SubscribeGOP Hold Hearings On August ‘07 Vote Fraud
From our friends at Human Events:
HUMAN EVENTS Exclusive: Boss Hoyer to Take the Stand
Jed Babbin
05/12/2008House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md) will testify tomorrow afternoon in an unprecedented hearing before the Select Committee investigating how the Democrats violated House rules to produce a fraudulent result on August 2, 2007.
According to a “notice of hearing” obtained by HUMAN EVENTS, and as explained to us by House sources, Hoyer – along with Cong. Michael McNulty (D-NY) – will be the first members to testify in such a hearing in the history of the Congress.
Members often testify in behalf of bills they introduce or in behalf of presidential nominees they favor (or against those they oppose). But it is only in the rarest occasion do they face potentially hostile questions, in ethics committee hearings. Tuesday’s hearing before the “Select Committee to Investigate the Voting Irregularities of August 2, 2007” will be the first time in the history of the House that members of Congress have faced such an inquiry and been subjected to questioning by members of the opposing party.
As I reported last October Republicans reacted with outrage at the maneuvers apparently pulled by Hoyer, acting as House leader and McNulty, who was presiding over House proceedings at the time. Republicans had made a motion to deny illegal aliens welfare benefits. When McNulty gaveled the vote to a close, the Republicans had won 214-213. Then, apparently at Hoyer’s direction, the vote was reopened so that Speaker Pelosi could vote, producing a tie that defeated the Republican motion.
A video of the proceedings can be seen [above]. In the video, the House parliamentarian apparently objected to the reopening the vote and Boss Hoyer can be heard scolding the parliamentarian, saying “We run this House, not the Parliamentarians.”
The resulting furor — and the video evidence of the manipulation of the vote — forced the Democrats to agree to formation of the Select Committee.
HUMAN EVENTS has learned that the Select Committee’s Republicans have produced a video — using the original — that details Hoyer’s and McNulty’s actions on August 2. It could be an explosive piece of evidence.
The hearings are planned for Tuesday and Wednesday. Also scheduled to testify are House Parliamentarian John Sullivan, Ethan Lauer and Max Spitzer (both of the Parliamentarian’s office), Kevin Hanrahan of the House Clerk’s office, Jerry Hartz and Caitlin O’Neill (two Pelosi staffers) and Jay Pierson of the Minority Leader’s office…
Of course absolutely nothing will come of this travesty, unless the media can make the Republicans out to be somehow at fault.
But still it is wise to remember just how far the Democrats will go to get their way. The rules of Congress, like our laws in general, are meaningless to them.
Power is not only everything for the Democrats — it is the only thing.
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May 12th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
So these hearings are scheduled for tomorrow and Wednesday? Let’s see if they get ANY media coverage at all.
May 12th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I read two papers, surf news sites, and watch the evening news, and this is the first I’ve heard of this. If they’ve managed to bury it so deep this long, I doubt a little thing like the beginning of hearings will change matters.
I know everyone’s thinking it, but I still have to ask - what kind of media firestorm would it have created if it were the Republicans who had violated Parliamentary procedure to reopen a vote they’d lost?
May 12th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
…what kind of media firestorm would it have created if it were the Republicans …”?
I’m sure there would have been utter outrage, but the democrat reaction would have been like… uh…ever seen video of the Taiwanese parliament fighting? It would have looked something like this.
May 12th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Steny Hoyer is a b*tch. He would make a good running mate for Hillary.
Or maybe a good bozo to run with B*O.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
You’re right about that U NO HOO.
I remember when Steny Hoyer was elected majority leader after the dems took over in Jan. 2007 and the press was saying that he was a “moderate center left” congressman. I’m not sure that his rival for the position at the time would have been any better.
Who was that you ask? Why, the irreverent John Murtha of couse.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Come on folks, we all know that rules do not apply to Dhimmicrats. ;o)
May 12th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Rules? Rules?!! We don’ got to follow no steenking rules!!
May 13th, 2008 at 10:17 am
The Democrats look pretty bad here, but the Republicans have done an awful job getting their message out. Of course the MSM won’t cover this, but other outlets would — the GOP House Leadership should have been beating the drums on this all day, every day until people paid attention. They could learn a few things from the Democrats — like tenacity and persistence.
Don’t misunderstand what I’m saying — I don’t like what the Democrats stand for — but what did the Republicans during the years they had the House, the Senate and the White House? We got global warming legislation and run-away spending — nothing on social security reform — couldn’t even pass a permanent tax cut. Oh, and then a bunch of indictments and a couple gay sex scandals — nice job GOP! And now we have McCain, who’s has absolutely no clue about the economy — and like a fool, he admits it on the campaign trail! — and is talking about global warming again.
The gloves better be off today in those hearings — give the MSM a reason to cover this. Frankly, I’m tired of watching President Bush and the GOP getting slapped around and constantly turning the other cheek.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Amen EvaTheFrisbeeDog!
I couldn’t agree more. -sigh-
May 13th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Here is the NY Times story from the day after the event in question (Aug, 2007). It’s a great read if you really want to get your blood boiling. The NYT has indeed laid the groundwork for it to be all the Republicans’ fault. Hoyer is characterized as trying to keep things calm, Hastert as repeatedly poking his finger in Hoyer’s chest, and a Republican is quoted describing McNulty is as “a great guy”. Holy Cow.
http://tinyurl.com/3qmqm5
May 13th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
““moderate center left””
Oh, a definite maybe.
C_SPAN covered at least some of it.