Jim Sensenbrenner: “I think Congress should decide whether the domestic spouses of gays and lesbians should get Social Security survivor…”

what got me interested in this entire issue probably about 4 years ago, was a constituent named Lauri Badura. Her son died of an overdose.

But obstruction of Congress, when there is no referee, there is no adjudication, there is nothing but a majority that says, 'You give us what we want until we find a crime, or we are going to throw you out of office,' that is so…

It is my intention to raise a point of order that this resolution requires a two-thirds vote. I will argue the point of order when it is made, but I need to know when the proper time is to raise the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

I think it is very obvious that there was no treason or bribery alleged here.