Parents Of Slain Giffords Aide Urge Boehner To Allow Tribute For Son

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/slain-giffords-aide-tribute_n_1035993.html

WASHINGTON -- The family of Gabe Zimmerman, the congressional aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) who was killed in the Tucson shootings in January, sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday urging him to allow a House vote on a stalled resolution that would name a room in the Capitol Visitor Center after Gabe.

The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), has more than 350 cosponsors and doesn't cost taxpayers anything, save the costs of hanging a sign outside of a room. Still, it hasn't moved since it was filed in July for reasons that remain unclear to just about anyone.

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"The Speaker and other House officials have been working for months on a prominent and permanent memorial to Mr. Zimmerman," Steel said in a statement. "In fact, he met this morning with Rep. Gifford's husband, Captain Mark Kelly. While we're finalizing the last few details and are not ready to announce plans publicly at this point, any Member of Congress interested in this issue has had ample opportunity to discuss it with the Speaker."

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In addition to inexplicably stalling for months in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where the bulk of members on the committee are cosponsors of the resolution, supporters of the measure have also been unsuccessful in their attempts to move it through Congress through other means.

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Jesus Mary and Joseph, Boner. Pass the resolution already. This doesn't help your image any, Boner, and will wind up making you cry about yourself again.

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1. On display for all to see: the mind-boggling petulance of the 1%.

Let these anal-retentive f*cks dig their own grave - the one task of which they're truly capable.