Posted on 05/07/2014 7:50:30 AM PDT by Kaslin
Late yesterday House Speaker John Boehner announced the new Benghazi select committee will include seven Republicans and five Democrats. Because Republicans are the majority party in the House, they have also been appointed the majority on the committee.
Before the partisan count was announced, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi demanded the committee be split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, despite giving very little attention to Republicans during her time as Speaker in the majority. Now, even after being denied the same number of seats as Republicans on the panel because Democrats are in the minority, Pelosi is again asking for more Democrat power on the committee.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 House Democrat, sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner late Tuesday urging him to reconsider plans to put seven Republicans and five Democrats on the panel. The House is expected to vote Thursday on the resolution establishing the committee, over Democratic objections.
"Another partisan review that serves only to politicize these attacks is disrespectful and unworthy of the American people," Pelosi and Hoyer wrote.
Lets not forget that Democrats (acting like adults as usual) have already threatened not to participate in the Benghazi investigation at all. If they do decide to participate, you can expect to see Democrats enter hearings with a well thought out plan not to ask questions of witnesses, but to attack the credibility of Rep. Trey Gowdy leading the investigation.
As we move forward, expect Democrats to protest nearly every part of this process in an effort to draw out the investigation to a point where bipartisan bickering turns everyone, including the public wanting more answers about Benghazi, off.
There must be something there with this phony scandal. Otherwise the co-conspirators wouldn’t be acting in unison.
“The democrat party is a criminal organization cleverly disguised as a political party.”
I always said that Marxism was an invention by criminals to keep the population in check while they loot the treasury.
Getting flak...over target.
Your Democrat Party: The Party of “Oh, No”.
..... Hey .... if they have nothing to hide ... then they have nothing to worry about do they.
.... All we want is a few answers from a "Genuine" Select Committee instead of a hand picked Committee comprised of party faithful obedient drones who have sworn allegiance to our Dear Leader at any cost.
No, the Iran-Contra Joint Committee was 6 D - 5 R
I like the 7 R - 5 D better...:^)
Exactly
and don’t forget that no one died in Watergate, which is a huge difference
They sure are afraid that the truth comes out
That’s what I want to know too
Gotta hand it to her and other democrats. When in power
they can and do exactly as they wish...BUT...when the repubs
have the upper hand and treat the dems as they treated the
repubs, the dems pitch a fit. They have no shame and are
proud of it. The republicans???? They think politics is a
parlor game. Hopefully the “youngsters” have learned there
is NO SURRENDER in politics. Treat dems as they treated
Republicans. Give no quarter.
OH txhurl, if only the mass media had the courage to show
the u-tube pictures we saw the night of the attack. Some say, “OH it would hurt the families to see what was done”. How about 2 years of hurt, because this administration has withheld information from the investigators and lied, to boot. Then shrillary telling the investigators “At this point, WHAT difference does it make?” via television.
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