Thanks for posting the article, Slip18. You did a great job!
With that said, the author of the piece, Tom Howell Jr, is dishonest. He claimed that the Republicans voted to reject the Democrat memo as they passed their own. As someone so graciously pointed out to me here on this forum, the Democrats submitted their memo sight unseen to ensure it would be voted down so that the dishonest media could claim foul. This lie throws the rest of the article in doubt, imo.
The media is going to keep repeating Democrat lies until it becomes truth.