Thread: Pelosi to ram HR 1 through and leave for Rome

That's right as any good leader would do, Nancy is choaking off all amendments to HR1, and no public debate. Just an hour and a half of debate. This is the vote to approve the changes made by the Senate.

Then Nancy Pelosi is going on an 8 day vacation in Rome.

I wonder if the birthplace of Democracy will teach her a thing or two while she is there. She should learn from the mistakes of history, and specifically that Rome fell in a day.

C-Span
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx

Dixie

I doubt it. She doesn't care!

Think we could arrange a gladiator match for her while shes there? A fight to the finish for the sake of "cultural" appreciation?

Intrepid Lawmakers to Brave the Alpine Front

Snowboarding is among the attractions in the Bavarian Alps, where a large congressional delegation plans a stop. (By Diether Endlicher -- Associated Press)

Discussion PolicyYour browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem.
Discussion Policy CLOSEComments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.
By In The Loop Al Kamen
Thursday, February 12, 2009; Page A15

Hurry, hurry, hurry. Congress will begin its 2009 travel season in earnest this weekend with two spectacular codels -- trips for House congressional delegations -- that are not to be missed.

On Saturday, Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House delegation to NATO's parliamentary assembly, and his wife will lead a delegation of 13 lawmakers -- plus 10 spouses -- on a fine nine-day jaunt starting at NATO's headquarters in Brussels.

Before you start scoffing about how this hardly compares to Tanner's post-election delegation to Valencia and Rome in November, we would point out that the next stop is, yes, the City of Lights, Paris, where one could have a nice late Valentine's Day moment.

From there we move on to Vienna for a little Sacher torte and then to review NATO's strategy to defend the Bavarian Alps, stopping in the lovely ski center of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with its breathtaking views.

The huge number of members, spouses and staffers, plus military escorts, will require taking one of the bigger military jets, but we're told these trips are an important use of taxpayer money.

The delegation is scheduled to include Democratic Reps. Ben Chandler (Ky.); Bart Gordon (Tenn.); Baron P. Hill (Ind.) Carolyn McCarthy (N.Y.); Kendrick B. Meek (Fla.); Charlie Melancon (La.); Dennis Moore (Kan.) Mike Ross (Ark.) and David Scott (Ga.). Republican Reps. John Boozman (Ark.); Jo Ann Emerson (Mo.) and Jeff Miller (Fla.) are also scheduled to be going.


If working on NATO matters is not for you, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is leading a delegation to Europe next week for some important meetings in -- where else? -- the Eternal City, Rome. Details are sketchy so far, but we're hearing that there's a meeting with Pope Benedict himself. (Hey, ask him about that Holocaust-denier guy if you get a chance.) Pelosi is apparently going to get an award from an Italian legislative group -- she's huge over there -- and then maybe do just a bit of NATO stuff. There may be some other stops.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 03957.html

You should listen to how tacky, unreasonable and passive aggressive these Democrats are acting.

The text was publised at 12:30am this morning and the House Democrats state that over 1,000 pages have been read.

Greece was the birthplace of Democracy beginning with the nation state of Athens. Maybe Pelosi is going to trace her lineage (you know back to Caligula, Octavious and Nero (some of the more infamous Emperors who transformed Rome into an immoral and corrupt republic). As far as I am concerned she doesn't need a military transport. The naïve, empty headed, Marxist, terrorist hugging idiot liberal wicked wench of the west should fly to Rome on her broomstick and stay the hell there. While she is at it she should take all those naïve and empty headed idiots with her who keep returning that absolutely useless waste of taxpayer dollars, space and oxygen to office........Dump them all in the coliseum and feed them to the lions....


I was stationed in Europe for 7 years and visited all of those places these so called members of congress will be at on the taxpayer's dime...Europe and Japan (I was there for 3 years too are spectacular). I used to cross country ski in the alps on weekends. Vienna was gorgeous as was Scandinavia, Great Britain (including Scotland) and Yugoslavia. Rome was fascinating as was Capris.

Caligula, Octavious and Nero

Excelent choices for comparison.

Dixie

How ironic that Pelosi is helping cause the fall of an empire, while she visits Rome. I hope she learns about Roman history there, and see the BIGGEST contributors to the fall was immigration and the economy. Man, Canada is looking better and better everyday. I could easily live in Vancouver.