Posted on 07/23/2010 2:59:37 PM PDT by DFG
House Democrats and Republicans have put aside their differences this year to honor the likes of golfer Phil Mickelson, the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, NASCAR driver Jimmy Johnson and the Penn State women's volleyball team.
But when it came time this week to memorialize the start of the 142nd season of the Saratoga race course in New York, one freshman lawmaker decided he'd had enough.
"It's an absolute embarrassment," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, announcing on the House floor a vow to vote against all future sports resolutions.
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Wrong!!!
Voting on sports resolutions costs the tax payer almost no money and acts as a distraction for congress so that they do not have as much time to work on enacting more liberty-crushing/money-wasting legislation.
Stop horsing around with Crap-n-tax, health care, bailouts.
Concentrate INTENTLY on voting on sports, hollyweird, national day of whatever to your hearts content.
At least 'till January.
The one thing worth a Congressional notice, and this guy rebels now? What a petty dork.
But I like the fact he is actually trying to start a debate about the subject as it wastes more time than simply voting yes.
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