Thanks to Slog tipper Joe for sending this along:

As Rep. Stenny Hoyer (D-MD) attempted to call for a vote to extend a payroll tax cut to middle class and working Americans, his Republican colleagues adjourned the House and walked out of the chamber. And if that weren’t odd enough, it got even stranger: As Hoyer railed against them for failing to help working Americans, footage from C-SPAN went silent, then cut away.

Moments later, C-SPAN took to the Internet to explain that it wasn’t their doing, but someone working for House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).

Watch the video here:

Holy shit. Not only are Republicans turning their backs on Democratic pleas to save the tax cuts, they're cutting off the public's access to the proceedings. This is fucking terrible messaging, and the public knows exactly whose fault this is.