I heard this was the first time in history where the House (GOP) rebuffed the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES for a request from congress. PROOF once again this group of scum running teh GOP have only one thing on thier agenda.. Boot OBAMA. They have said NO to nything this president has asked.
Boehner's response to Obama's request may be unprecedented. The Senate Historical Office said it knows of no instance when Congress has refused a president permission to address a Joint Session of Congress.
In a push for a major jobs plan, President Barack Obama asked House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday morning to call a joint session of Congress that would take place on Sept. 7, 2011.
Boehner responded later Wednesday, inviting the president to address Congress on Sept. 8 instead. His rejection of the president's original request throws planning for the joint session into chaos. An administration official told The Huffington Post that the White House had cleared the Sept. 7 date with GOP leadership before publicly announcing it.
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