Friday, January 07, 2011

Constitution Was Violated By Those Who Read It Yesterday, Of Course

Two House Republicans weren’t around to strategically hand tissues to John Boehner on Wednesday as the House session opened. That wasn’t a problem, because our new speaker was able to compose himself, remembering he had to deliver a full short speech before he could hit the red wine/bronzer celebration cocktails.

Unfortunately, this meant these bros, Pete Sessions and Mike Fitzpatrick, weren’t actually sworn in yesterday and were pretending to be members of Congress, in violation of the Constitution they so importantly read.

Usually that sort of thing will get you shot by the Capitol Police, but they have a good excuse: When the swearing-in was going on, they were holding a fundraiser in the Capitol Visitors Center. Which is also illegal. READ MORE »

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