OATHGATE - Pete Session (R-Tx) didn't take the oath then tried to repeal "Obamacare" (hilarious)

[underpants]

He wasn't actually a member of the 112th Congress AND he tried to offer a motion.

:rofl: Priceless :rofl:

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/06/pete-sessions-oath/

House Republicans are eager to make good on their campaign promise to hold a pointless vote on repealing President Obama’s health care law, but they’ll have to wait a little longer thanks to an embarrassing blunder by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX). Sessions failed to take his oath of office on the House floor alongside the other 450 congressmen yesterday, pretending to take it in the Capitol Visitors Center instead. However, Sessions was the (not quite) Member who offered the health care repeal motion today in the House Rules Committee forcing Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-CA) to “abruptly adjourn” a hearing on the bill:

Dreier is consulting with the parliamentarian about how to best craft a unanimous consent agreement to rectify the situation, (committee spokeswoman Jo) Maney said.

“We should have an agreement shortly,” she said.

Democratic aides pounced on the Republicans’ blunder.

“Despite the fact that they read the Constitution today, they should have read it yesterday, actually,” one senior Democratic aide said. “I guess swearing in their Members wasn’t part of their pledge.”

[w8liftinglady]

1. LLOL! Now,I can tease my partner- HE has the shittier one this week!

...of course,Next week,Barton will outdo Sessions

[malaise]

2. Delish

Better than blue mountain coffee. :rofl:

[derby378]

3. Unfortunately, catty remarks are our only defense in the House now...

...the Repukes are of the mindset that if it isn't legal, then they will make it "legal."

[DCKit]

9. Then prosecute any (D) who tries to take advantage of their new rules. nt

[PBS Poll-435]

4. That's My Congressman!

:banghead:

[w8liftinglady]

5. awwww... poor baby!

:pals:

[PBS Poll-435]

6. Haha. You STILL have Joe Barton.

:)

:hi:

[w8liftinglady]

15. I just barfed a little... hehe

[derby378]

7. Mine, too

Grier Raggio's campaign may have had messaging problems, but Grier was a good guy. He would have made a good Representative, too.

[malaise]

8. KO and Rachel will be having a feast with this shortly

Hilarious is an understatement

[WillyT]

10. "There Is No Provision In The Constitution For A Remote Swearing-In By Television."

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

More from Oathgate...

Two House Republicans Missed Swearing In While At A Fundraiser In The Capitol, Violating Constitution On Day It Was Read
Ryan Grim - HuffPo
First Posted: 01- 6-11 03:53 PM | Updated: 01- 6-11 07:03 PM

<snip>

WASHINGTON -- Two House Republicans have cast votes as members of the 112th Congress, but were not sworn in on Wednesday, a violation of the Constitution on the same day that the GOP had the document read from the podium.

The Republicans, incumbent Pete Sessions of Texas and freshman Mike Fitzpatrick, missed the swearing in because they were at a fundraiser in the Capitol Visitors Center. The pair watched the swearing-in on television from the Capitol Visitors Center with their hands raised.

"That wasn't planned. It just worked out that way," said Fitzpatrick at the time, according to local press on hand, which noted that he "happened to be introducing Texas Congressman Pete Sessions while glad-handing his supporters in the Capitol Visitor Center that he secured for them when the House swearing in began."

House ethics rules forbid fundraising in the Capitol.

The Bucks County Courier Times said that roughly 500 Fitzpatrick supporters were on hand at the gathering. Fitzpatrick's campaign had solicited contributions for a bus trip to the Capitol and "Mike Fitzpatrick's Swearing In Celebration."

Sessions is head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, responsible for fundraising for GOP candidates.

<snip>

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/two-house-republicans-vot_n_805423.html

:kick:

[underpants]

11. Yep CASH IS KING

[malaise]

12. KO and Eugene were fall down

funny :rofl:

[underpants]

14. Taibbi on now

great article by him on "Snooki" Boner
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x123673

[Fuzz]

13. Pretending to take the oath? Their whole world is make believe.

Fucking idiot.