House Democratic Chaos And ‘Martial Law’
August 3, 2007, 9:54pm
The House erupted in chaos late Thursday after a procedural vote that Republicans said they won 215-213, but Democrats said the vote ended in a loss on a 214-214 tie. More than 100 GOP members walked out of the chamber in protest.
The National Republican Congressional Committee put video of the episode online under this description: “Democrats strongarm their vulnerable members into flip-flopping on taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants as chaos ensues.”
Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., addressed the controversy the next morning in a one-minute floor speech: “I have left the House frustrated; I have left the House encouraged; I have left the House proud; I have left the House not so proud. But I never left the House ashamed before. … The remedy for the House that would solve this problem is to let the vote stand.”
And earlier in the week, Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, accused House Democrats of imposing “martial law to further stifle the voices of those of us in the minority who represent nearly half of the American people.”
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