Rep Anthony Weiner Reads ‘House Mouse Senate Mouse’ 4-1-2011
Full transcript below. Rep Anthony Weiner, D, New York is forced to educate republican lawmakers about the constitution. A true classic Weiner moment not to be missed. continue below Rep. Anthony Weiner: My friends, one of the—I think it was truly an edifying experience that we had in the opening days of Congress that we, um, we read the Constitution. And I think one of us had the great good fortune to read Article One, Section Seven: “Every bill shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate and shall, before it became law, be presented to the President of the United States. That’s how a bill becomes a law. [gestures to sign with quote from Eric Cantor emblazoned on it] Now, this is how Eric Cantor, on 3/30/2011 said a bill becomes a law: “The Senate’s gotta”—this is just the transcription; I didn’t do that; I just assume it’s the southern thing—”The Senate’s gotta act prior to the expiration of the CR. If it does not act”—meaning if the Senate does not do something—”HR 1 becomes the law of the land.” That’s not true. That’s not constitutional. That’s not fitting of this body. Now, it is, however, consistent with how the majority party has been governing around here. They passed rules that they have ignored; for example, on January 5th, they had members of their caucus take the oath in front of a television set; on February 9th, they failed to provide constitutional authority for a bill despite the fact that it was one of their rules; on March 13th, they …
