Before the 112th Congress begins business the Constitution of the United States will be read from the podium. From this day forward each new piece of legislation introduced in that body must cite the Constitutional authority for the bill. Speaker of the House John Boehner, commenting on the issue spoke those famous words, “All men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Beautiful words, unfortunately for Mr. Boehner they were the wrong words. Apparently he needs to go to the third grade teacher that is teaching him American history so that he or she can explain to him the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
Representative Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, called the reading of the Constitution “Total Nonsense.” Nadler went on to say that the act of reading the Constitution by the Republican Party was hypocritical as he asserts that the Republicans routinely violate the Constitution as much as the Democrats do.
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