Democrats to condemn U.S. lawmaker who heckled Obama (formal resolution to be introduced Tuesday)

[Kadie]

Democrats to condemn U.S. lawmaker who heckled Obama

By Thomas Ferraro Thomas Ferraro – 7 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to condemn the Republican who yelled "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week, a Democratic aide said on Monday.

The Democrats agreed to introduce a formal resolution of disapproval of the heckler, Representative Joe Wilson, on Tuesday, the aide said.

They initially said they planned to take no action against Wilson, but made an about-face after the South Carolina Republican emerged as an overnight hero among at least some conservatives.

Wilson shouted "You lie!" at Obama on Wednesday during his address to a joint session of Congress on healthcare reform.

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Responding to reports that the Democrats were moving to condemn Wilson, House Republican Leader John Boehner said he agreed that it was time to move on and discuss healthcare as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week.

"That's why I plan to vote 'no' on this resolution. Instead of pursuing this type of petty partisanship, we should be working together to lower costs and expand access to affordable, high-quality health coverage on behalf of the American people," Boehner said in a statement.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_congress_wilson

[FLyellowdog]

1. Better late than never,n/t

[opihimoimoi]

2. That Wilson Dude was RUDE and CRUDE....ban him to the Nit Tree Grove to forever pick Nits off the

Ground....thats his level...he is a Nitter....he picks Nits....the GOP has a Union for their Nit Crew

[luckyleftyme2]

10. I NEED HELP PASSING THIS ON

I FOUND THIS ON THE WEB AND IT REALLY SHOULD BE SPREAD SO THE CLEAR THINKING AMERICANS CAN SEE HOW THE RIGHT OPERATES WITH FORKED TONGUE!
WELL THIS MORNING I POSTED A THREAD ON THE INFAMOUS "joe wilson" an elected offical WHO SHOWED HIS ELECTORATE JUST HOW IGNORANT HE IS! IF ALL GOES WELL HE WILL BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT ELECTION ! FOR EVEN THE MOST UMINFORMED VOTER WILL KNOW HE VOTED TO GIVE ILLEGAL ALIENS HEALTH CARE!!!
LIKE ME SEND THIS POST EVERYWHERE YOU CAN!
Well, frumps, in a kinder, gentler (less informed) time Rep. Joe “You Lie” Wilson might have gotten away with a sharp rebuke for bad manners but would still be able to ride his “high horse” into the sunset. BUT – as happens so often in this crazy little 21st century, especially to the GOP – there are “vigilante fact checkers” out there, who are only too happy to call you out if you turn out to be an opportunistic hypocrite.

And so it is that we learned, yesterday, that Joe Wilson, who was so righteously enflamed over the notion that illegal immigrants might benefit from the current healthcare reform bill, broke with the rules of Congressional decorum and protocol and yelled out that the President was a liar. Well, as we used to say in the old neighborhood “takes one to know one.”

Here’s the skinny on that from OpenCongress.org:

On Wednesday night, Rep. Joe Wilson , shouted “You lie!” at President Obama when he said that the healthcare bill would not cover illegal immigrants. “The supporters of the government takeover of healthcare and liberals who want to give healthcare to illegals are using my opposition as an excuse to distract from the critical questions being raised about this poorly conceived plan,” Wilson said the next day in a campaign fundraising video.

However, in 2003, Wilson voted to provide federal funds for illegal immigrants’ healthcare. The vote came on the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), which contained Sec. 1011 authorizing $250,000 annually between 2003 and 2008 for government reimbursements to hospitals who provide treatment for uninsured illegal immigrants. The program has been extended through 2009 and there is currently a bipartisan bill in Congress to make it permanent.

It’s highly unlikely that Rep. Wilson merely forgot about the MMA or that, over time, he lost his original soft-heartedness for illegal immigrants. This particular bill had one of the most epically contentious and scandalous histories in recent legislative memory.

did you get that last paragraph? the most scandalous contentious legislation recent history! do ya think their was some lobbyists involved?

THIS MAN MUST NEVER GET ELECTED AGAIN OR APPOINTED TO A FEDERAL JOB!

[TiredOldMan]

3. Could they instead pay attention to the real problems we are all

having. Unemployment is massive and the economy is in shambles. They would rather do stupid stuff like this than get us job opportunities, health care, improved education....

[spanone]

5. it's not stupid. they can do more than one thing at a time. he deserves their scorn.

[marybourg]

4. Yeah. good old non-partisan Boehner, working his tail off

for "affordable high quality health coverage" for the amuricin people.

[aquart]

6. When you lie down like a rug, you get walked on.

When are the Dems in Congress going to figure that out?

[Emit]

7. My 8 yo son and I heard this being discussed on the radio in the car today

He asked me, "What's gonna happen to the man who yelled, 'You Lie!' at the President?" I tried to explain and he asked, "Is it like time out? Will they send him to a room with white walls and stuff?"

Lol, I have no idea where he got the white-walled room thing but I laughed and thought to myself that might not be a bad idea.

[janedum]

8. No punishment is severe enough for that SCUM!

[janedum]

9. I made Joe Wilson a CAKE! ....

A cake made of TURDS from my cat's litter box.
GAWD! I HATE that man!

[rhett o rick]

11. Joe the Idiot Wilson site is still down. Please send your best wishes to "The Boner"

http://www.johnboehner.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm

You might get more attention if you use Troy as your home town 45373.