(Rep. David) Obey, (Rep. Maxine) Waters in noisy floor fight

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

Two Democrats got into a verbal altercation — and according to one a physical one — on the floor of the House on Thursday night over an appropriations earmark one was seeking.

After the House floor had largely cleared following a series of votes, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) split apart from a heated conversation and began yelling at one another.

“You’re out of line,” Waters shot while walking down toward the well.

“You’re out of line,” Obey shot back before turning and walking away.

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Obey turned away, but Waters went to go huddle with members of the Congressional Black Caucus. She could be over heard telling them: “He touched me first.”

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A Waters aide said that Obey had pushed her.


Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obey-waters-in-nois...

[Solly Mack]

1. My money is on Waters

She'd wipe the floor with Obey

You know, if it really happened.

(phones Vegas)

[wryter2000]

3. If so,

I wish they'd put it on Pay Per View.

[mikelgb]

2. ugh Rep. Obey

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[ShortnFiery]

12. Isn't he the rep who censored a concerned Iraq War mother with "you left wingers are too impatient"?

Yes, he's become way too comfortable with his status. Let's hope there's an progressive democratic challenger in his very next primary?

[tomm2thumbs]

4. 'bad touch, bad touch - stranger danger...'

[Jim Sagle]

5. Obey's a nutball.

[Myrina]

10. He may be a nutball but he's a nutball I'm proud of ...

... he has never failed to stand up for the Constitution and the rules of the office he holds, unlike so many on both sides of the aisle who've been all too keen to govern with their finger to the media wind or bend rules to make themselves or their crony companies richer off the taxpayer dime.

[MessiahRp]

6. I don't know the legitimacy of the pushing part of the story...

But it sounds like Waters was completely wrong for escalating a fight over an earmark that was completely against the rules to begin with...

From the article:

Waters and Obey have had an ongoing dispute about an earmark for a public school employment training center in Los Angeles that was named after Waters when she was a state representative.

Obey rejected that earmark as violating policies against so-called “monuments to me.” Waters revised her request to go to the school district’s whole adult employment training program, so the district could decide whether the money would go to the school named after Waters.

Thursday was the committee markup of the spending bill that would include the earmark, and Obey let it be known that the earmark would be denied. She approached him and complained.

Sounds like even with her "revision" she was still aiming to funnel money to the school with her name which is against the rules.

If Obey pushed her, it was over the line and wrong but she should have known better than to create a ruckus about an obvious rules violation.

Rp

[madeup64]

7. nice post

Don't we want Better Democrats, not the same old same old? Not defending Obey, but if this is true we should not be defending Waters either.

[MessiahRp]

8. I'm not defending Obey either...

But let's be serious, even if it's a completely wonderful cause you should not be using your government position to funnel money to something named after you. Complete conflict of interest.

Rp

[AlbertCat]

9. Dems finally grow a spine....and use it to fight among themselves

[RubyDuby in GA]

11. Well you know...they only people Democrats hate more than Republicans

are each other.

Just imagine what we could accomplish if we would just fight the other side and not each other...

[and-justice-for-all]

13. Maxine will kick his ass...nt