Those Republican House Members Sure Are a Classy Bunch!

During the last 7 years, Republican House members have shown that they will do anything to defend their president and their party, even to the detriment of the Country.  No Iraq hearings, no fiscal restraint, no oversight of ANY kind, even though oversight of the executive branch is what Congress is for.  Even after losing their majority in a blow out in the November 2006 election, they still haven't learned their lesson.

Republicans are so pissed about the contempt of Congress resolution filed by the Democratic majority against Josh Bolton and Harriet Miers for basically thumbing their nose at Congress, that they have been disrupting House proceedings, including the memorial service for the late Rep. Tom Lantos.

From The Politico:

During what was supposed to be a somber memorial service in Statuary Hall for Rep. Tom Lantos, who died Monday, the House chamber became mired in chaos over procedural votes.

Democrats angrily denounced the GOP as insensitive for calling a "motion to adjourn" — essentially a dilatory tactic — while dignitaries were still giving tributes to Lantos, a Holocaust survivor who was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. But Republican aides shot back quickly, saying it was Democrats who broke an agreement to keep the House in recess during the memorial service....

More, from the Huffington Post:

House Republicans are upset that Democrats are voting today on contempt citations for White House aides Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten, and vowed to hold 'protest votes' to suck up time and delay the contempt proceedings.

But Democratic aides were shocked when, during the middle of a memorial for Holocaust survivor and Congressman Tom Lantos, GOP Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart demanded a procedural vote on the floor, forcing members to leave the service early, even "while dignitaries were still giving tributes to Lantos."

Tom Lantos represented California's 12th District for almost 28 years, and was the only Holocaust survivor to ever serve in the U.S. Congress. He died of esophageal cancer Monday at the age of 80.

Nice one Republicans.  What a wonderful way to honor the service and memory of a life-long public servant.  You petty childish asshats.  I look forward to seeing your party lose more seats this November.