Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room

[mad1]

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Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren’t present.

Towns’ action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican on the committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), over Towns’s failure to launch an investigation into Countrywide Mortgage’s reported sweetheart deals to VIPs.

For months Towns has refused Republican requests to subpoena records in the case. Last Thursday Committee Republicans, led by Issa, were poised to force an open vote on the subpoenas at a Committee mark-up meeting. The mark-up was abruptly canceled. Only Republicans showed up while Democrats chairs remained empty.


Towns’s staffers told Republicans they were not happy about the presence of the video camera in the hearing room when they were not present. Issa’s spokesman said the Democrats readily acknowledged to Republicans that they changed the locks in retaliation to the videotape of the Democrats’ absence from the business meeting even though committee rules allow meetings to be taped.

Towns’s office said in a statement the locks were changed on Republicans "because they don't know how to behave." As for the video the GOP made, Towns's office pointed out: "The minority is using taxpayer dollars to make these campaign style videos."

Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room - TheHill.com

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A GOP committee staffer captured video of Democrats leaving their separate meeting in private chambers after the mark-up was supposed to have begun.

[MTAtech]

I guess this is payback for what the Republicans did to the Democrats when the Republicans controlled. I'm against shutting the door on any elected representative. The people who those people represent are entitled to due representation. I also think that it is childish that when the other party takes control musical chairs occurs with office space, with prime space going to the party in power.

[Epidemic]

yeah republicans were absolute bi partisan compared with what democrats have been doing.

[Chuckiechan]

CNN reported that the door was transparent!

Let them.

They have taken the bit in their teeth, and are going to pay the price.

Obama is a one party President. The only question left is will there be enough left wing people to pull him over the finish line in 2012. The Independant vote is what made the difference and that is rapidly turning away from Statism.

[tony_j15]

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I also think that it is childish that when the other party takes control musical chairs occurs with office space, with prime space going to the party in power.

well said.