From the Carpetbagger Report:
Would you believe there’s a large contingent of the House GOP caucus that still wants to make an issue of Speaker Pelosi’s trip to Syria in March?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will not be permitted to use State Department funds to travel to nations that are known to have sponsored terrorism if a Republican amendment to appropriations legislation passes the House on Thursday.
The amendment to the $34 billion State and Foreign Operations bill, offered by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), prohibits funds to be used to travel to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.
In a “Dear Colleague” letter released [yesterday], King said Pelosi had overstepped her constitutional role as Speaker when she traveled to Syria in April.
Greg Sargent gave ol’ Rep. King’s office a call and asked about Republican members of Congress who also travel to these countries. A spokesperson said, “The measure only applies to one position — the Speaker of the House.”
And people wonder why we laugh at the House Republican caucus.
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