For some background info:
Two Republican Congressmen, Pete Sessions of Texas and Mike Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, missed the House swearing-in ceremony today because they were at a party. But they decided to cast some votes anyway, even though that’s against the Constitution.
The two guys were hanging out, high-fiving constituents at the Capitol Visitor’s Center, when they saw on the TV that—oh no!—they were supposed to be getting sworn in on the House floor right then! So, they just took the oath by television. But the magic dust they sprinkle on Representatives to transform them into Democracy Fairies (made from the ground-up remains of John Adams’ single, brilliant horn) doesn’t work through C-Span. This means, technically, Sessions and Fitzpatrick violated the Constitution by voting on some bills later on that evening and now have to get sworn in again, for real this time.
The failure to be sworn in could mean the rules package the House passed on Wednesday doesn’t count, according to Roll Call. The action is now behind the scenes, as Speaker John Boehner tries to persuade House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to agree to a unanimous consent decree that would make all the work Sessions and Fitzpatrick did over the past day count retroactively
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/06/two-house-republicans-miss-swearing-in-but-still-vote/
It’s ironic if you believe for one second the GOP really gives a crap about the constitution.
No, that doesn’t fit the definition of ironic, but it is amusing.
What I find even more amusing is that the republicans have already broke several of their promises from their September 2010 “Pledge to America” and they have been in control of the House of Representatives for less than 50 hours.