Patrick J. Conroy (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)Nearly two weeks of furious controversy came to a quiet end when House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) swore the House chaplain, the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, back into office Tuesday after seeking Conroy’s resignation weeks before. Burks, in Conroy’s telling, told him “maybe it’s time that we had a chaplain that wasn’t a Catholic.” Burks disputes that account. Because Conroy’s resignation, effective May 24, had already been accepted and read into the House record, Ryan has to swear him in anew on Tuesday. After Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) offered the resolution and the vote started, Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) walked across the chamber and started yelling at Crowley, accusing him of politicizing the issue.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2018 17:30 UTC