Even though he needlessly apologized, that’s still not good enough for the Dems, their resolution seeks to force Issa to grovel from the House floor.

WASHINGTON — Democrats stepped up their condemnation of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) Thursday with a second resolution to reprimand the Oversight Committee chairman for a pattern of “offensive” behavior against lawmakers from their party.

They tried once before to get the House to condemn Issa for cutting off the top Democrat on his committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings, in a hearing over IRS scrutiny of political groups last week.

And like that bid, this one seems doomed. Nevertheless, it highlights the deep, lingering anger that Democrats feel for the Californian, who they believe has abused his role atop a committee meant to ferret out waste and abuse in the federal government.

This time, the so-called “privileged resolution” offered by Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) expands the claims of abusive behavior by Issa, including trying to prevent a witness from answering questions from Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), and turning off the microphone of Rep. John Tierny (D-Mass.) during a dispute.

“Chairman Issa’s conduct in committee and his repeated attempts to silence Democrats is offensive and needs to be condemned,” Kildee said in a statement. “We live in a democracy, one that allows for open debate and dissension. That’s the way our framers intended for our legislative process to work, where there would be respectful debates in Congress about the important issues we face as a nation.

Issa apologized to Cummings after the March 5 spectacle at a hearing in which former IRS official Lois Lerner refused to testify. But the resolution would have demanded a more formal mea culpa, with Issa making amends from the floor of the House. It also would have declared that Issa broke the House’s code of conduct, which says members “shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.”

http://weaselzippers.us/179328-house-dem...a-as-offensive/

Utter nonsense: Nevertheless, it highlights the deep, lingering anger that Democrats feel for the Californian, who they believe has abused his role atop a committee...“Chairman Issa’s conduct in committee and his repeated attempts to silence Democrats is offensive and needs to be condemned,” Kildee said in a statement. “We live in a democracy, one that allows for open debate and dissension. That’s the way our framers intended for our legislative process to work, where there would be respectful debates in Congress about the important issues we face as a nation."

What they are really trying to do is keep this on the front page and exploit the racial angle so blacks will be sure to get po'd and vote next year.

Remember this?. August 01, 2008:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.

Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi's refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m., and they are busy bashing Pelosi and her fellow Democrats for leaving town for the August recess.

At one point, the lights went off in the House and the microphones were turned off in the chamber, meaning Republicans were talking in the dark. But as Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz..) was speaking, the lights went back on and the microphones were turned on shortly afterward.

But C-SPAN, which has no control over the cameras in the chamber, has stopped broadcasting the House floor, meaning no one was witnessing this except the assembled Republicans, their aides, and one Democrat, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who has now left.

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message580897/pg1

I don't recall any of the Democrats, including Cummings, being outraged at Pelosi's high handedness.

Just more Liberal hypocrisy.