I'll believe it when I see it and when the "punishment" has some teeth, as one of the things being discussed includes an expression of condemnation (oh, please no, Mr McCarthy). We might also ask what has taken so long. The illegal sit-in occurred in June.
ZitatWashington (CNN) — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy vowed that Democrats who took control of the House floor in June and held a 25-hour sit-in to protest the lack of action on gun control measures will face punishment soon for breaking House rules.
"There are numerous rules that were broken. That's not the way a democracy works and I think you will see appropriate measure taken in the very near future," McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol, adding, "Are you going to let the House stand with that behavior going forward? I think it would create real damage to the reputation of the House in the long term."
House Republican leaders are discussing several options as potential penalties, including voting on a resolution that condemns the sit-in or leveling fines for rule violations, according to a senior GOP leadership aide familiar with the discussions.
During the protest in June, dozens of House Democrats sat on the floor in the well, chanted and yelled when Republicans attempted to move onto legislative business, actions which are breaches of floor decorum.
House Rules include specific parameters for when a member can speak, and whom they can address from the podium in the front of the chamber.
Quote: PzLdr wrote in post #2I'll just bet the Dims are SHAKING in their boots... the GOP leadership being so fearsome and all...
Agreed!
"There are numerous rules that were broken. That's not the way a democracy works and I think you will see appropriate measure taken in the very near future," Rep. Kevin McCarthy
Don't these guys want to win the White House? That dopey "sit-in" by the Dems happened in June. What brought it up now? The "appropriate measure" being considered is a vote on a resolution. Any vote on a resolution on this issue will fall strictly along party lines. And the R's really need that? Woah boys!!! that'll promote your stereotype real well and instill so much fear in the Dems! especially today's Dems who have shown, many times over, no regard for the laws of our Land.
Donald Trump to the Rescue! The R's only know how to win at losing!
"If we have no idea what our institutions are doing we have no hope of reforming them." Julian Assange *** "Maybe God is trying to tell us something important- that now is not the time for a “nice Christian guy” or a “gentleman” or a typical Republican powder puff. Maybe now is the time for a natural born killer, a ruthless fighter, a warrior. Because right about now we need a miracle, or America is finished. Maybe the rules of gentleman don’t apply here. Maybe a gentleman and “all-around nice Christian” would lead us to slaughter." Wayne Allyn Root