House Tables Resolution Admonishing Allen West for Goebbels Remark

• By Jonathan Strong
• Roll Call Staff
• Dec. 20, 2011, 4:52 p.m.

The House today dismissed a resolution offered by Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) that would have admonished Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) for recently saying Joseph Goebbels, the German head of propaganda for the Nazi party during World War II, would be “very proud” of the Democratic Party’s messaging efforts.