Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the PATRIOT Act. At the hearing, some of the Republicans, most notably Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), behaved very rudely, not only towards House Democrats but also towards representatives of Amnesty International and other organizations who showed up to testify. [Read story.]
Dissent is a hallmark of democracy. Trying to stifle dissent and silence opposing points of view, as these House Republicans were doing, is surely not how our founding fathers envisioned the function of Congress.
I've seen kindergarten classes who behave in a more mature fashion.
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