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Now, voters, this is surely what you had in mind when you voted for Obama. You remember the lofty proclamation during His coronation. How His Mighty Presence in the Capitol City would completely eliminate partisianship, ushering in a new utopian era of kum-bah-ya among legislators.
And now, here it is. Proof positive that The Messiah, "The One" has forever transformed politics in America. Our new Obama Post-Partisan Era. Thank you, O Master, for re-making this nation in your own image:
And now, here it is. Proof positive that The Messiah, "The One" has forever transformed politics in America. Our new Obama Post-Partisan Era. Thank you, O Master, for re-making this nation in your own image:
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives, ever the rowdier and more populist of the two chambers of Congress, has been the scene of incessant partisan warfare in 2009, as each party appears to be in a near-constant state of outrage over the behavior of the other.
The picture got uglier this week when Democrats on a House committee changed the locks on a hearing room door in retaliation for an embarrassing video posted online by panel Republicans. What started as a dispute over an oversight probe blossomed into a mini-melodrama, with each side accusing the other of petty and childish behavior.
This latest blow to interparty relations started last week in the Rayburn House Office Building.
Last Thursday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was set to hold a routine business meeting. Before the session, its ranking Republican, Rep. Darrell Issa of California, made clear that he planned to call for the panel to subpoena Bank of America for documents related to Countrywide Financial Corp.' s infamous "Friends of Angelo" VIP mortgage program.
Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., have gotten negative publicity for having received mortgages through the program, named after former Countrywide chief executive Angelo Mozilo. Committee chairman Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., has also acknowledged receiving a Countrywide mortgage, though he says he got no special favors or VIP privileges.
When Thursday's committee meeting began, however, the Democrats were absent, and Republican members said they waited for more than half an hour before being told the session had been canceled because of scheduling conflicts. Democrats, meanwhile, were meeting in a private room behind the hearing room.
The picture got uglier this week when Democrats on a House committee changed the locks on a hearing room door in retaliation for an embarrassing video posted online by panel Republicans. What started as a dispute over an oversight probe blossomed into a mini-melodrama, with each side accusing the other of petty and childish behavior.
This latest blow to interparty relations started last week in the Rayburn House Office Building.
Last Thursday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was set to hold a routine business meeting. Before the session, its ranking Republican, Rep. Darrell Issa of California, made clear that he planned to call for the panel to subpoena Bank of America for documents related to Countrywide Financial Corp.' s infamous "Friends of Angelo" VIP mortgage program.
Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., have gotten negative publicity for having received mortgages through the program, named after former Countrywide chief executive Angelo Mozilo. Committee chairman Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., has also acknowledged receiving a Countrywide mortgage, though he says he got no special favors or VIP privileges.
When Thursday's committee meeting began, however, the Democrats were absent, and Republican members said they waited for more than half an hour before being told the session had been canceled because of scheduling conflicts. Democrats, meanwhile, were meeting in a private room behind the hearing room.
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