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Democrats skip out on Countrywide vote

By: David Freddoso
Commentary Staff Writer
10/15/09 4:43 PM EDT

Faced with a promised vote to subpoena documents on Countrywide Financial's "Friends of Angelo" program, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee fled a scheduled 2 p.m. markup today.

Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the Ranking Republican on the Oversight Committee, had promised to call for a vote at today's markup on whether to subpoena documents involved in the program that gave sweetheart mortgages to at least four Democratic government officials, including two senators. According to the Wall Street Journal, the program might have also benefitted the chairman of House Oversight, Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.

Even if it had been ruled out of Order, Issa's motion would have received a vote.

The committee's Democrats simply failed to appear. Republican staffers say they caught them on tape leaving by a back door at 2:35.




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flacracker

Oct 15, 2009

Yep. That seems right. The Swamp just keeps getting fuller. Smells bad, too.

 

ggordon

Oct 15, 2009


This is childish, and amateurish. And they claim to be the "leaders" of our country.
I bet they make the vote on healthcare
They are chickenshi*

 

linda

Oct 15, 2009

cowards

 

ladybug

Oct 15, 2009

Do they think no one would notice? It's a scandal!

 

Commonsense

Oct 15, 2009

2010 can't come soon enough!

 

Dennis Kolb Sr.

Oct 16, 2009

The foxes are in charge of watching the hen house,why do we think,they would count the chickens???VERY TRANSPARENT!!!

 

Soldier4110

Oct 16, 2009

Those Democrats think they are escaping responsibility and accountability. Are they adults?

 

gone

Oct 16, 2009

What time does the war start.

 

texexpatriate

Oct 16, 2009

Democrats will commit any indiscretion or cowardly act to further their own agenda. Will Americans who vote Democrat ever awaken? Probably not until after a Stalinist government has been completed by them.

 

Jack Kinch(1uncle)

Oct 16, 2009

The demorats used our taxes and the social security trust fund to buy the black vote and will grant amnesty to buy the Mex vote. This will make yellow-dog demos out of all of them. Then the demorats will do anything they want. Only the states could 'change' this.

 

LEE

Oct 16, 2009

I hope Achmadimwit, Chavez, Kim, Putin and friends don't see this. Shameful running from responsibility does not engender respect from despots. When a "test" comes, the bad guys won't blink, our wussies already have. Is there anyone in this administration with balls? Oh! how I miss the days when Reagan quipped,then wimps whined and bad guys shook.. fear and respect are cousins..

 

Disgusted

Oct 16, 2009

Look's like Nancy finally found the door to open so she can drain the swamp.

 

bobc

Oct 17, 2009

Obama said Pelosi had a "socialist mop" TO CLEAN UP...hummm

How can we ever believe anything these people say, especially those that walked out?

 


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