Rep. King contemplates wrapping Capitol building with health care bill. Ten minutes after Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-M.D.) took to the House floor to relay the tale of a young boy who died because a tooth infection went untreated and spread to his brain, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was trying to literally wrap the Capitol building with the legislation.
The House, on Saturday, began what should be a lengthy process of debating and voting on the final language of reform. But not everyone was willing to simply sit through the event. Outside, King and others were leading a mob of angry tea-party protesters in a round of bizarre and disruptive shenanigans.
About 20 feet off the House floor, at the entrance to the lawn in front of the Capitol building, King and two colleagues were wielding a massive copy of the 1,900-page bill, rolled up around a wooden poll. A man accompanying a clearly excited King, suggested that they wrap the legislation around the building.
"Let's do it," he proclaimed. "Let's wrap the building."
A security guard, looking on disapprovingly, patiently urged them not to try. "You can't do that sir," he said. "You can't do that.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Aww, man, why is this guy from Iowa?
Steve King makes a name for himself again:
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Steve King is a racist homophobe, and how he ever got elected I will never understand. Do you suppose the people where he came from are on to him yet....or do they agree with him? If it is the latter, shame on them!
ReplyDeleteIt's a solidly Republican district. The only hope the forces of sanity had were during the Republican primary. The two conservative *normal* candidates split the vote and the wingnuts had enough votes to get King nominated. Now that he's an incumbent there's no getting him out, sadly.
ReplyDeleteHe's smart enough to know he couldn't get elected in the rest of Iowa that's why he's sticking to the western very Republican part of the state.