Earlier today the House debated Rep. Rahm Emanuel’s (D-IL) amendment to restrict the $4.75 million budget for the Vice President’s Office. On the House floor, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) sarcastically jabbed Cheney for violating “a number of rules, maxims, constitutional provisions,” while Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) argued that holding the vice president accountable would somehow “undercut the very underpinnings of the Constitution.” Watch both clips:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/CheneyVote.320.240.flv]
A vote on the amendment was postponed until later.
UPDATE: Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH): “Of course you’re going to abolish the residence, and I assume you’re going to get a Katrina trailer to provide for the vice president.”
UPDATE II: TPMMuckraker has video of Emanuel.
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