Constitution Misread Aloud On The Floor Of The House

January 6th was opening day for the 112th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives. The new Republican leadership led by the permanently orange faced new Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio who again cried openly during the proceedings. Boehner cries so often that his new nickname is "The Weeper of the House." They began the Congress this time by reading the entire U.S. Constitution out loud on the floor of the House. Well that sounds good enough being the the Constitution is only about 5 or 6 pages if you include all 26 amendments. Right away there was some dispute about whether they should read some parts of it out loud like the amendment which prohibited alcohol. The Amendment no longer is valid because it was repealed. After some mild bickering they decided to read the entire thing as it is. The most embarrassing part of the whole proceeding has to be the fact that they skipped over some key paragraphs of the document because two of the pages got stuck together. No one noticed this for a while until it was finally pointed out and then they went back and read the parts that were skipped. An interesting and embarrassing start for the 112th Congress.