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CliffStearns

Published: 01/8/09

Rep. Cliff Stearns Proposes Suspending Congress So That Cliff Stearns Can Attend a Football Game

By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics Daily

Speaker Pelosi, sorry to bother you, but hardworking Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) has been back on the job for nearly 3 days this congressional term. Don't you think it's time he got a break to watch football?And on the topic, could you suspend all voting while he's away?Stearns, a Republican from Ocala [Florida], wrote to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday asking her to move votes scheduled for Thursday evening and Friday so House members from Florida and Oklahoma can go to the Bowl Championship Series national title game.Stearns must have been weeping bitter tears as he wrote a formal ...

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