http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/house_gopers_seek_to_delay_con.phpHouse GOPers Seek to Delay Contempt Vote
By Paul Kiel - February 14, 2008, 1:43PM
The House GOP has been doing their best to kick this can down the road, even igniting something of a fracas. From The Politico:
During what was supposed to be a somber memorial service in Statuary Hall for Rep. Tom Lantos, who died Monday, the House chamber became mired in chaos over procedural votes.
Democrats angrily denounced the GOP as insensitive for calling a "motion to adjourn" — essentially a dilatory tactic — while dignitaries were still giving tributes to Lantos, a Holocaust survivor who was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. But Republican aides shot back quickly, saying it was Democrats who broke an agreement to keep the House in recess during the memorial service....
More at Huffington Post.