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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-10 01:08 PM
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Rep. Steve Buyer Flips Out On House Floor (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/01/steve-buyer-flips-out-house_n_789705.html

Outgoing Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) had a fit on the House floor Monday, when he was prohibited from weighing in on a bill by a Democratic colleague acting as speaker.

When Buyer, the ranking Republican in the House Veterans Affairs Committee, asked to speak in opposition to the procedural workings of a piece of veterans legislation, Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) shut him down.

"As a sitting member of the House, the speaker chooses not to recognize another sitting member, is that correct?" Buyer asked, according to CBS News.

"There is no one here to object," Buyer continued. "This is why the American people have thrown you out of power."

The Indiana Rep. who has served since 1992 "then began walking around the chamber angrily, throwing down a folder and muttering that Democrats are wasting time despite the fact that there are many things to be done, including repeal of the health care reform bill," CBS News reports.

More at the link -- video included
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-10 01:23 PM
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1. This is the part that got me...
"muttering that Democrats are wasting time despite the fact that there are many things to be done, including repeal of the health care reform bill," CBS News reports."

They always complain about things that in reality they are really doing,they are and have been the ones wasting time until they could get back into office to destroy this country even more. They are the ones who took up 2 years talking about a healthcare bill and calling our president unamerican..
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-10 01:25 PM
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2. I've seen this game before. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is the KING of acting speakers.
Edited on Thu Dec-02-10 01:28 PM by Poll_Blind
Unfortunately, not all others fare as well. If you ever get a chance to see Jesse Jackson Jr. as acting speaker of the house, do not miss it. The man is entirely unshakable and knows every single rule inside and out.

You can see but a tiny bit of it in this video. Doesn't do his understanding of the rules of the House justice tho.

PB
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-10 01:49 PM
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3. Rep. Spicoli responds to Rep. Buyer
You dick!
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