Tom McClintock: “Perhaps we can reach bipartisan agreement on that, Mr. Markey.”

These are people who promised their constituents not to raise their taxes. And those five no votes just voted for the biggest tax increase in American history.

Americans are sick and tired of being treated like second-class citizens in our own country.

Of course, the leftist lawfare didn't start here. I think it started when the Democrats used the IRS to target Tea Party volunteers for harassment and intimidation in advance of the 2012 Presidential election.

Even if this was not happening, the mere perception of it is enough to destroy public confidence that the vote will accurately reflect the will of the American people.