Speed Reading Clerk Reads Stalling Amendment To House Climate Change Legislation
Earlier today, we reported that Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have taken an extraordinary measure to combat nefarious Republican stall tactics. Faced with the possibility that the GOP minority might require the committee's clerks to read aloud the 900-page Waxman-Markey climate change bill, or many of its 400-plus proposed amendments, the committee's chairman, Henry Waxman (D-CA), hired a speed reader. A quick tongued, acting-clerk, if you will.
His services may ultimately not be necessary, but earlier today, to break the tension between battling factions, the committee's ranking member Joe Barton (R-TX) asked the "speed reader clerk" to read part of one measly little amendment. Watch:
That amendment ultimately went down in flames. The overall bill may have gained a little bit of steam today. But presumably a bunch of Capitol Hill clerks are now worried about job security.
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My favorite Joe Barton comment was " I want him to read it in a TEXAS ACCENT.
My oh my. Do those Texans really feel they are superior to the rest of the country( Texas accent) and it is a "privilege" for the United States of America to have Texas as a state?
Boy, these Texans seem to think that their shit doesn't smell like everyone else's. In my opinion, it STINKS MUCH worse than the rest of the country's shit (South excluded)!
May 21, 2009 7:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
I would have thought the Democrats would have learned their lesson from the last ginormous pork-filled bill they rammed thru without reading. Are we going to have to fire them *all* next election?
Wanted: Congressional Representative who can read. No Democrats need apply.
May 22, 2009 9:42 AM | Reply | Permalink