In the unlikely event that you decided not to take a bathroom break during Texas Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee’s never-ending eulogy at Michael Jackson’s funeral on Tuesday, you might’ve heard her mention plans to introduce a congressional resolution to honor the deceased King of Pop (this would’ve been shortly before the TelePrompTer instructed her to “Please end your commentsâ€). Well, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scuttled the whole thing as it might “open up to contrary views that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different.†By this we can only imagine she means that such a resolution might spark a debate among House Republicans over who can do the best moonwalk.
Pelosi Nixes Jackson Memorial Resolution [Caucus/NYT]