Gongressman Luis Gutierrez
Two Republican Congressmen voted illegally during the first two days of the 112 Congress session.
By H. Nelson Goodson
January 7, 2011
Washington D.C. - On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) appeared on an Edition of MSNBC's "The Ed Show" with Ed Shultz and tells it like it is on Republican controlled House and their stand on issues like immigration, jobs, birthright and the U.S. Constitution. The Republicans "want to exploit the issue. They want to exploit bigotry and prejudice, and to use those old tools instead of focusing on border security and job creation, and getting people back to work so that we don‘t have to hate! We can begin to heal our country and bring ourselves together," Gutierrez said.
The segment of the Ed Show began with, "And Bachmann‘s Tea Party buddy Steve King is vowing to change the th 14 th Amendment the very same day House Republicans spent your time and taxpayer dollars reading their version of the Constitution. The righties think the Constitution is so sacred, well, they love it so much, they want to change it.
So today, it was Congressman Steve King‘s turn. He wants to get rid of this part of the Constitution. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States, and of the state in where they reside."
Congressman King has introduced a bill to eliminate birth right citizenship, which, as you just heard, is a right guaranteed by the the 14 th Amendment. These guys keep telling us that we need to get back to the Constitution, but they‘re more than happy to change it at a whim to fit them," Ed Shultz said during the show.
Republicans read the Constitution on the House floor for the first time in history on Thursday like they never studied it while in High School or college.
Even two Republicans were discovered to have voted dozens of times illegally during their first day on Wednesday in the 112 Congress session. Why? Both Congressmen Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania) were at a fundraiser inside the Capitol Vistor Center and missed the swearing in ceremony with the rest of Representatives.
The majority Republican controlled House suffered several embarrassments under House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) when both Sessions and Fitzpatrick continued to vote on Thursday and even read parts of the Constitution without being sworn in first. Afterwards, they were officially sworn in as the Constitution's Article VI, Oath of Office requires.
Fitzpatrick had already signed a written document for taking the oath by the clerk of the House, but he had not taken the oath yet. The document had to be re-adjusted after he finally took the oath.
Technically, both Sessions and Fitzpatrick aren't officially Congressmen until they take the oath of office, according to the U.S. Constitution.
Their votes would have to be nullified in a proposed resolution.
The Ed Show broadcast of U.S. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) criticising new majority Republican controlled House on immigration, jobs, birthright and Constitution at video http://bit.ly/iajUGN
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Two Republican Congressmen voted illegally during the first two days of the 112 Congress session.
By H. Nelson Goodson
January 7, 2011
Washington D.C. - On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) appeared on an Edition of MSNBC's "The Ed Show" with Ed Shultz and tells it like it is on Republican controlled House and their stand on issues like immigration, jobs, birthright and the U.S. Constitution. The Republicans "want to exploit the issue. They want to exploit bigotry and prejudice, and to use those old tools instead of focusing on border security and job creation, and getting people back to work so that we don‘t have to hate! We can begin to heal our country and bring ourselves together," Gutierrez said.
The segment of the Ed Show began with, "And Bachmann‘s Tea Party buddy Steve King is vowing to change the th 14 th Amendment the very same day House Republicans spent your time and taxpayer dollars reading their version of the Constitution. The righties think the Constitution is so sacred, well, they love it so much, they want to change it.
So today, it was Congressman Steve King‘s turn. He wants to get rid of this part of the Constitution. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States, and of the state in where they reside."
Congressman King has introduced a bill to eliminate birth right citizenship, which, as you just heard, is a right guaranteed by the the 14 th Amendment. These guys keep telling us that we need to get back to the Constitution, but they‘re more than happy to change it at a whim to fit them," Ed Shultz said during the show.
Republicans read the Constitution on the House floor for the first time in history on Thursday like they never studied it while in High School or college.
Even two Republicans were discovered to have voted dozens of times illegally during their first day on Wednesday in the 112 Congress session. Why? Both Congressmen Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania) were at a fundraiser inside the Capitol Vistor Center and missed the swearing in ceremony with the rest of Representatives.
The majority Republican controlled House suffered several embarrassments under House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) when both Sessions and Fitzpatrick continued to vote on Thursday and even read parts of the Constitution without being sworn in first. Afterwards, they were officially sworn in as the Constitution's Article VI, Oath of Office requires.
Fitzpatrick had already signed a written document for taking the oath by the clerk of the House, but he had not taken the oath yet. The document had to be re-adjusted after he finally took the oath.
Technically, both Sessions and Fitzpatrick aren't officially Congressmen until they take the oath of office, according to the U.S. Constitution.
Their votes would have to be nullified in a proposed resolution.
The Ed Show broadcast of U.S. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) criticising new majority Republican controlled House on immigration, jobs, birthright and Constitution at video http://bit.ly/iajUGN
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