You will not find a more loathsome group in Congress than the Congressional Black Caucus.
Via WaPo:
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus took to the House floor Thursday to decry the GOP’s move to separate food stamps from the Farm Bill, with one of them invoking Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” comment.
“Mitt Romney was right: You all do not care about the 47 percent,” Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) said. “Shame on you.”
At one point, Republicans objected to Brown’s direct attacks, which technically are not allowed on the House floor.
“This is a sad day for the House of Representatives,” she said. “Shame on the Republicans.”
After she said that, an as-yet-unidentified Republican from Georgia objected, noting that members of the House are not supposed to address each other or launch ad hominem attacks.
Democrats, led by dozens of members of the CBC, have been trying since 9 a.m. Thursday to use procedural tactics to raise points of order and force delays in a final vote.
As lawmakers began debating the rules of debate on the bill, more liberal Democrats and members of the CBC lined up to read similar messages of opposition, saying that the new farm bill “hurts the children of America” or “increases hunger in America.”