feel they are above the rules and the laws they way they behave.
Jack…”The terrorist threat to this nation is congress”…It sure is!!