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Speaker Boehner cuts off C-SPAN cameras when Dems attempt to bring vote on payroll tax cut

During a quick pro-forma session of the House this morning, Republicans rebuffed a Democratic attempt to force an up-or-down vote on the Senate-passed payroll tax holiday extension, which Republicans have thus farrefused to allow. Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), who was serving as the speaker pro-temp, ignored shouts of “Mr. Speaker!” from Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), quickly adjourning the House.

Hoyer continued talking undeterred, saying, ‘You’re walking away, just as so many Republicans have walked away from middle-class taxpayers [and] the unemployed.’ ‘We regret, Mr. Speaker, that you have walked off the platform without addressing this issue of critical importance to this country,’ Hoyer added.

Moments later, the mic appeared to cut out. A few seconds after that, the video feed switched away from the House floor to a still image of the Capitol Dome. It appears someone in House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) office cut the feed, as C-SPAN tweeted afterwards: ‘C-SPAN has no control over the U.S. House TV cameras – the Speaker of the House does.’

Contemporary politicians are not even acting anymore; they are relinquishing the guise of pseudo-profesionalism and are swimming into uncharted waters. This video does not even do this injustice justice. Quite literately directly after the Pledge of Allegiance, signifying the opening of floor, the back-up Boehner, Michael Fitzpatrick, immediately adjourns and walks off the field. Do you understand the words in which you utter Congressman? Do you know what “allegiance to the Republic” ultimately means? Walking away from the issue and the vote is not Liberty and Justice for all. This country is run by cowards and cheats, liars and fools, and we will regret the day we let them take our power and our voices away. Don’t let them. Vote. Educate. Demonstrate. Liberate.