Monday, April 02, 2007
 From Roll Call March 22, 2007: "Could it be that the global warming Al Gore has been telling us about is taking effect? HOH learned that things got pretty heated behind the scenes of the former veep's visit to the House floor on Wednesday.
One Republican launched an effort to get Gore — who, as a former Congressman, would seem to have the right to traipse around on the hallowed ground of the House chamber — booted from the room. Rep. Lynn
Westmoreland (R-Ga.) noticed Gore mingling on the House floor, where the Tennessee Democrat stopped by after testifying before a House panel, and quickly sprang into action.
House rules give floor privileges to former Members, except those who are lobbyists or an "agent of a foreign principal," Westmoreland reminded HOH. And, he remembered reading last year that British Prime Minister Tony Blair had enlisted Gore to help spread the message about the dangers of global warming. Might that mean that Gore — like Benedict Arnold before him — was an "agent" of the British government and therefore barred from the floor?
HOH, not having a team of lawyers at her disposal, isn't saying the proposed grounds for getting Gore tossed were legit. But Westmoreland's bid to oust Gore from the chamber was thwarted anyhow, since Gore was there and gone before the matter could be solved.
Gore entered the chamber during a vote, and Westmoreland had to wait until it was over to make even the parliamentary inquiry to make sure he had recalled the rules correctly. By then, Gore was history.
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