have any of you C-Span junkies (like me) noticed that our House is

NMDemDist2

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:12 PM
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have any of you C-Span junkies (like me) noticed that our House is

starting to sound more and more like the English Parliament during "Prime Minister's Questions"

They are loud and rowdy and no more of this "My distinguished colleague" and "The Gentle Lady from California"

instead they are calling each other 'disingenuous" and demands for said remarks to be 'taken down'

it's getting darned entertaining over there :rofl:

Next they'll be throwing punches like in Taiwan :evilgrin:

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illinoisprogressive

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:14 PM
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1. I usually watch the Senate. Gonna have to take a peek since they seem to

be having some fun.

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NMDemDist2

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:17 PM
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2. yeah, the Senate is still keeping a civil tongue in their heads

the House?? well, not so much :rofl:

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LiberalFighter

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:20 PM
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3. Maybe the women should take martial arts classes

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Joe Chi Minh

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:21 PM
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4. The Aussie parliament's hilarious. They abuse each other up hill and down dale!

I mean the insults are somewhat colourful; very slangy.

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Deb

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:25 PM
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5. the repubs are *very* entertaining tonight

and *very* disingenuous! funny stuff :rofl: It's like someone brought their tired kids to the floor of the house.
Waaaaaa! She called me disingenuous.... Waaaaa!

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livvy

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:26 PM
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6. Or shoes! Can you picture Pelosi bopping someone with one of her pumps?

I agree, it is getting pretty interesting in there. I usually watch the Senate more closely, but lately have found the House a bit more lively.

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:27 PM
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7. LOL...I love the Parliament coverage....

Tony's leaving this spring, isn't he? I'll miss him :cry:

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Tatiana

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:27 PM
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8. OK, I'm home and I've turned on C-Span. What did I miss?

Why the appeal of the ruling of the chair? Are the Repukes trying to thwart passage of the Congressional Pensions & Crimes in Office bill?

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AnneD

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:31 PM
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9. That my young grasshopper...

Edited on Mon Jan-22-07 07:40 PM by AnneD

is what democracy looks like.

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trashcanistanista

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:37 PM
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10. Very disorderly today

Lots of shouting and I even heard applause earlier - strange. What happened to the "pension removal for being a criminal in office" bill? I guess this is what started the brauhaha.

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trashcanistanista

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:47 PM
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12. I can answer my own question

The vote on the "criminal/pension removal bill" will take place tomorrow. I think I heard earlier that 11 members were absent due to plane and weather problems.

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Deb

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:47 PM
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13. They are rolling the bill until later,

There were weather related air traffic problems that prevented some of the Reps from getting back to Wash. in time for the vote.

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Tatiana

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Mon Jan-22-07 07:40 PM
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11. The Republicans as part of a minority party are pure entertainment!

Whining about the large number of bills they are having to deal with (they are on #9).

Gee Boehner, I thought the purpose of U.S. Representatives was to LEGISLATE.

Now Vernon Ehlers (R - Michigan) whining about introducing bills "out of order." Awwww, nobody took the bill to committee. Cry me a river...

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