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http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/notepad/2009/07/house-gop-parties-while-forcin.htmlHouse GOP Parties While Forcing Clerk to Read Legislation Aloud
By Jonathan Allen | July 23, 2009 6:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
A handful of House Republicans forced a clerk to read much of a 54-page motion aloud to a nearly empty chamber Thursday evening as their GOP colleagues escaped to attend an annual "beach party" thrown by Minority Leader John A. Boehner, R-Ohio.
After about half an hour, they withdrew the first motion and offered a second one, prolonging the process to roughly 45 minutes.
A Boehner spokesman said in an e-mail that he was "headed down now" to the party at Cantina Marina as the clerk labored to finish a task that is typically dispensed with in seconds by unanimous consent.
Republicans are angry at Democrats for using what they say are extraordinarily heavy-handed tactics to limit the GOP's role in the legislative process.
"We forced the reading of the {motion to recommit} to protest the un-democratic rules the Democratic leadership is insisting on for the appropriations process, which do not allow Republicans the opportunity to step in the way of their out-of-control spending spree," Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said. "Boehner will vote on both the {motion to recommit} and final passage."
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