Breaking: Eric Cantor announces all Congressional business next week suspended

[Politics_Guy25]

Keith reported this just before the presser. Cantor has suspended all congressional work that was scheduled next week to take the appropriate security precautions. Wow.

Twitter: BreakingNews: House postpones all actions for week, including healthcare repeal bill, due to Rep. Giffords shooting - Rep. Cantor, R-Va.

[eleny]

1. Imo, they have a lot to think about besides dismantling progress

[PCIntern]

3. well put,eleny!!n/t

[upi402]

2. where my jobs at?

delayed in honor of the shooter?

[aquart]

25. They're phoning Blackwater and hiring security as we speak

I surmise. That's their jobs program.

[Duer 157099]

4. They get a week of paid vacation why?

No really, why?

[Mariana]

34. Because they can. nt.

[spanone]

5. it's a horrific tragedy, but it seems like the nations business should go on.

[jberryhill]

7. Agree - nobody put a guy with a gun in charge of Congress

[CTyankee]

35. No, Eric and the other boys have to whine and run away...

[Cleita]

6. Well, repealing the health care reform law now makes them

really look stupid. Obviously, here was a gunman who was mentally ill and probably could have used some health care to control his illness.

[AC_Mem]

22. Exactly, Cleita - and good thing none of the survivors needs a transplant

And even if the House GOP wait a week, it is going to look really BAD for them to come right back and get to work on taking health care away from the poor, sick and needy, and victims of crazy killers with guns.

Can you imagine if any of these victims had suffered from the shooting and needed a transplant of some kind, only to be denied because of ARIZONA's hard hearted "you are on your own" mentality?

What if some of the victims didn't have health insurance? Is Gov Jan gonna kick them out of the hospital?

Health Care is a human RIGHT and isn't it sad and yet eerie that this tragedy is happening in Arizona.

Damn right they aren't going back on Monday to repeal the Health Care Law. I bet the GOP House is shitting themselves right about now.

[bigwillq]

8. But, I thought it wasn't politically motivated?

:shrug:

[BeyondGeography]

9. HCR repeal looking even dumber, in other words

[undeterred]

14. +1000

[KoKo]

10. LOL's....Using it to Political Advantage to Stop Dem Bills going forward...what an ASS HOLE!

[high density]

11. That's pathetic

Appropriate security precautions? What a bunch of assholes. Perhaps they should all be forced to get strip searched by one of those TSA machines before they enter the chamber.

[tigereye]

24. to be fair, I think they feel badly about a colleague being

shot and several others killed - even someone as partisan as Cantor realizes that all of them (or at least those who irk the TP) could be at risk.

[NNN0LHI]

26. Republicans don't have "feelings", beyond what a lizard might possess

So I would rule that theory out.

Don

[Volaris]

29. I tend to agree with your statement about them

probably feeling sadness at what happened, as to the rest of it, maybe Rep. Cantor will remember how he felt today the next time someone tries to compel him to throw gasoline on a fire.

[Volaris]

30. I tend to agree with your statement about them

probably feeling sadness at what happened, as to the rest of it, maybe Rep. Cantor will remember how he felt today the next time someone tries to compel him to throw gasoline on a fire.

[theothersnippywshrub]

12. Business as usual after successfully inciting violence wouldn't look good. n/t

[upi402]

13. They needed an excues cuz they have no plan

Republicans just say no. They have no solutions.

[NNN0LHI]

15. Republicans are always drama queens

They all wanted to run home to hide under their beds after someone tried to assassinate Senate Dem leaders with anthrax too.

Don

[immoderate]

16. Good call. They were on the way to nowhere anyway...

Time out called for. Given a moment, Republicans may actually think about what they are doing, how they are destroying the country.

Hey, who am I kidding? :P

--imm

[jannyk]

17. I think Ms. Giffords would prefer you stay by your post sir.

Dereliction of duty and cowering in a bunker is not an appropriate response.

[spanone]

18. taking off the week to hire security guards....wanna bet?

halliburtion rejoices!!!!

[TornadoTN]

19. Seems to be a manuevor just to deflect some of their own blame

It's obvious that the right-wingers haven't been "targeted" over the past few years (at least to the extreme of the left), but countless threats against Democrats and leftists.

Looks like he just wants to make this out to be a "All members of Congress aren't safe. This guy was just against government" situation.

[cbdo2007]

20. Why let the terrorists win??

They should be back to "business as usual", not on another vacation.

[rbrnmw]

31. +1000......

[RB TexLa]

21. A shooting in Arizona has what to do with a workplace in DC?

Stupid

[kath]

27. yep, but they love, love, love to ramp up FEAR.

[jwirr]

23. Is this the way they avoid the vote on filibuster?

[ellisonz]

28. Cowards.

Not to mention I would presume that Mrs. Giffords would want her colleagues to have the opportunity to show the resiliency of our democracy and grieve together in public.

[chollybocker]

32. Cantor was the one who claimed, less than a year ago,

that his office had been targeted and shot at by some nefarious nazi/ghost. Of course, it was all a BIG FAT LIE.

Surely someone can reconcile this blatant hypocrisy for me. It's late and I'm still f*cking pissed off about today.

[pinboy3niner]

33. They will remain in session...

...but will not conduct any "substantive" business (except for any business related to the Tucson shootings), CNN is reporting.

I would guess that they will probably pass a resolution regarding this tragedy.

[SoCalDem]

36. They'll just use the time away from the spotlight to fine tune their mischief

After their screwy start, they are probably happy to NOT be the focal point these days..