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babylonsister

(171,070 posts) Tue May 6, 2014, 04:37 PM May 2014

Republicans Try To Silence House Democrats By Kicking Them Out of a Taxpayer Funded Room

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/06/republicans-silence-house-democrats-kicking-taxpayer-funded-room.html

Republicans Try To Silence House Democrats By Kicking Them Out of a Taxpayer Funded Room
By: Jason Easley
Tuesday, May, 6th, 2014, 12:18 pm

Top House Democrats, including Leader Nancy Pelosi were supposed to be holding a Steering and Policy Committee hearing on the Republican refusal to extend unemployment benefits, but Republicans kicked Democrats out of their scheduled room.

House Democrats had to abruptly turn their hearing into a press conference, when Republicans refused to let them have a room to hold the hearing in.

According to a statement from Rep. Pelosi’s office, “House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Members of the House Democratic Caucus will hold a press conference today in the wake of House Republicans’ refusal to allow the stories of Americans severely affected by the loss of this vital lifeline to be heard. Leader Pelosi and House Democrats will call on Speaker Boehner and the House Republican leadership to end their callous indifference to the nearly 3 million individuals who have lost UI since the program expired on December 28 and to #RenewUI this critical lifeline.”

What happened was that Democrats had a hearing room scheduled, and at the last minute, Republicans told them that they couldn’t use it.

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The American people want unemployment benefits extended. Every poll taken since before the benefits expired has shown that large majorities support extending the benefits. House Republicans are not only trying to silence Democrats. They are also trying to silence the American people.

John Boehner likes to refer to the House as “The People’s House,” but today the people were denied a voice, and the needs are being ignored by a Republican majority that cares more about the Koch brothers than the millions of American lives they are destroying.

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Republicans Try To Silence House Democrats By Kicking Them Out of a Taxpayer Funded Room (Original Post) babylonsister May 2014 OP

Oh, this should make rich news tonight. If only the Dems knew how to use the tools in their kelliekat44 May 2014 #1

I haven't been home all day. I wonder if this has been mentioned at all? nt babylonsister May 2014 #2

SOP for repugs. louis-t May 2014 #3

Let's see what happens. Wellstone ruled May 2014 #4

They've pulled this shit before. silverweb May 2014 #5

If Dems pulled this the R's would advocate shooting them. Scuba May 2014 #6

Democrats don't like being bullied, & GOPers know it. Eleanors38 May 2014 #7

K & R !!! WillyT May 2014 #8

fucking gop thugs. Cha May 2014 #9

It's May. They should have held their little press conference outdoors and then pnwmom May 2014 #10

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)

1. Oh, this should make rich news tonight. If only the Dems knew how to use the tools in their

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 04:41 PM

May 2014

pockets. Maybe that's why we can't get any cable HD channels? No MSNBC, CNN, or even FOX. Not even on the non-HD channels. It's almost like XFINITY has been hacked and they don't want us to know. When I call they check the boxes and say everything is ok. ?????

babylonsister

(171,070 posts)

2. I haven't been home all day. I wonder if this has been mentioned at all? nt

Reply to kelliekat44 (Reply #1)

Tue May 6, 2014, 04:50 PM

May 2014

louis-t

(23,295 posts)

3. SOP for repugs.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 04:52 PM

May 2014

They are mean-spirited, whiny-ass, thuggish, bullies.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

4. Let's see what happens.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 04:53 PM

May 2014

This is one of those golden moments in Politics. Shades of Sensenbreiner,if it wasn't for Rhodes radio show,we would not heard a peep. Let's go Pelosi,the ball is in your court. Now hit these assholes big time.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

5. They've pulled this shit before.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 05:03 PM

May 2014

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Back during [face=times new roman]_georgie's[/face] years squatting in the WH, the reTHUGs pulled this same stunt a couple of times that I remember.

ReTHUGs are petty, infantile, tantrum-throwing bullies, nothing more.

When they lost their majority in the House before [face=times new roman]_georgie[/face] moved back to Texas, one of them actually had the nerve to demand that Democrats "treat us the way they would like us to have treated them." (That may not be a precisely accurate quote, but the meaning was very clear.)