GOP Senators Refusing To Work Past 2PM, Invoking Obscure Rule

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/gop-senators-refusing-to_n_511639.html?igoogle=1

Senate Republicans fuming over the passage of health care reform are now refusing to work past 2 p.m. -- a tactic they can employ by invoking a little-known Senate rule.

On Wednesday, the Judiciary Committee was forced to cancel a hearing as was the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) tweeted today : "Disappointed. Rs refusing to allow hearings today. Had to cancel my oversight hearing on police training contracts in Afghanistan."

Sen. Mark Udall also complained that he had to delay a hearing on the cause of Western forest fires.

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FUCKING SLIMEBAGS!

[sakabatou]

1. Well if they don't want to work. fuck them.

[barbiegeek]

37. We are at WAR and the cancel Senate Armed Service & VA committees

[sakabatou]

41. Wait, what?

[TheDebbieDee]

2. Feelings of entitlement rearing its ugly head again.........

Almost no one else in this country could openly flaunt the fact that they WILL NOT work and will prevent others from working while drawing FULL PAY!

I'm speechless.........

I've been unemployed since October and I'm ready to kill for a job.......these phucks have a job, refuse to do the job, yet still get paid for doing the job! I'm about to lose my phucking mind.

[Ian David]

I didn't think Repukes did real work BEFORE 2 PM either. n/t

[Renew Deal]

3. Change the rules

:shrug:

[no limit]

4. Great, let americans see what they are doing. This can not be good politically for them

[Duke Newcombe]

5. Once again, with feeling:

Hang this around their frakkin' NECKS from today until November.

[calimary]

8. +1,000,000

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30. Working hard, or hardly working?

This will be remembered come November! Fucking SWINDLERS!:grr: :nuke:

[ljm2002]

40. That's the slogan we need to use...

...and it needs to be the opener for many 30-second spots this November.

[edbermac]

6. Great!

The GOP's new campaign slogan:

"We were sent by the voters to Washington and refused to work!"

Can't wait until November! :applause:

[Deep13]

7. I'm sure we will find candidates who don't view it as "work." nt

[Love Bug]

9. Photomat hours: In by 10, out by 2

Lazy bastards. I wonder how many of their constituents are working long hours at a job or hold two jobs just to make ends meet? Unfortunately, not all of them will be up for re-election next fall.

[Cha]

10. That's rich..they never do any real work anyway.

[DCBob]

11. They are still there now.. its 2:40pm..

I think the GOPers are throwing in the towel... at least for this part of the battle.

[shotten99]

12. Hopefully, the Democrats use the rules to their own advantage.

You know..like actually passing bills:)

[denverbill]

13. Is there any rule about how early they can start?

Maybe start proceedings as 4AM?

[rufus dog]

39. exactly!

[Guilded Lilly]

14. Sadly, their supporters are just as foul.

The divide grows.
The Republicans grow more and more ugly and immature as the day grows long.
Those who know better and either participate or go along are simply foul.
Those who don't know better and go along are just plain dumb as rocks.

Either way, what a supremely graceless and pathetic way to walk through life.

[optimator]

15. Dems should have done this against Bush

no use in crying about the Senate rules.

[SpiralHawk]

16. G.O.P. goes AWOL

As usual - a pack of chickenhawk republicon shirkers.

[ashling]

17. Democratic Chairs need to start scheduling hearings at 3:00 AM

:shrug:

[Orsino]

18. How many of 'em work *before* 2 p.m.? n/t

[TlalocW]

19. Essentially trying to shut down the government

That really worked out well for them when Newt did it back in the 90s. They just don't learn.

TlalocW

[Fleshdancer]

20. WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS

If the want to work part-time, then maybe they should be paid part-time...and without benefits. :shrug:

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With all that needs to be done for the suffering in this nation

And this is what the republicans give them! Do they have a political bone in their bodies? This is electoral suicide! (not that I'm complaining!!)

[Broke In Jersey]

21. to change senate rules....

do you need 50 or 60 senators to pass?
this is one of many weird senate rules.

[walldude]

22. Gee so when I don't feel like working I can knock off at 2?

And not get FIRED?

[AngryAmish]

23. who cares?

[Fleshdancer]

24. why wouldn't people care?

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33. Obviously I do, or I woudn't have posted the article...

[high density]

25. Could you imagine if Democrats had shut down a meeting on homeless veterans?

Without unanimous consent, committees are allowed to meet for two hours following the opening of the Senate session -- which on Wednesday was 9:00 a.m. The committees need consent to continue and consent again to continue after 2:00 p.m. Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, had his hearing shut down abruptly at 11:00 Wednesday morning, in the middle of a discussion on the effort to end veteran homelessness in the next five years. It is estimated that more than 100,000 veterans are homeless in the United States on any given night.

Enough of this shit.

[oldhippie]

26. Let see how the coverage compares with the Texas Dems ......

..... that ran off to Oklahoma a couple years back to shut down the Texas Legislature.

It would be interesting to go back and see what WE thought about that. ;)

[hobbit709]

42. And why did THEY do that?

Maybe it had something to do with redistricting that Tom DeLay was trying to cram down our throats.

[Liberty Belle]

27. Time to change the rule then.

[Fleshdancer]

28. funny suggestion I read on twitter:

"Senate Dems should schedule hearings on ending kiddie porn and stopping drunk driving so GOP can cancel them."

:rofl:

[TheCowsCameHome]

29. They've invoked the Fred Thompson rule?

OMG

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34. But Fred didn't actually leave, he just fell asleep...

[TheCowsCameHome]

35. Well, he should've learned how to sleep walk.

Maybe he was just too lazy.

[kestrel91316]

31. Buncha lazy welfare cheats, it sounds like.......

[Hubert Flottz]

32. Everyone in America should knock off at 2PM too...

And show up for work at 10 am 3 days a week like congress does.

[arthritisR_US]

36. why not conduct the hearings without them? n/t

[opihimoimoi]

38. SPOILED ADULT BULLIES become intransigent and Obstinate when defeated...

They are slowly DEVOLVING into OBSCURENESS

[Blue-Jay]

43. That's going to look awesome come election time.

"Vote for me because I did nothing!"

Great strategy, douchebags.