Democrats on a House committee changed the locks on a hearing room door

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The picture got uglier this week when Democrats on a House committee changed the locks on a hearing room door in retaliation for an embarrassing video posted online by panel Republicans. What started as a dispute over an oversight probe blossomed into a mini-melodrama, with each side accusing the other of petty and childish behavior.

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Last Thursday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was set to hold a routine business meeting. Before the session, its ranking Republican, Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.), made clear that he planned to call for the panel to subpoena Bank of America for documents related to Countrywide Financial Corp.'s infamous "Friends of Angelo" VIP mortgage program.

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When Thursday's committee meeting began, however, the Democrats were absent, and Republican members said they waited for more than half an hour before being told the session had been canceled because of scheduling conflicts. Democrats, meanwhile, were meeting in a private room behind the hearing room.

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A Republican aide videotaped Democratic lawmakers leaving that gathering through a back door. The GOP interspersed that tape with footage of empty chairs from the main hearing room, and posted the video on the committee's minority Web site (and YouTube), set to the tune, "Hit the Road, Jack."

The majority was not pleased.

On Monday, panel Democrats had the lock changed on the door leading from the GOP's office space into the main hearing room. They did so, Towns' office said, because Republicans "don't know how to behave."

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That's actually mild in comparison to the shit the Rethugs pulled when they were in charge.

[vadawg]

1. dosent matter whos incharge or who did it, this shit gets dumb real fast

i cant believe we actually pay these idiots to do shit like this....

[tazkcmo]

3. I agree

Fucking bullshit.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. +1 nt

[lonestarnot]

2. Snort!

Payback for the fucking basement deal. :evilgrin:

[GoCubsGo]

4. Exactly.

And, the repugs whine, as expected. They can dish it out, but they can't take it. They're getting off way too easy here, IMO. It's not like they're doing anything other than obstructing.

[blondeatlast]

10. +1. nt

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

5. Now they need to throw their clothes out on the lawn. nt

[lonestarnot]

7. And then them!

:D

[ThomWV]

6. You'd think these fucking pin-heads could find more productive way's to represent us.

[annabanana]

9. Time to roll out the footage of Repubicans turning out the lights...

taking their gavel and going home... cuttng the mics. . and forcing Democrats to hold hearing in the basement..

[vadawg]

11. is it fuck, its time for these idiots to remember who they work for

if i pulled crap like that in my job as a government worker DU would be all over me, calling for me to be fired etc etc, so whats with the effing different standard when it comes to these asswipes...

[Tippy]

12. How often have I heard Democratic Members of Congress refereed to as

SPINELESS....Boy it's cool seeing them throwing Republican BS right back at them...Instead of being proud of our Democratic-ly controlled Congress several here are upset are upset I don't know about the rest of you but I'm proud to be a member of the Democratic Party today...