Great moments in congressional history

Posted 50 weeks 5 days ago by Ben

In politics as in real life, preparation is key. But for some lawmakers, you've seen one economist, you've seen them all:

U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur came to a House committee hearing on Thursday prepared to ask U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tough questions about his involvement in the subprime mortgage crisis. Unfortunately, she was questioning the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

When Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gently corrected the Ohio Democrat, she replied: "Oh, all right, sorry. I got you confused with the other one ... I'm glad you clarified that for the record," she said.

Yes. Glad we cleared that up. Better luck next time with the gotcha questions.