Kerfuffle on the House Floor!! Kerfuffle alert!!

Just tuned in to C-SPAN to observe much unhappiness on the floor.

Republicans' computer displays are not working properly. They were told that they could use any of the functioning computers to check their votes. Steny Hoyer is suggesting that they vacate the vote (to adjourn for the day, proposed by Heather Wilson).

The engineers are working on fixing the system.

The Repubs are pissed, David Dreier in particular.

Hoyer suggests that they suspend until the system is fixed, which would cause a delay.

FISA issue and funding the Minnesota bridge are to be considered later today. Hoyer proposes to fund the bridge replacement first .

Joe Barton showed up and suggested that the minority leader show the Repub total to the majority leader and the Majority Leader would check the number that was on his computer display. If the two numbers match, they would accept the vote.

Then Boehner shows up, basically overruled the idea on the floor, said they would suspend the vote and wait for the computers to be fixed.

The dispute on agriculture funding bill last night seems to have soured the Repubs attitude. They're petulantly dealing with the business of the day because the Rs walked off the floor the nightbefore. Rs made an effort to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving food stamps and welfare benefits. Repubs won the vote, they claim. They say that the Dems changed the vote to ensure that immigrants would continue to receive the benefits."

So say the Repubs. The spin is the bill takes medicare benefits away from the elderly and gives the benefits to illegal immigrants. (Lou Dobbs will be shouting about this one.)

Dude, what is wrong with Marsh Blackburn's face? It looks like she has a reverse raccoon mask. I'm just sayin.' She is saying that the bill gives priority to non-citizens over American citizens.
Obey caused the House to be shut down for four hours on Tuesday?

Repubs are saying the Dems have an imperial tone. ANd that the vote was cheated on. Dems are saying that amendments were out of order, Gingrey on Tuesday introduced them.

I don't have the full picture, I just see what the angry Repubs are saying.

EWWWW it's JEB. I went to high school with him.

Dems cut Medicare to seniors, [laced a tax on every non-government insurance plan so that immigrants could get food stamps and housing benefits.

Seems to me that everyone should get the same benefits, citizens and non-citizens. We're all humans. The system is broken. It was before the vote. It still is after the vote.

I would like to think that the Dems have a plan and a good reason for doing what they did.

All this speechifying took place at 10:20am this morning.

Senior's out-of-pocket costs may double.

Bilbray--Dems broke the rles, bend over backwards to ensure that "illegals" (sic) get benefits.

Taxpayers dollars should not go to "illegals." (sic) This guy is still calling immigrants "aliens."


Mike Pence discussed a vote a few years ago when run by Republicans, a vote held open for 3 hours for Medicare benefits until it won.

Apparently last night, a vote on funding welfare benefits was closed. At the time that the gavel fell, the Repubs won the vote. They say the vote was reopened.

Have we reached a point where we see the Dems have had effing ENOUGH!! of the White House manipulating rules the way they want, so that they don't have to testify; ignorning the rule of law.

Do we see now the Dems using the powers that they have to send a message? How do you like THEM apples.

Is that what is going on?

Speaker Pelosi said nothing was done wrong last night.