Subscribe
Beltway Confidential

Arts, crafts, and Rep. Francis Rooney’s homemade floor chart

By Philip Wegmann
Published
Add Washington Examiner on Google
Arts, crafts, and Rep. Francis Rooney’s homemade floor chart

Rep. Francis Rooney only had a one-minute speech to make his case against offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. And so, the Florida Republican whipped up a visual aid in apparently as much time. Floor charts aren’t an unusual sight in Congress, but Rooney’s floor chart was unusual because Rooney’s floor chart was unusually bad. It was hand drawn.

Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.

Full midterm coverage.Deeper analysis.

Get unlimited access to Washington Examiner's reporting, expert analysis, and coverage of the midterm elections.

Get Unlimited Access

Cancel anytime.

Tag:

Commentary Congress Florida Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) Offshore Drilling Oil Philip Wegmann