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Pelosi seeks pension vote anulled (REPUBS CALL THE COPS ON HOUSE DEMONICRATS!)
CBS MarketWatch.com ^ | Today | Corbett B. Daly

Posted on 07/18/2003 11:10:08 AM PDT by SierraWasp

1:41PM Pelosi seeks pension vote anulled by Corbett B. Daly

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called for House of Representatives to annul the approval in the House Ways and Means Committee of a bill that would change pension laws. Earlier in the day, House Republicans called the police after Democrats walked out of a House committee vote on pension reforms. Pelosi called it an "indignity" to call the police on the Democrats. The Democrats had objected to a procedural move by committee Chairman Bill Thomas, R-Calif., and tried to delay the vote. While Democrats were out of the room, Thomas pushed the bill through unanimously on a voice vote. A Republican staffer asked Capitol Police to remove the Democrats from the room where they had taken refuge. The Democrats left on their own. The bill approved was a substitute for the Portman-Cardin pension bill, which would alter the way companies calculate pension liabilities and would also reform IRA and 401(k) plans.


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1 posted on 07/18/2003 11:10:09 AM PDT by SierraWasp
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To: SierraWasp
Pelosi should know that a non vote does not equal a no vote.
2 posted on 07/18/2003 11:11:45 AM PDT by Darksheare ("A predator's eyes are always in front.")
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To: SierraWasp
The new Democrat strategy -- "If we can't have our way, we are going to walk out and then whine that you can't do anything without us because that would be undemocratic." Hey, it worked so well for Bob Torricelli.
3 posted on 07/18/2003 11:12:12 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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4 posted on 07/18/2003 11:13:54 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: SierraWasp
Pelosi called it an "indignity" to call the police on the Democrats.

And you call walking out dignified? Taking your cues from the Texas Democrats, I see.

5 posted on 07/18/2003 11:16:20 AM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (http://c-pol.com)
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To: SierraWasp
THEY LITERALLY CALLED THE FRIGGIN' COPS!!! THAT IS PRICELESS!
6 posted on 07/18/2003 11:16:45 AM PDT by hawaiian
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To: Howlin; Mo1; PhiKapMom; Molly Pitcher; hchutch; Poohbah; Miss Marple; section9
Look at this...
7 posted on 07/18/2003 11:17:37 AM PDT by Dog
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To: SierraWasp
They Democrats just played the Race Card and the Age card.
8 posted on 07/18/2003 11:19:04 AM PDT by Consort
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To: Dog
Open warfare! I love it!
9 posted on 07/18/2003 11:21:19 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: SierraWasp
You snooze, you lose. Pay attention next time...actually, I take that back. Please walk away from as many votes as you can, because every vote you Dems miss helps make this country a better place to live.
10 posted on 07/18/2003 11:21:27 AM PDT by Steely Glint ("Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable..." - G. Orwell)
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11 posted on 07/18/2003 11:22:31 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: SierraWasp
LOL. This is funny. The democrats throw a tantrum and leave, so Republicans gave them a spanking and delt with the bill without them. Absolutely pricess.
12 posted on 07/18/2003 11:22:45 AM PDT by concerned about politics (Anti-American liberals are inbread Notsosmartso's.)
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To: SierraWasp
A Republican staffer asked Capitol Police to remove the Democrats from the room where they had taken refuge.

Is there a specific reason the staffer asked them to leave, or was he just trying to bother them? If they were disrupting something in that room that the GOP had a right to do, and they wouldn't leave when asked, what's wrong with calling the police?

13 posted on 07/18/2003 11:23:06 AM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: hawaiian; Howlin
Geezus gawd. They're over the edge! Unbelievable.

Goes to show what happens when a liberal woman heads her party!
14 posted on 07/18/2003 11:23:27 AM PDT by onyx (Name an honest democrat? I can't either!)
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To: Howlin
#11 --- priceless!
15 posted on 07/18/2003 11:24:52 AM PDT by onyx (Name an honest democrat? I can't either!)
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To: Dog
HA! I think the democrats are about to learn how to deal with a fed-up Republican majority! Excellent!
16 posted on 07/18/2003 11:25:00 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Miss Marple
THEY'RE BUSTED!!!
17 posted on 07/18/2003 11:27:50 AM PDT by SierraWasp (The Endangered Species Act had not saved one specie, but has ruined thousands of American Dreams!!!)
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To: SierraWasp
Pelosi called it an "indignity" to call the police on the Democrats

What the hell does she know about dignity?!

18 posted on 07/18/2003 11:28:18 AM PDT by zingzang
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To: Miss Marple
I only wish the police had cuffed them. Where are the photographers when we need them? LOL
19 posted on 07/18/2003 11:28:45 AM PDT by Carolinamom
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To: SierraWasp; Howlin; Dog; Miss Marple
A Republican staffer asked Capitol Police to remove the Democrats from the room where they had taken refuge.

God bless this staffer! Care to venture a guess regarding which member he serves?

Tom "our hero" DeLay?

20 posted on 07/18/2003 11:28:56 AM PDT by onyx (Name an honest democrat? I can't either!)
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