To be fair to our Foreclosure Dave though, it's not like he was alone.
On Wednesday, the new Republican majority in the U.S. House passed all sorts of new rules for the 112th Congress. Some of them are really interesting, but we'll save those for another day.
The highlight of the rules package was one that *didn't* make it into the package.
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) proposed a rule that would have required members of Congress to disclose whether or not they take advantage of the taxpayer-funded and government-run health care offered to members.
The proposal was defeated on a party-line vote, 191 - 238.
Huffington Post has a full report here.
Now, I could criticize all 238 Republicans who voted to defeat transparency, but they aren't the elected representatives of Arizona's 5th Congressional District.
David Schweikert is.
David Schweikert is the one, who on his website, stated "the liberal politicians in Washington continue to support government run healthcare that will effectively dismantle our healthcare system."
He's pledged to work for the repeal of health care reform and coverage for the average American...
Yet on the same day that he voted to conceal his and other members' acceptance of taxpayer-funded health insurance, he also voted to pass H. Res. 26, providing for next week's consideration of H.R. 2, the Republican scheme to repeal the health care reform and coverage for the average American.
So Schweikert is a *conservative* politician in Washington who supports "government run healthcare" for people who will "dismantle" healthcare for average Americans.
Something tells me that this won't be the last example of shameless hypocrisy coming from Schweikert.
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