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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 10:14 AM Nov 2013

House Leader Accidentally Admits GOP Has No Interest In Governing

As chairman of the powerful House Rules Committee, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) plays an integral role in determining exactly how productive Congress can be in passing legislation. In an interview with Roll Call published Tuesday, however, the nine-term Republican admitted that the GOP's primary interests aren't even in the chamber it controls.

"Everything we do in this body should be about messaging to win back the Senate,” Sessions said. “That’s it. If you don’t want Benghazis to happen or you want an investigation for Benghazi, if you want an investigation on the IRS as opposed to the excuses that (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid [D-Nev.] is all about, if you do not like what’s happening at the (National Security Agency), then you gain the Senate.”



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/house-gop-leadership_n_4221876.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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House Leader Accidentally Admits GOP Has No Interest In Governing (Original Post) kpete Nov 2013 OP
Thanks for posting..it makes things perfectly clear. Stuart G Nov 2013 #1
They don't know how to govern, they never had! B Calm Nov 2013 #2
I imagine what Sessions doesn't like about what's happening at the NSA.... rgbecker Nov 2013 #3
He Is A Piece Of Work cantbeserious Nov 2013 #4
He's going after the young Snowden worshipers. tridim Nov 2013 #5
??? rgbecker Nov 2013 #6

rgbecker

(4,831 posts)
3. I imagine what Sessions doesn't like about what's happening at the NSA....
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 10:23 AM
Nov 2013

is that anybody found out what they are actually up to.

I don't even like looking at this guy Sessions.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
5. He's going after the young Snowden worshipers.
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 12:09 PM
Nov 2013

The ones I know will believe anything you tell them as long as it has no basis in reality.

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