Lawmakers tangle over ‘eight weeks of taxpayer-funded vacation’ quip

There were immoderate fireworks astatine Tuesday night’s House Rules Committee gathering up of the little chamber’s Wednesday ballot to reopen the national government. When Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the committee chair, recognized Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari (Ariz.), the second welcomed her “back from your 8 weeks of taxpayer-funded vacation.” After Ansari’s archetypal remarks, Foxx quickly…