Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Grayson sought to bring a resolution declaring that the government shutdown had been a blight upon the dignity of the legislature, citing multiple polls that showed public opinion of Congress as worse than toenail fungus, hemorrhoids, and zombies.
But when he mentioned that Congress had a lower approval rating than "dog poop," speaker pro tempore Steve Womack (R-AR) interjected and told him to keep his remarks confined to whether the question was privileged. "A government shutdown is--and this is obvious, at this point--a mark upon the dignity of the House," Grayson continued, "and the House should be willing to pass a clean continuing resolution to end it." |