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Subscribe to RSSIf members of Congress want to be there to greet President Obama as he walks down the aisle of the House chamber for his State of the Union address tonight, they're going to have to save their seats now.
There are currently four members holding their aisle seats for the State of the Union address later today, more than nine hours before the speech is scheduled to take place.
Those members (at the moment): Reps. Al Green (D-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Barbara Lee (D-CA).
But while Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) said on MSNBC Tuesday that members can just leave items in a chair and claim it later, according to a note sent to members from the speaker's office this morning, if a member wants the seat, they have to stay in it the entire time.
"Members are requested to be on the floor and seated no later than 8:25 p.m.," a note from the speaker's office to members read. "As has been the practice in the past, Members will not be allowed to reserve seats prior to the joint session by placement of placards or personal items. Chamber Security may remove these items from the seats. Members may reserve their seats only by physical presence following the security sweep of the Chamber."
There are a number of seats that currently have bags and coats on them in an effort to save them for the address later. It's unclear if Chamber Security will, in fact, enforce this policy.
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Perfect!
I'd be doing the same if I were there.
Let's get the party started for a better future!!!!
LMAO! They must really want those seats! I can't wait for the rebuttal from the crazy T-Partiers. This should be fine entertainment!
But while Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) said on MSNBC Tuesday that members can just leave items in a chair and claim it later, according to a note sent to members from the speaker's office this morning, if a member wants the seat, they have to stay in it the entire time.
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Shoot...maybe the Speaker should just send the same note over to the Senate and maybe that will be enough to spark the need to be physically present on the Floor to filibuster?
Quite plain and simple.......John Boehner is an @!$%#.
Not much else to say on the ridiculousness of this man. @!$%#.
Good morning fellow Libtards! :)
Occupy their Seats!
Well, they are possibly members of the Occupy Movement. It's their habit.
Occupy Baby Occupy.
fuzzy44
LMAO! They must really want those seats! I can't wait for the rebuttal from the crazy T-Partiers. This should be fine entertainment!
fuzzy,
I hope our friend Feisty has the popcorn ready. Hopefully, I won't choke when Tiny Tim Nugget and the glue sniffing Skeet Truthers start popping off.
Opps, forgot about the regressive Rand Paul. It's gonna be a hell'va night.
Knowing those four they'll probably auction them off to the highest bidder. Freaking crooks, it's only good to be an entrepreneur when it lines their pockets.
ALL four are PROGRESSIVES (Liberals~Democrats) who have NOTHING better to do.
They MUST be up for re-election soon and want to get their 10 seconds of fame, just like some of the Progressive posters.
As a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama this evening will be a 102 year old woman who waited in line for hours to vote for her president, Barack Obama, on election day.
Perfect.
Moderator: Why do you allow these folks to continue with their advertising ?
The mother of Hadiya Pendleton will also be the First Ladies guest this evening.
They finally made arrests in Hadiya's senseless death, yesterday.
You bethca Bev! ;o)
Boot lickers all.
So, they're going to sit there doing nothing for about 8 hours? Nice. I wonder if they've started their applause yet.
The mother of Hadiya Pendleton will also be the First Ladies guest this evening.
Feisty, gun control and voter supppression in full view this evening.
And the following will be there:
Pat Boston MA.
As a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama this evening will be a 102 year old woman who waited in line for hours to vote for her president, Barack Obama, on election day.
Perfect.
Pat,
Ted Nugent, the Gun Nut, American Traitor, & Misogynist will be another nut job Tea-Sucker Congressman 's guest.
Non stop agony and disrespect!!!
Already, the NUT JOBS are tweeting # YOU LIE
Oh no, Adrea Mitchell just said Rubio is working hard for immigration. Must have gotten that from her GOP e-mail to her blackberry.
DingleB . . .
Pretty sure WiFi is up and working in the House Chamber. I can work from virtually anywhere now and am sure they can to. Maybe you've heard of the internet the cloud, etc?
Good Morninig AlaskaGirl!
BTW: still waiting on the Benghazi Terrorists ARRESTS.
Layton-3733410
Yes, I can FB, Tweet and play WWF from just about anywhere too.
ldo
And the following will be there:
ldo, I mean Don't know. Link Please!!!
ldo
If that Old Lady lives long enough, she'll probably be sounding like this Police Sergeant:
Three years after the White House arranged a hero's welcome at the State of the Union address for the Fort Hood police sergeant and her partner who stopped the deadly shooting there, Kimberly Munley says President Obama broke the promise he made to her that the victims would be well taken care of.
"Betrayed is a good word," former Sgt. Munley told ABC News in a tearful interview to be broadcast tonight on "World News with Diane Sawyer" and "Nightline."
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL
You bethca Bev! ;o)
Feisty, that's dandy. I've still got some gummit cheese and butter left; yum. Let me know if you need any GF.
Pat,
It would explain why the right wing nuts are squirming already.
Just wait until tomorrow when they're running around here with their follicles on FIRE! lol
Mmmm... I love eating gubment cheese *popcorn* while talking on my ObamaPhone! lol
Thanks for sharing GF! ;o)
Bev, Andrea's blackberry is exactly where she got it I bet.
Has anyone noticed the GOP never say words like infrastructure, research and development, green energy, education?
Yet, they want Rubio to get a leg up by being interviewed on Spanish TV.
I know. No podemos
That's right. Rubio, the incognito t-sucker and the obstructive GOP can't move forward. They are stuck on
estúpido
I know this may surprise many of you Liberal wanna be know it alls but their are many people in the Tea Party who are highly educated and very intelligent unlike what the Liberal media tries to portray them dumb and uneducated. In reality the dumb and uneducated are mostly Democratic voters. I bet if a poll were taken outside voting precincts, there would be more educated Republican voters then Democratic voters
What a waste of time. And they are lapping it up like its a good thing.
Twits and dim Witt's. All the Dems have in their party. I hope he gets called out as a Lie again. The only truth that was said that evening.
All democrats waiting to touch the messiah as he walks into the chamber for more of his bs tour...Too bad they don't give their jobs that much dedication...what a clown show this will be....line up sheep and get ready to bow your heads....lol
jersey girl is you all are so intelligent how is it you are not smart enough to run a viable candidate
if all you repubeggers are so darned smart why is it the American citizens , the voting public can see right through your bull crap,, why are you trying to mock the democrats to attempt to get more votes
No, the Tea people are mostly average educated-low information folks that don't know how to pick a choice that can win. They are too extreme in their beliefs and they will never field anyone that can win the office of President.
OMG Ido gets more desperate every day - and loonier too!
Pete - JERSY Girl can't even spell Jersey!
Pete...note to self ...when referring to someone's intellect you might want to use spell check so you look a little smarter yourself....just sayin..
watt75 - and yet Pete STILL is more intelligent than an idiot who refers to President Obama as messiah. Oh, the sheep here are the morons like you who think Republicans in Congress actually give a damn about this country!
Jersy, statistics have already shown that there is a much greater percentage of people with advanced degrees who are democrats than republicans.
Beverly in Sh!tcago...you must be proud living in the murder capital of the world...
So, the Weeper has strict rules about presence at a Joint Session of Congress, and absolutely no rules about physical presence in the House!
Why don't you require them to be at work in the House more often!
I put down my backpack there this morning ... and that's how I got my spot there. I can see my seat with my backpack occupying it ... on C-Span.
And no rules about bad (yelling) behavior.
chilled
So, the Weeper has strict rules about presence at a Joint Session of Congress, and absolutely no rules about physical presence in the House!
The Boner is only interested in his
whinewineHere you go Mr. Speaker...
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The Weeper will look struck/drunk this evening, Bev.......Especially when The President talks about jobs!
Where are the jobs, Mr. Weeper......remember what you screamed for months until you got the power to do something, then did nothing.
Where are the jobs, Mr. Weeper?
man you liberals are pathetic with all the insults regarding Boehner...no good debates, nothing but grade school name calling...and you call yourselfs the intellectual party???...baaaahaaaaaaaaaaa.
They must not have anything to do today, no actual work? I guess it's just like every other day, congress does nothing worth while.
Maybe if the House leader were not such a vindictive and spiteful man?
Maybe if the PROGRESSIVES were not such antagonistic and narcissticticalistic (new workd for Progressives) folks.
Actually, the Senate is in session on the VAWA which will likely pass this afternoon. I am always amazed that so many Yanks are in the deep freeze about what goes on their own country.
I like it but with all those highly educated liberals out there I'm sure they know ecactly what it means. I mean isn't their mantra "if you can't win an arguement on merit tell the opponent you are smarter than they so shut up."
Yes, bcwc, and it's about damn time, too! If there hadn't have been such public outcry, I would venture to say that this important piece of legislation would still be collecting dust on someone's desk.
ldo
Umm, ldo aka Don't know;
Have you seen that cheese cake Scott Brown lately. How 'bout the lip glossed, lip-smacking , idjit Sarah Palin
and the brain dead repukbeggers are just following orders like usual and do nothing as usual
....round up all these @!$%#s who have nothing to do all day but try to get their ugly mugs some airtime....their actions confirm their status as useless POS.....and notice they're all Dem's....
@ nycguy: See post 3.1
This is what junior staff are for...sitting in their bosses seat to hold it for him or her. I seriously doubt the Representatives are going to sit there for nine hours themselves.
How many Republicans will be in those seats next to the aisle?
I think the junior staff are sitting on the laps of the bosses. Oh my!
How can that be Amy aren't all the staffers finally reading Obama to see whats in it?
The article didn't say anything about staffers! I have already heard comments from Sheila Jackson Lee that she thinks her constituents want her to wait those hours sitting there, and that she can get a lot done during those ninie hours.
I like paying for staffer to sit around and do nothing....and you libs say there's no place to cut......
I guess they stopped the BJ's at the White House.
Yeah, now its Costco's
broker is your jealously showing
If I were there I'd give the president my demo-cd and ask for some production help
ANYTHING to be seen on TV when this POS President comes walking down the aisle; Sheila Jackson Lee, Barbara Lee, Sanford Bishop, and Al Green.....I'm sure their constituents are so proud that their representatives have NOTHING to do but wait to be on TV tonight....
Excuse me......any coincidence here that they are .......(too funny).....never mind
they are....people?
No Flaming I'm sure trouble meant liberals.
No Ozzie I'm sure trouble meant to say "black" but was too wimpy to do so
They are? Why on earth would that matter?
Indeed
Why doesn't the first lady invite the family of the young woman who died at the abortioner's hands in Maryland the other day? Viable child and mother killed. Late term abortionist did abortion and went awol. Could not be reached and young woman died. Right down the street from the dems that love it so much.
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What??? No Republicans reserving seats close enough to touch the pres.? I am shocked, I tells ya! ;-)
OMG!!! Who in their right mind would want to touch that thing......s-h-u-d-d-e-r.
Who'd want to touch ANY politician? Slimy!!!
Wonder if the President will address his drone assinations tonight and explain why it is any better than EIT? Wonder if these four will give him a standing "O" when if he does?
AAAAhaaaa, you new Sheila Jackson Lee would be one of them. She is such a waste of skin...musss I die! Stupidest democrat ever....with nothing to do, except put her face in front of a camera.
Vegas has her odds at 3 to 5 that her bee hive will be 8 plus inches tall.....
Come on hjfromtx not a chance. What about Hillary accepting the SOS position in this adminstration? Now that was pretty freaking stupid!
So they don't have any work to do?
Beverly and Feisty at least the 2 of you believe the bull you feed each other. The rest of us not so much.
Your wise and compassionate act holds no water with the average people who are brighter than yourselves.
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hey bob and that is why your repukbeggers are in charge of the senate and white house,, why don't you dumb arces just try to get along and nominate a person that has the intelligence to run a decent campaign and leave your money grubbing politicians at home. How much money did you leave on the table after this last election
Maybe while they're in their seats they could actually do some f*****g work.
And you ignorant morons please notice the difference between they're and their.
And this article is newsworthy why?? Our elected officials are acting like teenage girls camping out for Justin Bieber tickets...LOL. Why not stay in their office and do some real work until the show starts??
Rock the house Mr. OBieber! What song and dance will you be doing tonight?
Can't wait to see Obama finally divide this nation in half. I also can't believe anyone will be able to listen to him speak for more than a couple minutes without rolling their eyes at the ridiculousness of the lies he'll put out tonite.
if you will read the story it says the folks have to be in their seats no later than 830 pm or something like that. no big deal i would think since the speech starts at nine pm i think. just don't let the place be overrun with actors.
You rightnuts are funny...losers.
You leftnut jobs are not funny. . .STUPID.
but we so called left nuts racked up another winner in the white house and this one is no less dumb or smart than the bushie boy was,, are you really so proud of him,,, lord knows how dumb your alcoholic was
Pete. Since 2000, all the elections have been contests between Dumb and Dumber...regardless of GOP or DNC affiliation. Bush was goofy on many levels. Al Gore was and still is a dingbat..albeit a rich one after selling out to the MidEast. John Kerry was ok smart, married well, but was too aloof to lead us commoners. John McCain....no words can explain his candidacy. Finally, Obama, though book smart, is just simply too inept and inexperienced to be president on most levels, if not more, than Bush, Gore, Kerry, or McCain. In hindsight, neither Bush or Obama has been the right leader for our times and issues. I find it hard to believe that out of 300 million people in the most educated, advanced and prosperous nation there has ever been on earth, that we can't find a truly suitable President.
How many seats are there along the aisle where the President enters the House Chamber? These people occupy 4 of them, just four that's all. Maybe there should be a lottery system where each member draws a number corresponding to a seat and that is where they sit. That said, since most of the work in Congressional offices is done by aides the Reps probably have time and proper communication to handle what they need to do.
The last thing this government needs is another system they can corrupt. LOL.
They should have to pay a premium for those seats. Put the money into the general coffers.
at least most of them made their money the old fashion way unlike your attempt to get the
Florida governors money raising mayor ,, another crocked repbubegger .. your florida guberner is equally guilty as some would say
Pete isn't it a bit early for cocktails?..your posts are getting incoherent..
There are also going to be 'special' seats set up front for the GOP/RNC "Hoodlum's On The Hill." The GOP/Teabeggers will need to watched very carefully during the State Of The Union. The GOP/Teabeggers like to exchange text messages when they should be paying attention. The Teabeggers also like to hang out with paranoids with guns, and they need to be checked at the door. Teddy Nugget will be there tonight looking Cognitively DIsabled, Behaviorally Disturbed, and very angry. It will be a very interesting time in Congress tonight.
ROTFLMAO............ Sounds like a Justin Bieber Concert. Of course I think Justin has a higher testosterone count than the oblamer-in-chief.
Is Michelle still breast feeding Chris Rock?
You look at the four nitwits that have claimed seats and it is easy to understand. Shirley Jackson Lee.. now there is a woman running around with out brains but as along as she is black I guess it doesn't matter. Maybe she will make a statement tonight about how North and South Vietnam live in harmony after we won the war.
For those that want to watch this farce, I say, no need. Just go read the "Communist Manifesto" and the "Rules for Radicals". You will get all of the info there that you will need to understand the Democrat party. No sense in listening to Obama say the same thing.