The House That Roared

washington post ^ | 7.19.03 | juliet Eilperin and Albert B. Crenshaw

[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.

[potlatch]

I wish the Republicans WOULD roar back a bit more!!

[Consort]

We're beating this one to death.

[rockfish59]

What is the purpose of the 'Ways & Means' committee?

I can't keep up with the bew-ro-krattik machine!

[rockfish59]

What is the purpose of the 'Ways & Means' committee?

I can't keep up with the bew-ro-krattik machine!

[The Mayor]

Alot more, they need to get a spine!!

[Jhoffa_]

We're going to get hammered in the media for this.

I don't particularly care though.

[potlatch]

Bump to that!

[vaudine]

"What is the purpose of the Ways and Means?"

Funding programs?

vaudine

[longtermmemmory]

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.

[Nebr FAL owner]

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.

[Stultis]

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.

[RockyMtnMan]

"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?

[Jimmy Valentine]

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,

[Morgan's Raider]

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.

[potlatch]

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!

[Stultis]

it just seems like we sit back and get pounded, even though we're the majority

Good! That's how we want it to seem.

[potlatch]

LOL, I'm scared to say more!! You remind me of my husband!!