Marcia Fudge points out that Issa’s “deplorable” actions violated the rules of the House that each member be given five minutes to question a witness
Congressional Black Caucus Calls For Issa’s Chairmanship Over Nasty Cummings Treatment
March 6, 2014

Via Americans Against The Tea Party:

On Wednesday, Darrell Issa(R) cut the mic of Rep. Elijah Cummings at his own fake hearing on the fake IRS scandal. Unsurprisingly and understandably, the Congressional Black Caucus is quite upset with his decision to cut off civil rights hero Rep. Elijah Cummings because he called Issa’s sham hearing a sham. “We have found no evidence to support allegations of a political conspiracy against conservative groups,” Cummings pointed out.

Issa responded by terminating his totally not a sham of a hearing and cutting off Cummings’ mic. Later, he justified his actions by complaining that Cummings “s...

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