Up for Debate: U.S. House votes on speaker

Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 9:05pm

Despite some rumblings against John Boehner, members of the U.S. House of Representatives re-elected him as their speaker. Others, including defeated congressman Allen West and our own Rep. Jim Cooper (who voted for former Secretary of State Colin Powell), also received votes. What is your reaction to Thursday's congressional developments?

Filed under: City Voices
Tagged: Up for Debate

51 Comments on this post:

By: budlight on 1/6/13 at 6:46

Captain Nemo on 1/6/13 at 3:21
BWT

By calling me either Captain or Nemo does not make you a nice person, bud

Actually it's a start of a truce. I'm actually a nice person to start with. That is why I have put forth the effort. However, if you can't see or understand that, then so be it.

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