Eric Cantor: It’s time to ban honorific resolutions in the House
“I do not suspect that Jefferson or Madison ever envisioned Congress honoring the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius or supporting the designation of National Pi Day,” said Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the next House majority leader. “I believe people want our time, energy and efforts focused on their priorities.”
Defenders of the practice say the resolutions are a time-honored tradition that bring deserved recognition to individuals and groups while providing moments of bipartisan good cheer in an otherwise divisive Capitol…
“Look, they’re really important to people in our localities,” said Rep. Bob Filner (D-Chula Vista), who offered several resolutions this session, including one recognizing the celebration of Filipino American History Month. “It doesn’t cost us a lot of money. It’s important for local pride.”…
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), among those voting against the Confucius resolution, remarked at the time: “He who spends time passing trivial legislation may find himself out of time to read healthcare bill.”
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Cantor is right.
Filner is an idiot.
HondaV65 on November 26, 2010 at 1:03 PM
Perhaps with the time saved, they can read the bills…
Rich on November 26, 2010 at 1:04 PM
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), among those voting against the Confucius resolution, remarked at the time: “He who spends time passing trivial legislation may find himself out of time to read healthcare bill.”
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Perfect.
Yes, ban the nonsense.
artist on November 26, 2010 at 1:09 PM
But we’d miss awesome oratory like this.
Ted Torgerson on November 26, 2010 at 1:15 PM
Yes, we will be much, much better off without national filipino day. The GOP will keep picking this low hanging fruit, but watch for them to balk on anything meaningful.
ernesto on November 26, 2010 at 1:20 PM
On the evidence, I believe Rep. Flake is exactly correct.
jwolf on November 26, 2010 at 1:21 PM
If anyone can be honored for anything, and everyone is honored for something, then honor means nothing.
Everyone get a trophy.
Skandia Recluse on November 26, 2010 at 1:25 PM
It’s a time honored way of goofing off. It also wastes money. As to the price, it adds up.
Blake on November 26, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Bwaaaaahaahaaha! That’s friggin’ awesome.
miConsevative on November 26, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Could you wait until they are actually,like in office , before casting judgement on them? Oh, wait. It’s ernie. Never mind.
VegasRick on November 26, 2010 at 1:32 PM
The more time they spend praising the anniversary of the invention of Pringles, the less time they’ll have to screw around with stuff like banning offshore drilling or funding the Department of Agriculture.
More National Model Railroad Week bills!
DarthBrooks on November 26, 2010 at 1:32 PM
So they waste even more time debating whether or not wasteful recognitions are wasting time.
Ignore this stupid shiite and start putting the nation back together again, start with tax cuts and go from there.
Bishop on November 26, 2010 at 1:38 PM
That, and repealing some of the laws that CONgress constantly imposes on (an alleged) free people.
We need a Repeal Caucus, is what.
Rae on November 26, 2010 at 1:42 PM
But didn’t Michelle Obama say that Pi was OK?
James on November 26, 2010 at 1:43 PM
Was that idiot wearing a boxer’s robe?
single stack on November 26, 2010 at 1:51 PM
Yes, it is.
Fortunata on November 26, 2010 at 1:53 PM
How about a National Accounting Day and honoring it by passing a budget that doesn’t point the way to national bankruptcy?
michaelo on November 26, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Do we have a National ebonics day?
VegasRick on November 26, 2010 at 2:03 PM
We need a “National Honorific Resolutions Day” resolution to recognize this time-honored tradition.
zmdavid on November 26, 2010 at 2:27 PM
Dude.
And people complain about Sara Palin?
Count to 10 on November 26, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Or schedule the honorific resolutions for the middle of the summer recess so we can see how much these resolutions really mean to these baffoons
Raisedbywolves on November 26, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Congress should first pass a budget, then appropriations, and then nothing but commemorative resolutions. It’ll keep them out of trouble.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on November 26, 2010 at 2:56 PM
It won’t keep them from passing stupid stuff it will keep them from paying attention to and reading the stupid stuff they do pass after its written by lobbyists and their congressional staffers.
Raisedbywolves on November 26, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Cantor and Flake are sharp guys with good ideas. No more honorific resolutions. Free up time for congressmen to study Econ 101.
dedalus on November 26, 2010 at 4:09 PM
…because of course “pride” is less about taking pride in your own actions and achievements than it is about taking pride in the ethnicity you were accidentally born into. God how I hate the way these scumbags think.
Sharke on November 26, 2010 at 4:33 PM