Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Pomp, and Little Circumstance, on Capitol Hill - NYTimes.com

The Times editorializes:

Pomp, and little circumstance

A theatrical production of unusual pomposity will open on Wednesday when Republicans assume control of the House for the 112th Congress. A rule will be passed requiring that every bill cite its basis in the Constitution. A bill will be introduced to repeal the health care law. On Thursday, the Constitution will be read aloud in the House chamber. And in one particularly self-important flourish, the new speaker, John Boehner, arranged to have his office staff “sworn in” on Tuesday by the chief justice of the United States....
Pomp, and Little Circumstance, on Capitol Hill - NYTimes.com

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