Tensions erupt in House hearing as GOP advances anti-socialism resolution while Dems rage: 'Silly season'

House Republicans are teeing up a pair of bills this week to put Democrats on the record about where they stand on their party's socialist insurgency. The House Rules Committee just advanced a resolution to condemn socialism during its Monday meeting, with no Democrats voting in favor of moving it forward. Democrats, in fact, criticized the resolution as a waste of time. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., called the bill "nonsense" and argued it did little to better the lives of Americans. "So you're c