House is having polite year, insult-wise, according to a new report

One Republican called Democrats "socialist members." A Democrat compared Republicans to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Another said his opponents "just make up stuff."

And in the House of Representatives, apparently, this qualifies as a polite year.

That's the conclusion of a new report that assessed the chamber by an unusual measure: its insults. Researchers looked for instances in which one member formally objected to a slur hurled by another.

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Robert Barnes 29 Sep, 2011

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