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Post by avordvet on Aug 3, 2016 3:59:13 GMT -5
The GOP could have stopped it before it started, during the so called 'negotiations' and/or after this was 'passed' by the usurper... They are just as frigging culpable and treasonous as this unconstitutional admin.
Everyone involved should be tried, convicted treason and violations of oath, and then put on their knees next to a slit trench for execution.
Again, the Republicans could have put a stop to this 'refugee'/terrorist flood on DAY 1, instead they have FULLY FUNDED EVERY SINGLE ONE of the usurpers 'programs'... Every Single One.
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Post by avordvet on Aug 7, 2016 5:50:35 GMT -5
Could House Speaker Paul Ryan Follow Eric Cantor Into Political Oblivion?Friday, 05 August 2016, Written by Bob Adelmann Could House Speaker Paul Ryan Follow Eric Cantor Into Political Oblivion? A dark horse who appeared out of the Wisconsin woodwork, businessman Paul Nehlen, was reportedly neck-and-neck with House Speaker Paul Ryan (shown) in the primary polls taken in early July. Pundits pooh-poohed those polls as being unreliable, but Ryan has since adjusted his primary campaign strategy to keep the public from asking him “unscripted” questions, queries that Nehlen keeps raising. Ryan doesn’t want to become another Eric Cantor, the former House Majority Leader who lost to a nobody in 2014. Nehlen suddenly became a national figure and symbol of the country’s populist uprising on Tuesday when Donald Trump turned Ryan’s words into a quasi-endorsement of Nehlen. Back in May, when asked if he was ready to endorse Donald Trump for the presidency, Ryan waffled: “I’m just not ready to do that at this point. I’m not there right now.” Trump trumpeted his response immediately: www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/23796-could-house-speaker-paul-ryan-follow-eric-cantor-into-political-oblivion?tmpl=component&print=1
Come on "the People", I know you can do it...
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Post by avordvet on Aug 9, 2016 4:35:37 GMT -5
Paul Ryan Exemplifies The Need For Term LimitsBy Gail Jarvis, August 5, 2016 Our Founding Fathers would be thoroughly disillusioned by how the form of government they envisioned has been altered and abused. The Founders thought they were creating a governing structure radically different from the British Monarchy the colonists had escaped from. The Declaration of Independence codified their feelings, and the three separate branches of government they created had checks and balances to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful. As a further attempt to prevent the development of a sovereignty, the legislative and executive branches of government were elected by the populace and had fixed terms in office. Thomas Jefferson expressed it this way: “A government by representatives elected by the people at short periods was our object, and our maxim was, where annual election ends, tyranny begins “. It was expected that citizens would donate a few years of their lives to public service, and then return to the private sector. Over the years, self-serving politicians have, in essence, become permanent office holders. During their tenures, they receive largess from special interest groups, lobbyists, and wealthy conglomerates. Gradually, the interests of these wealthy influence peddlers become more important than the interests of the folks back home. canadafreepress.com/article/paul-ryan-exemplifies-the-need-for-term-limits
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Post by avordvet on Aug 26, 2016 3:51:08 GMT -5
More worthless preening by the Republicans, in all of the many scandals and unconstitutional actions by obama and his minions, the GOP has not removed or even charged one government official... the Republicans instead allow these oath breakers to retire with full benefits for the rest of their worthless lives (lois learner, eric holder, etc... the list is extensive) or they just allow them change positions with little or no repercussions... and get an enormous bonus while doing so. The corruption is to the core of the government... To The Core... so go ahead and vote for those Republicans, see where it's gonna get you. IRS Chief Faces Likely Impeachment Vote in US House Next Month
Thursday, 25 Aug 2016 03:58 PM U.S. House conservatives are set to re-launch next month their effort to impeach Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen, with or without Speaker Paul Ryan’s go-ahead. Representative John Fleming says he and other conservatives are prepared to unilaterally force an impeachment vote within days after Congress returns to session on Sept. 6. “The only thing up in the air is whether it will be the first or second week we’re back,” the Louisiana Republican said in an interview. Any action would be largely symbolic, because the effort would get blocked in the Senate if it passes the House. But Republicans remain angry at Koskinen, who they accuse of impeding an investigation into whether the tax agency improperly targeted conservative non-profits. Their allegations include failing to prevent the IRS from destroying evidence and providing false and misleading information to Congress. www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/irs-koskinen-house-impeachment/2016/08/25/id/745216/
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Post by avordvet on Sept 12, 2016 4:29:26 GMT -5
Highlighting mine to again show for the ten thousanth time, what frigging dirtbags you are voting for... Oh thats right; they're ALL POS politicians, well, except for MY Representative. Indict IRS Commissioner KoskinenBy George Will, Saturday, 10 Sep 2016 11:03 PM More Posts by George Will Republican congressional leaders ardently want conservative members of the House to not force a vote on impeaching the IRS commissioner. The public does not care about John Koskinen's many misdeeds. And impeachment will distract attention from issues that interest the public. And because Democrats are not ingrates, the required two-thirds of the Senate will never vote to convict Koskinen, whose behavior continues the pattern of doing what Democrats desire with the most intrusive and potentially punitive government agency. These Republican leaders' reasons are cumulatively unpersuasive. Resuscitating the impeachment power would contribute to revitalizing Congress' Article I powers. Impeachments are rare – no appointed official of the executive branch has been impeached in 140 years. But what James Madison called the "indispensable" power to impeach should not be allowed to atrophy, as has Congress' power to declare war... www.newsmax.com/GeorgeWill/irs-john-koskinen-impeach/2016/09/10/id/747636/
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Post by avordvet on Sept 15, 2016 3:51:12 GMT -5
If I said it once, I've said it a thousand times, "the Republican's will NEVER hold one obama minion accountable for the violations of their Oath's, and the Law... Not one. The GOP is just as traitorus as the Dems in giving these treasonous dirt-bags a pass for what they have done to the country. House Republicans reach deal to avoid vote on impeaching IRS commissionerPublished September 15, 2016 FoxNews.com House Republicans reached an agreement late Wednesday to avoid a potentially divisive floor vote on impeaching IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. The deal scraps the vote on the so-called "privileged" impeachment resolution that had been expected to take place Thursday. Instead, the House Judiciary Committee will consider Koskinen's impeachment, with the IRS boss expected to testify sometime next week. The agreement makes it unlikely that any vote by the full House to impeach Koskinen will happen until after the November election, if at all. House Republican leadership had balked on moving forward on impeachment proceedings during an election season, arguing that an impeachment vote risked irritating voters. Others said Koskinen deserved a full House Judiciary Committee probe before embarking on the seldom-used impeachment process. The effort by conservative Republicans flows from the IRS' 2013 admission that for several years, it had targeted Tea Party groups seeking tax exemptions for rigorous examinations. www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/15/house-republicans-reach-deal-to-avoid-vote-on-impeaching-irs-commissioner.html
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Post by avordvet on Sept 19, 2016 13:03:22 GMT -5
Congress Set to Cave on Higher Spending AgainBy Michael Sargent, September 19, 2016 8:39 AM EDT It’s an all too familiar sight: It’s the end of the fiscal year, and Congress is scrambling to keep the government open after it has shirked its responsibility to pass the requisite 12 appropriations bills all year. The end of the fiscal year is when Congress tends to throw fiscal responsibility out the window in order to avoid taking tough votes, especially before an election—and this year is no exception. In recent Congresses, an end of the fiscal year continuing resolution has become a routine maneuver to push back the spending debate until the holidays in December. That’s when Congress usually scrambles to come to an agreement before the deadline (positioned just as everyone wants to get home to their families), which characteristically takes the form of an immense spending package that blows through the discretionary spending caps Congress set in 2011. Indeed, since 2013, this breakdown in the budget process has led to Congress busting through its budget caps by a total of $174 billion. That’s billions in spending that would not have happened if Congress had stuck to its normal appropriations process and abided by the caps it instituted under the Budget Control Act of 2011. cnsnews.com/commentary/michael-sargent/congress-set-cave-higher-spending-again
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Post by avordvet on Sept 20, 2016 3:28:40 GMT -5
Frigging Traitorous Cowards... GOP Mostly Powerless in Stopping Obama 'Midnight' RegulationsCornyn says president is in a "frenzy mode" as the clock ticks toward Jan. 20Posted Sep 19, 2016 3:33 PM, John T. Bennett Republican lawmakers are bracing for a slew of last-minute rules and regulations, as well as more executive actions to place swaths of land under federal protection, during President Barack Obama's final months in office. “Midnight regulations” are a feature of any lame-duck administration and represent a president's last opportunity to lock in rules on legacy issues. In many instances, GOP members acknowledge they are powerless to stop him. www.rollcall.com/news/politics/gop-mostly-powerless-stopping-obama-midnight-regulations
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Post by avordvet on Sept 23, 2016 4:15:44 GMT -5
Go ahead and vote for 'em, they're counting on you GOP sycophants to continue this charade.... but then again, they know you pathetic sheep better than you know yourselves... Yeah you'll do it, matter of fact they've probably already factored your 'yes" vote in... Because, when is the last time you said NO! Washington at Its Worst: Senate Passes Nonexistent BillRachel Bovard, September 21, 2016 On Tuesday night, the Senate voted to proceed to the continuing resolution, a bill that will allegedly fund the government until Dec. 9. The only problem is that there isn’t actually a bill yet. There is no text. There is no agreement between Democrats and Republicans on what the bill will fund—Planned Parenthood, the Export-Import Bank, control of the internet—all of it remains a mystery. Yet the Senate voted 89-7 to proceed to this nonexistent bill. The Senate operates under complex parliamentary rules that require a series of votes in order to “proceed to” or “get onto” a bill. The vote Tuesday night was the first in what will be a series of votes on the continuing resolution, or spending bill. Despite Senate leadership’s protests to the contrary, a vote to proceed to a bill that’s not yet written is, in fact, a substantive act—particularly when there is so much at stake. And Senate leadership tried to pitch this as simply a process vote. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s, R-Ky., communications director tweeted that this vote was “just procedural” and “not a vote on the CR [continuing resolution]” or on Zika funding. Various reporters tweeted that this was just a vote on a “shell bill,” and that the text of the continuing resolution would be crafted at a later date. dailysignal.com/2016/09/21/washington-at-its-worst-senate-passes-non-existent-bill/
Heh, some of you oldtimers might get this one.
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Post by avordvet on Sept 27, 2016 5:29:29 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Sept 30, 2016 4:43:46 GMT -5
The ink hasn't even dried and the Republican traitors go to work... McConnell, Ryan Admit Saudi 9/11 Bill Needs FixingBy Jason Devaney, Thursday, 29 Sep 2016 04:20 PM Republican leaders in Congress are having some second thoughts about overriding a presidential veto on a bill that allows families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged role in the attacks. House Speaker Paul Ryan said the legislation might need to be altered in some way. The law, he said, puts members of the U.S. military stationed overseas at risk of legal troubles. www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/bill-911-victims-passed/2016/09/29/id/750928/
Hey mitch, wazzup my favorite bitch... ready to throw more citizens under the bus?
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Post by avordvet on Oct 4, 2016 19:04:17 GMT -5
Just more GOP 'conservatism' from your 'conservative' republicans... GOP senators: We could work with Hillary ClintonOctober 03, 2016, 06:31 pm, By Jordain Carney Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) is predicting that congressional Republicans will be more willing to work with Hillary Clinton than they have been with President Obama, should she be elected president. "Barack Obama was somewhat of an unknown – he was a senator, but only for a year-and-a-half before he was elected president. She is a known commodity, and I think there’ll be more camaraderie in terms of working together, than there might have been in the early days of Obama," Isakson told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Isakson, who is running for reelection and has endorsed GOP nominee Donald Trump, added, "I don’t think it will be like the post-Obama election at all." thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/republicans-we-can-work-with-president-hillary-clinton
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Post by avordvet on Oct 6, 2016 4:29:18 GMT -5
Yup, 'ol "conservative" GWB joins the rest of his family in F-ing the country over yet again... Go ahead and support 'em, you'll get what you deserve in the end. President George W. Bush tells people to vote — but not for whomOctober 5, 2016 7:13 AM, By ELIZABETH KOH President George W. Bush at last weighed in on the election Tuesday night — but only to encourage his fellow citizens to vote. The former president, who has remained silent on the 2016 presidential race since his brother Jeb dropped out of the Republican nominating contests, appeared during a short video tied to an upcoming documentary about the Broadway musical “Hamilton.” “Hamilton’s America Wants You To Vote” featured a bevy of political figures encouraging citizens to fulfill their civic duty. Bush, sitting in a library with an American flag halfway out of frame, told viewers that “our future depends upon you casting a ballot.” www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article106067542.html
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Post by avordvet on Oct 12, 2016 12:27:21 GMT -5
Naw, tell me it ain't so... Most GOP Senators Defecting from Trump Backed Amnesty PushPro-'Gang of Eight' Republicans disproportionately bailing on their party's nomineeby Jeffrey H. Anderson, Updated 12 Oct 2016 at 8:36 AM In a 2013 email published a few days ago by WikiLeaks, Hillary Clinton expressed views wildly at odds with those of the American citizenry: “My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders.” Most of Donald Trump’s Republican defectors are poised to help her achieve her open-borders dream. As Republican elites continue to defy Republican voters on the crucial issue of immigration, it’s not surprising that the Senate’s open-borders crowd is refusing to back the man who—largely because of his hawkish immigration position — was chosen by Republican voters to be their party’s nominee. While only 30 percent of Senate Republicans voted for the open-borders “Gang of Eight” legislation (30 percent too many), the percentage was far higher among Trump defectors. Among senators who were in office in 2013, 55 percent (6 of 11) of those who now say that they cannot support Trump voted to support the “Gang of Eight” legislation. www.lifezette.com/polizette/most-gop-senators-defecting-from-trump-backed-amnesty-push/
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Post by avordvet on Oct 16, 2016 4:30:24 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Nov 15, 2016 6:16:43 GMT -5
Former Sen. Jim DeMint: Ryan & McConnell Have 'No More Excuses'By Barbara Hollingsworth | November 14, 2016 | 1:14 PM EST (CNSNews.com) – Heritage Foundation president and former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-OK) says that Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton means that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have “no more excuses” for failing to enact a conservative agenda. “President Trump will have a mandate from the people,” DeMint told Fox Business host Neil Cavuto last Thursday shortly before the President-elect met with President Obama and Republican leaders of Congress. Cavuto asked the former senator if Trump’s landslide victory over Clinton will allow the president-elect to lead members of his own party who did not enthusiastically support his candidacy. “He’s the one in the proverbial driver’s seat, right? And yet many of those people with whom he’ll be meeting – Speaker Ryan at first and then later on with Mitch McConnell in the Senate - they’re the ones who are leery of him, and now he’s there to tell them: ‘Well, I’m the king, right?” Cavuto asked DeMint. "Well, there are no more excuses for Paul Ryan or Mitch McConnell. They have the White House. Donald Trump won running on commonsense conservative ideas and now they have the ability to get these things done,” DeMint replied. cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-hollingsworth/heritage-foundations-jim-demint-no-more-excuses-paul-ryan-or
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Post by avordvet on Nov 15, 2016 15:50:34 GMT -5
Top tax-writing Republican says TPP trade deal not dead in CongressReuters, November 15, 2016 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady on Tuesday said Republicans should defend free trade and the party should defend the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the new Congress. "Republicans are going to continue to support the freedom to trade," the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said. When it comes to the controversial TPP, which president-elect Donald Trump has opposed, Brady said the plan was defensible... ca.news.yahoo.com/top-tax-writing-republican-says-tpp-trade-deal-134431362.html
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Post by avordvet on Nov 17, 2016 5:21:10 GMT -5
The GOP is straining at the leash to get back to business as usual... GOP Vote on Earmarks Pushed Back After Speaker Ryan IntervenesBy Jason Devaney, Wednesday, 16 Nov 2016 06:37 PM "[Ryan] said we just had a 'drain the swamp' election and cannot turn right around and bring back earmarks behind closed doors," the source told The Hill. www.newsmax.com/Politics/gop-earmarks-vote-pushed/2016/11/16/id/759290/
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Post by avordvet on Dec 5, 2016 5:05:08 GMT -5
As usual, the Republicans take their stand against America, the Constitution, and their Oaths... Senate Republicans Strip Religious Freedom Protection from Defense Spending Billby Dr. Susan Berry, 2 Dec 2016 Senate Republicans have agreed to a deal that strips an amendment protecting religious freedom for faith-based organizations from a defense spending bill, making the measure more favorable to signature by outgoing President Barack Obama. Obama threatened to veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) if the bill included the Russell Amendment, which applies religious freedom exemptions to federal grants and contracts. The NDAA is an annual piece of legislation that addresses Department of Defense budget and expenditures. The Russell Amendment restated current United States law via the First Amendment. The measure would have protected, for example, faith groups that run adoption facilities and hold beliefs in traditional marriage from being refused federal grants and contracts because of those beliefs. “Americans are fed up with Washington bureaucrats,” said Kristina Arriaga, executive director of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. “The leadership of the 115th Congress must double down against, not concede to, ridiculous, fact-free accusations meant to derail legitimate lawmaking.” www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/02/senate-republicans-strip-religious-freedom-protection-defense-spending-bill/
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Post by Michael Downing on Dec 9, 2016 9:49:38 GMT -5
www.lifezette.com/polizette/buchanan-warns-trump-wary-gop-congress/Buchanan Warns Trump: Be Wary of GOP CongressConservative commentator predicts president-elect will face fierce opposition on trade President-Elect Donald Trump is riding high during the post-election honeymoon phase, but conservative commentator Pat Buchanan predicted it might be shattered by an unlikely source — the Republican Congress. Buchanan, whose two presidential runs could be viewed as the ideological forerunners to Trump’s own successful bid this year, said on “The Laura Ingraham Show” Wednesday that Trump almost certainly will need some sort of “border tax” on imported goods if he hopes to fulfill campaign promises to reverse massive trade deficits with major trading partners. “Here’s where he’s going to run into a real crunch with the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable and all these transnational companies, which have already re-sited their factories and plants, and they’re doing it today abroad in Mexico and Asia and China and all the rest,” he said. “And you gotta take away the economic incentive for doing that from the executive board. And that’s going to take some tough decisions.”
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Post by avordvet on Dec 11, 2016 5:51:53 GMT -5
He says 'We've been fighting Barack Obama for 8 years'... they've given Obama every Spending Bill and every Debt Increase asked for, They approved damn near every radical that obama nominated to offices/departments, and throughout the eight year reign of obama, they steadfastly refused to hold ANYONE in government accountable even with damning evidence on their side, or even attempt to defund one Federal Department for their unconstitutional actions. Ryan: 'We've been fighting Barack Obama for 8 years'Published December 10, 2016 FoxNews.com The Speaker of the House said Friday that while President-elect Donald Trump and him had previously had their differences, now their relationship is great, saying at the “end of the campaign we merged forces.” In an exclusive interview with Fox News' "Hannity," Paul Ryan discussed meeting with the President-elect at Trump Tower earlier on Friday saying the two decided to “forget about any differences in the past” in order to look forward and focus on “personnel and policy.” “We agree on the same goals, our agenda is one in the same,” Ryan said of Trump. Ryan discussed his main focus during the campaign process saying his, “primary responsibility is to save House Republicans.” www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/10/ryan-weve-been-fighting-barack-obama-for-8-years.html
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Post by avordvet on Dec 30, 2016 5:08:29 GMT -5
Many of these 'obscure' 'commitees' and 'panels' need to go... shadow government indeed. Fate of Trump Tax Cuts May Rest With Secret Congressional PanelThursday, 29 Dec 2016 07:49 AM President-elect Donald Trump's goal of overhauling the U.S. tax code in 2017 will depend partly on the work of an obscure congressional committee tasked with estimating how much future economic growth will result from tax cuts. Known as the Joint Committee on Taxation, or JCT, the nonpartisan panel assigns "dynamic scores" to major tax bills in Congress, based on economic models, to forecast a bill's ultimate impact on the federal budget. The higher a tax bill's dynamic score, the more likely it is seen as spurring growth, raising tax revenues and keeping the federal deficit in check. www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/donald-trump-tax-reforms-scoring-panel/2016/12/29/id/765993/
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Post by avordvet on Dec 31, 2016 5:22:12 GMT -5
Your GOP in action, F-ing traitors all... even knowing why Trump won, the traitorous scumbags still will not come to heel. Trump’s Border Wall, Deportation Plans Face Pushback From GOPby Laura Litvan, December 30, 2016, 5:00 AM EST Donald Trump’s pledges to deport undocumented immigrants and build a U.S.-Mexico border wall helped fuel Republicans’ surprising election victories, but they now face growing challenges from fellow party members. Three Republican senators are working with Democrats to shield about 750,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation if Trump cancels a 2012 order from President Barack Obama that let them stay in the U.S. www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-30/trump-s-border-wall-deportation-plans-face-pushback-from-gop
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Post by avordvet on Jan 3, 2017 4:58:58 GMT -5
President Trump, meet "the swamp"... House GOP votes to gut independent ethics officePublished January 03, 2017 Associated Press WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Monday voted to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawmakers after several bribery and corruption scandals sent members to prison. The ethics change, which prompted an outcry from Democrats and government watchdog groups, is part of a rules package that the full House will vote on Tuesday. The package also includes a means for Republican leaders to punish lawmakers if there is a repeat of the Democratic sit-in last summer over gun control. Under the ethics change pushed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., the non-partisan Office of Congressional Ethics would fall under the control of the House Ethics Committee, which is run by lawmakers. It would be known as the Office of Congressional Complaint Review, and the rule change would require that "any matter that may involve a violation of criminal law must be referred to the Committee on Ethics for potential referral to law enforcement agencies after an affirmative vote by the members," according to Goodlatte's office. www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/03/house-gop-votes-to-gut-independent-ethics-office.html
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Post by Michael Downing on Jan 3, 2017 9:20:01 GMT -5
This is a strange way to start a new session of congress or is it? I hope this is addressed by the incoming President.
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Post by avordvet on Jan 4, 2017 5:17:32 GMT -5
House Republicans drop ethics office overhaul after Trump criticismPublished January 03, 2017 FoxNews.com WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Tuesday abruptly dropped a proposal seeking controversial changes to the Office of Congressional Ethics after President-elect Donald Trump criticized the plan, as the 115th Congress opened on a contentious note. The new Republican-controlled Congress gaveled into session at noon, and the opening day largely was being spent on leadership elections and other matters. Speaker Paul Ryan was elected to a full term in the post Tuesday afternoon. But GOP leaders worked quickly to resolve the dispute with Trump after he challenged fellow Republicans Tuesday morning on the ethics office plan. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., held a short meeting and moved to pull the language. The semi-independent ethics body was created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawmakers after several bribery and corruption scandals sent members to prison. Under the change initially pushed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., the non-partisan office would fall under the oversight of the House Ethics Committee, which is run by lawmakers. While Democrats decried the plan, Trump earlier took to Twitter to nudge Republicans to focus more on repealing ObamaCare, pursuing tax reform and other priorities. He wrote: “With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it … may be, their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance!” www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/03/house-republicans-drop-ethics-office-overhaul-after-trump-criticism.html
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Post by avordvet on Jan 7, 2017 8:36:39 GMT -5
I'll believe it when I see it, hyenas can't change their behavior from what it is... Paul Ryan Just Surrendered On Two Big IssuesAmerican Patriot Daily, 6 Jan 2017 Paul Ryan’s career has been defined by his support for two major issues – amnesty and globalist trade deals. Many have wondered how he would proceed on those fronts in the age of Trump. And Paul Ryan has given his answer. But it was not one many were expecting. Donald Trump won the Presidency on his “America First” message. The two pillars underpinning this theme were opposition to illegal immigration and opposition to global trade deals. Trump argued open borders on immigration and trade undermined American workers and American sovereignty. He pledged to build a wall along the Mexican border, oppose amnesty, and pull the United States out of multi-lateral trade deals. Many conservatives were worried that, as Speaker of the House, Ryan would try and end-run Trump by supporting amnesty legislation and revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). But Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert revealed Ryan pledged to him he would not to move on either of those fronts. Breitbart reports: www.americanpatriotdaily.com/latest/paul-ryan-just-surrendered-on-two-big-issues/
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Post by avordvet on Jan 17, 2017 5:03:17 GMT -5
Paul Ryan being Paul Ryan... an Oath breaking POS. Paul Ryan: Trump mass deportations "not happening"January 13, 2017, 4:53 AM WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans are working with the Trump transition team on a solution for immigrants brought illegally to this country as kids, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of these immigrants gained temporary protections and work permits from President Obama. While campaigning for president, Donald Trump promised to undo those protections, putting the immigrants at risk of deportation, although he said last month he hoped to “work something out” to help them. Ryan didn’t detail what Congress and Mr. Trump would do about the program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. But when questioned on a CNN town hall by a woman who identified herself as a DACA recipient with a young daughter, Ryan told her he did not want to see her deported. “I can see you love your daughter, you are a nice person who has a great future ahead of you, and I hope your future is here,” Ryan said. www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-ryan-trump-mass-deportations-not-happening/
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Post by avordvet on Jan 25, 2017 5:12:03 GMT -5
Mnuchin Backs Fed Independence and Signals Reform Isn’t Priorityby Craig Torres and Saleha Mohsin, January 24, 2017, 3:23 PM EST U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin isn’t jumping on the Republican bandwagon to audit the Fed. In written questions by senators following his confirmation hearing on Thursday, Mnuchin was asked about his thoughts on “politicizing decisions made by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the benefits of an independent central bank.” Mnuchin’s answer was crafted carefully. www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-24/mnuchin-backs-fed-independence-and-signals-reform-isn-t-priority
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Post by avordvet on Jan 26, 2017 5:43:39 GMT -5
We've been promised over and over that DAY ONE obamacare will be repealed, they said they had multiple plans just waiting to be introduced, and with eight frigging years to work on 'em they should have, BUT... GOP Acknowledges It Won’t Meet Self-Imposed Deadline to Repeal ObamacareBy Kristina Peterson, Jan 25, 2017 3:31 pm ET Two days before Republicans’ self-imposed deadline for producing legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, GOP lawmakers acknowledged they were unlikely to meet it. blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2017/01/25/gop-acknowledges-it-wont-meet-self-imposed-deadline-to-repeal-obamacare/
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