Remember this?
“This leadership team will create the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history” – Speaker-Elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Press Release, November 16, 2006
Perhaps it only seems that House Democrats believe they can do whatever they want. If votes don’t go your way, what’s wrong with just erasing the record? The ole Jedi sweep of the hand, “this didn’t happen” (from The Crypt and via Drudge):
Details remain fuzzy, but numerous Republicans argued afterward that they had secured a 215-213 win on their motion to bar undocumented immigrants from receiving any federal funds apportioned in the agricultural spending bill for employment or rental assistance. Democrats, however, argued the measure was deadlocked at 214-214 and failed, members and aides on both sides of the aisle said afterward.
One GOP aide saw McNulty gavel the vote to a close after receiving a signal from his leaders – but before reading the official tally.
[. . .]
When Democrats finally moved to consider the spending bill as the last vote of the night, furious Republicans left the chamber en masse to protest the maneuver. The House eventually recessed at 11:18 p.m. But Republicans quickly discovered that there was no longer any record of the controversial vote and immediately charged Democrats with erasing the bad result.
“Obviously, the Democrats don’t want to stand up against illegal immigration – so much so that they’re willing to cheat in order to win a vote,” Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) said in an e-mail. “They’re desperate – and it shows.” (emphasis added)
Roy Blunt (R-MO) spells it out:
I’m sure they never have issues like this in North Korea.
Despite the political paerisanship in America, I am still glad to be here and not North Korea. I do get what you are saying as far as “fixing” the vote is concerned.
Oh another thing, was it Democrats screaming the election was fixed? It’s all hypocrisy everywhere.