Diaper Dave needs the Waaaahmbulance!

[marmar]

WASHINGTON -- A proposed Democratic amendment barring senators who have been investigated for soliciting prostitutes from receiving health insurance has hit a nerve with Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), its presumed target. Vitter, who survived a prostitution scandal in 2007, called on Friday for an ethics probe of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).

Without mentioning prostitution explicitly, Vitter accused the Democratic senators of violating rules for "proposing and circulating through the press legislation that ties Members’ personal healthcare benefits to their performance of specific acts and votes."

Vitter said the move constituted "attempted bribery, and the exact sort of behavior that the Senate Ethics Committee has previously condemned."

"Senator Vitter has manufactured a bizarre and phony attack that demeans the Senate," said Boxer, who chairs the Ethics Committee. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/david-vitter-ethics_n_3922350.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037

[gopiscrap]

1. Vitter needs to put the pacifer back in his mouth!

[Blue Owl]

2. Looks like he's teething

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