Did Bachmann's "House Call" pitch break House rules?

[DearAbby]

Did a rally geared at saving government resources actually misuse them?

Could be, at least technically. Rep. Michele Bachmann's House home-page shout-out to tea party types for her Nov. 5 rally on the West Front steps may have violated the letter of the administration committee's rules on the use of official, taxpayer-funded websites.

Here are some highlights of Bachmann's e-release, posted on Nov. 2:

Bachmann Calls on the American People to Bring the Town Hall To Washington
"This is the deciding moment and the people need to make sure their representatives know where they stand."

WHAT: Health Care “House Call” on Washington Press Conference

WHO: Republican Members of Congress
Actor Jon Voight, Radio Host Mark Levin and others.

WHEN: Thursday, November 5, 2009 from 12:00-2

WHERE: West Front of the U.S. Capitol (House Side)

“The American people need to stand up again and make sure that Congress hears them this time. Speaker Pelosi is putting her bill on fast track to a vote — and it remains to be seen if the House will even get a chance to vote on the commonsense Republican alternatives. The people need to make a House Call on Washington this week and tell their Representatives to vote no to a government takeover of one-fifth of our economy. This is gangster government at its worst."

The Committee on House Administration rules on the use of official resources seem pretty explicit on prohibiting precisely this kind of announcement, presumably because it blurs the line between members' right to publicize constituent town halls and their use of the franking privilege for party- or movement-building purposes.


more at link:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1109/Did_Bachmanns_House_Call_pitch_break_House_rules.html

[DearAbby]

1. Let's see how long it takes for ethics investigation...nt

[Autumn]

2. We will get to that in a couple of decades,

or not. I'm leaning towards not.

[Bitwit1234]

3. If they had a Congressional Investigation

to find out if Hillary and Bill Clinton used official postage to send out letters to Boots the Cat's fan base, then they better do something about this. Oh and I forgot. Another one for using postage but too much because they didn't limit their Christmas Card List. That's republicans for you.