Just about every Board of Directors of every business or organization has rules of conduct; violate the rules and you become persona non grata... and usually kicked out. Usually, if you undertake actions which may bring discredit on the business or organization, such actions are grounds for loss of your seat on the board.
Congress, it seems, has no such rules of decorum. Oh, they have Codes of Ethics and House or Senate Rules, but there's nothing that requires Members to attend a certain number of hearings or participate in a certain percentage of votes. Likewise, there's nothing to prevent vitriolic speech.
There are, however, provisions for Members of Congress to be censured or even expelled under certain circumstances. It's rarely been done, but such provisions do exist.
Democrats are definitely to blame for bringing discredit to The Hill. Their behavior in obstructing the business of the Senate is beyond the pale. Their refusal to attend committee hearings on Cabinet Members in order to try and prevent a vote from occurring is simple mutiny and an outright attempt to force their minority will upon the majority.
We, the American people, have the inherent right in our form of government to demand that the offenders be rebuffed and rebuked. They are to blame for bringing our democratic processes to a grinding halt. By refusing to participate in committee votes, they are disenfranchising their constituents of their rights to participate through the representative structure in the running of governmental affairs.
Censure the offending, offensive Democrats.
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