If it's criminal, who is charged?

It is also 100% legal.

It would take a more thorough historical search than I am up for, but I have no doubt that there are incidences where Democrats have exploited parliamentary rules and procedure to their benefit.

Theoretically, the President has the power to appoint certain officials without Senate approval if the Senate is not in session. Both Republicans and Democrats have blocked recess appointments using pro forma Senate sessions (That is, purely formal sessions where no legislating takes place).

is illegal and is a central issue now.

... there's a more precise definition for that crime. Ain't there, Republicans?

But of course we can never actually charge anyone in the GOP with a crime, they seem to being doing great themselves without any need of our help. Sadly they don't seem to actually go to jail for crime...just look at Tom Delay, no nevermind don't look at him.

Veterans Affairs, too. I hate this goddamned war and want it over just as much as anyone else. But until then, those are our boys and girls over there, and the Republicans placed them in harm's way by destabilizing our government and our economy while they are still mired in combat.

That would have been called "fifth column" disruption right here in the United States in the 1950s, and the 1930s, and the concept would have been unchanged with a different defining term in the 1920s and before that, before Emilio Mola coined it in 1936.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_column

Not coincidentally, the "fifth column" in Spain was a fascist term coined by a fascist general in a fascist-supported civil war. Republican voters should take careful note of that--this is what they are, now: fascist fifth columnists.

And focusing on quack-law prescriptions based on dubious, extraordinarily broad readings of sedition laws is pointless considering the provisions in the Constitution that provide Congresscritters with damn near TOTAL immunity when it comes to legislating. Sedition laws, even if they would otherwise apply to this behavior, cannot override Constitutional immunity. While I would hope this would be a fairly basic bit of civics knowledge, it's a fundamental point of American law that Congress cannot override the Constitution with a law. Thus, the sedition law, regardless of whether or not it "applies", CANNOT override the Constitutional protections for legislators. The only thing that can override Constitutional immunity is a full-on Constitutional amendment.

"Public disgust" is completely irrelevant from a legal standpoint, unless you've decided that it's time to toss the Constitution and start holding Stalinesque show trials for "enemies of the People". In the American system, legislators who vote "wrong" lose elections. If they follow their constituents' wishes, then they are fulfilling their duty to represent their district/state. If their constituents are voting for something boneheaded like defunding the government or invading Australia, well, then you'll just have to get used to the reality that one of the joys of democracy is getting to hear the wishes of stupid voters.

For sure.

If you cannot repeal a law after say 10 tries in a year, you get a red card. Something is better then nothing imo. The bailout proved we do not actually believe in capitalism, just give it lip service.

the rethugs would have charged us with sedition. So why can't we do the same?