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PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:05 PM Jul 2015

House cancels vote amid fight over Confederate flag

Source: The Hill

House GOP leaders canceled a vote Thursday on a spending bill for the Interior Department amid an intraparty split over the display of the Confederate flag.

The vote was cancelled after the House moved to hold a vote later on Thursday on an amendment undoing a ban on displaying the Confederate flag in national cemeteries.

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) offered that amendment late Wednesday night, triggering a furious blowback from House Democrats who ripped Republicans over the issue.

“That racist, divisive flag of slavery, segregation, and secession is not an appropriate symbol to sell or fly in our national parks and cemeteries run by the National Park Service,” House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said in a statement early Thursday.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/247368-house-cancels-spending-bill-vote-amid-fight-over-confederate-flag

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House cancels vote amid fight over Confederate flag (Original Post) PoliticAverse Jul 2015 OP

Honestly Indydem Jul 2015 #1

Some type of historical museum. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #3

Irony: A racist, divisive flag of a failed racist nation is dividing a failed party of racists. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #2

They control the House and Senate, I wouldn't be calling them a 'failed party' just yet. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #4

Go Fred! Android3.14 Jul 2015 #11

It seems that Trump is not the only practicing recidivist in the GOP. Ford_Prefect Jul 2015 #5

House Republicans -- the gang that can't shoot straight. nt NCjack Jul 2015 #6

Maybe the 'uglican party is all infected with that cat/rat parasite erronis Jul 2015 #7

Good explanation. Another one: they are all alcoholics. They all begin drinking at 10AM NCjack Jul 2015 #9

Okay, wait a minute.... cui bono Jul 2015 #8

The GOP's base is very small, thus you'll see more of this nonsense. PSPS Jul 2015 #10

It was banned in a vote yesterday. This was a new vote to overturn yesterday's (nt) jeff47 Jul 2015 #13

Thanks for that info. Still just as bad. If not worse. n/t cui bono Jul 2015 #14

Rep. Kalvert sulphurdunn Jul 2015 #12

Indydem

(2,642 posts)

1. Honestly

Reply to PoliticAverse (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:24 PM

Jul 2015

If there was ever a place to have this material, it would be a historic battleground or cemetery.

Because that's where this shit belongs - history.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

3. Some type of historical museum. n/t

Reply to Indydem (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:27 PM

Jul 2015

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

2. Irony: A racist, divisive flag of a failed racist nation is dividing a failed party of racists.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:24 PM

Jul 2015

Remember the Tea Party? They still live. No one seems to want to mention it much any more, but they still live.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

4. They control the House and Senate, I wouldn't be calling them a 'failed party' just yet. n/t

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:43 PM

Jul 2015

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)

11. Go Fred!

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 02:35 PM

Jul 2015

That should be on a t-shirt.

Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)

5. It seems that Trump is not the only practicing recidivist in the GOP.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:44 PM

Jul 2015

NCjack

(10,279 posts)

6. House Republicans -- the gang that can't shoot straight. nt

Reply to PoliticAverse (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:55 PM

Jul 2015

erronis

(15,299 posts)

7. Maybe the 'uglican party is all infected with that cat/rat parasite

Reply to NCjack (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 01:31 PM

Jul 2015

Toxiplasmosis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis).

It apparently makes rats act totally irrationally, even against their own survival instincts.

I've also read that it does infect humans and might be a reason for irrational behaviors. If so, we should show some pity and sequester them (the rats and infected congress-critters) in a nice, secure, quiet place for the rest of their demented years.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)

9. Good explanation. Another one: they are all alcoholics. They all begin drinking at 10AM

Reply to erronis (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 01:54 PM

Jul 2015

because somewhere in world, it's 6PM.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

8. Okay, wait a minute....

Reply to PoliticAverse (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 01:35 PM

Jul 2015

someone actually wants to now ALLOW the confederate flag to fly in national cemeteries, when it is currently banned?

What a total asshole.

PSPS

(13,601 posts)

10. The GOP's base is very small, thus you'll see more of this nonsense.

Reply to cui bono (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 02:02 PM

Jul 2015

In a way, this is the same pandering being done by the likes of Trump. Since the GOP base gets smaller by the day, their rhetoric becomes more and more detached because it has to appeal to it. It's also why the GOP won't be winning many national offices in the future outside of the gerrymandered House.