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The House That Roared
washington post ^
| 7.19.03
| juliet Eilperin and Albert B. Crenshaw
Posted on 07/19/2003 9:19:59 PM PDT by freepatriot32
It started with the mind-numbing reading of a 200-page pension overhaul bill, erupted into a remarkably bitter name-calling match between House Republicans and Democrats, and ended with a GOP lawmaker summoning Capitol Police to evict an outraged gaggle of Democratic colleagues from a congressional library.
Ultimately, nobody was assaulted or arrested. But the brouhaha that exploded yesterday morning in the Ways and Means Committee marked the most bitterly partisan spat thus far in the 108th Congress, a place already known for unusually angry relations between the Republican majority and the Democratic minority, especially in the House.
The Longworth building showdown lasted less than an hour. But the aftershocks dominated the entire day on Capitol Hill, where House members suspended regular business to blast each other on the House floor.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
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To: freepatriot32
I wish the Republicans WOULD roar back a bit more!!
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posted on
07/19/2003 9:48:50 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(George Washington; If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.)
To: freepatriot32
We're beating this one to death.
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posted on
07/19/2003 9:51:14 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: freepatriot32
What is the purpose of the 'Ways & Means' committee?
I can't keep up with the bew-ro-krattik machine!
To: freepatriot32
What is the purpose of the 'Ways & Means' committee?
I can't keep up with the bew-ro-krattik machine!
To: potlatch
Alot more, they need to get a spine!!
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posted on
07/19/2003 9:55:52 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(That the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?)
To: freepatriot32
We're going to get hammered in the media for this.
I don't particularly care though.
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posted on
07/19/2003 10:09:07 PM PDT
by
Jhoffa_
(BREAKING: Supreme Court Finds Right to Sodomy, Sammy & Frodo elated.)
To: The Mayor
Bump to that!
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posted on
07/19/2003 10:27:22 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(George Washington; If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.)
To: rockfish59
"What is the purpose of the Ways and Means?"
Funding programs?
vaudine
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posted on
07/19/2003 10:34:54 PM PDT
by
vaudine
To: freepatriot32
why does the image of a cornered mouse who is about to die come to mind. Oh yeah, the democrats are toast they know it, so they are squealing like stuck pigs.
To: longtermmemmory
As for the Demonrats acting like the mouse in the "last great act of defiance" poster all I have to say is have no fear the Republicans will once again snatch DEFEAT from the jaws of VICTORY as they have in the past.
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posted on
07/20/2003 6:19:21 AM PDT
by
Nebr FAL owner
(.308 "reach out and thump someone " & .50 cal Browning "reach out & CRUSH someone")
To: potlatch
I wish the Republicans WOULD roar back a bit more!!Disagree. The House Republicans should continue ing the House 'Rats QUIETLY. If it makes it makes enough noise to break out as a mainstream news story, that is NOT a good thing.
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posted on
07/20/2003 6:49:21 AM PDT
by
Stultis
To: freepatriot32
"a little wimp. Come on, come over here and make me, I dare you. . . . You little fruitcake. You little fruitcake. I said you are a fruitcake." -- Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark (D-Calif.)
It appears Rep. Stark is a gay basher, isn't that part of the Democrat constituancy?
To: RockyMtnMan
Rep. Forney (Pete) Stark Dem. Ca. makes Adam Clymer look like Demothenes. He has been a pluperfect a**h**e for ever.
He lives in a very nice waterfront home in Southern Maryland and spends his time trying to undermine the rights of his fellow Americans while in Congress and generally throwing his weight around.
It is long past time for some one of his fellow congressmen to fetch him a belt.
Regards,
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posted on
07/20/2003 7:16:57 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: rockfish59
What is the purpose of the 'Ways & Means' committee? Amongst other things, they write tax laws. If the democRATS regain control of the House, that hate-filled marxist Charlie Rangel will become chairman of this committee, arguably the most powerful in Congress.
To: Stultis
Well, couldn't quite copy and paste that, LOL, but it just seems like we sit back and get pounded, even though we're the majority!
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posted on
07/20/2003 2:23:52 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(George Washington; If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.)
To: potlatch
it just seems like we sit back and get pounded, even though we're the majorityGood! That's how we want it to seem.
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:26:18 PM PDT
by
Stultis
To: Stultis
LOL, I'm scared to say more!! You remind me of my husband!!
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posted on
07/20/2003 8:52:43 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(George Washington; If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.)
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