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US Congress CXV Thread: Don't Ask, Won't Tell
So It Goes
We keep moving...Registered User regular
We keep moving...Registered User regular
Previous OP:
We have lots of threads about the other branches of government. But what about everyone's favorite branch, the Legislative? We're a month or so into the 115th Congress, and there's a lot of things going on! This is your spot to discuss bills moving their way through congress, upcoming votes, hearings that may be going on, and general congressional drama.
But first, let's take a look at our congressional leadership.
In the House, the current Speaker is Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin 1st District). His stated agenda is repealing the ACA, and he would also like to replace it with something. He's not sure what he'll be replacing it with, but rest assured it will be great. He also wants to cut taxes for rich people and raise them for poor people. Please don't ask him about Donald Trump.
The House minority leader is still Nancy Pelosi (D- California 12th District).
In the Senate, we have our Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). He's a big fan of the Trump agenda so far, as I would hope, considering his wife is in Trump's cabinet.
Our Senate Minority Leader is Chuck Schumer (D - New York).
Last but not least, many members have been recently deluged with calls, letters, emails about a lot of the actions the Trump administration has been taking. A lot of congresspeople have had some pretty rough townhalls lately, too. For example:
This is also the place to discuss those! This is not the place to discuss Trump's cabinet, his executive orders, his hair, the Surpreme Court, or the hit 90's sitcom Friends, except in how they pertain to Congress.
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
Go forth and let the congresscritters have a piece of your mind
We have lots of threads about the other branches of government. But what about everyone's favorite branch, the Legislative? We're a month or so into the 115th Congress, and there's a lot of things going on! This is your spot to discuss bills moving their way through congress, upcoming votes, hearings that may be going on, and general congressional drama.
But first, let's take a look at our congressional leadership.
In the House, the current Speaker is Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin 1st District). His stated agenda is repealing the ACA, and he would also like to replace it with something. He's not sure what he'll be replacing it with, but rest assured it will be great. He also wants to cut taxes for rich people and raise them for poor people. Please don't ask him about Donald Trump.
The House minority leader is still Nancy Pelosi (D- California 12th District).
In the Senate, we have our Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). He's a big fan of the Trump agenda so far, as I would hope, considering his wife is in Trump's cabinet.
Our Senate Minority Leader is Chuck Schumer (D - New York).
Last but not least, many members have been recently deluged with calls, letters, emails about a lot of the actions the Trump administration has been taking. A lot of congresspeople have had some pretty rough townhalls lately, too. For example:
This is also the place to discuss those! This is not the place to discuss Trump's cabinet, his executive orders, his hair, the Surpreme Court, or the hit 90's sitcom Friends, except in how they pertain to Congress.
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
Go forth and let the congresscritters have a piece of your mind
This might be worth adding to the OP:
https://www.everycrsreport.com
The rep from my old district (Mike Quigley D-IL 05) is working with some other Congress critters to have every Congressional Research Service report available to the public since they are available to any Member of Congress by request.
So It Goes on
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What is very explicitly not on topic?
Official prevention of cross contamination post.
Trump admin and foreign policy issues: Foreign Policy Thread
Trump admin/family corruption and grift not related to Russia: Corruption/Grift/Ethics Violations in the Trump Administration
General Middle East goings on: The Middle East Thread
Trump admin/government's treatment of the press: Freedom of the Press Thread
Trump immigration policy, Muslim ban and beyond: Immigration Policy Thread
Finally: propose a witty thread title and I'll pick one later today. I'm all out of wits today.
Implies he's advocating for the dead, not to make more of them.
The second rule of AHCA is you better not talk about the AHCA or we will drag you out of your wheelchair and kick you out of the building sans wheelchair
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Law and Order ≠ Justice
We're all dead already. That's the only thing that explains....*gestures all around*
I was on the secret committee but not the double secret one
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That's what the mods say, but it's really just an intern in SIG's closet.
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Congress CXV: Not a thread about the 2018 elections.
Wouldn't it be scheduled for page like, four?
You don't get to find out about the title options until the thread is about to close!
Yeah that's super how you make a comeback by starting a pissing match match between House minority leadership and democratic rookie congresspeople.
Tension's been growing as the GOP's made successful inroads in areas where Unions used to keep the people voting Democrat. The problem is that many from these areas insist that the party needs to downplay social justice issues in order to try to reclaim these people, and that simply isn't going to happen in the party anymore. Not on the national level, anyway.
Folks like Tim Ryan are buying into the Sanders myth that there's a dichotomy between social justice and economic justice and that focusing on one loses you the other.
The only valid critique from Ryan and his crew is that Dem House leadership is ancient. Here's something i posted on GAF yesterday.
Only 5 of the Dem Ranking Members are too young to get Medicare.
Lee Fang is an investigative journalist for the Intercept.
reading this sort of thing always gets my hackles up
1) the source is the infamous Guccifer 2.0
2) if this stuff is true, and Dems continue to listen, they will continue to never hold the majority and will keep losing elections nationwide
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Reread the mod post after the OP, then read it again.
https://www.everycrsreport.com
The rep from my old district (Mike Quigley D-IL 05) is working with some other Congress critters to have every Congressional Research Service report available to the public since they are available to any Member of Congress by request.
Just in case anybody forgets that one of our Representatives committed assault, pled guilty, and was essentially slapped on the wrist.
When you're a white Republican man I guess you just get to be above the law. Remember when people used to resign in shame whenever they did something scandalous?
I hope the stunt ruined his day but I doubt it fazed him.
Turns out shame was the only mechanism. Voters don't care.
It is just beyond stupid, on a cosmic level, to think Democrats have a problem because they couldn't flip these districts. Or won't be able to flip the House in 2018, or win a Presidential election in 2020.
Or that Pelosi is somehow a drag on the Democratic Party.
I am closing this until further notice. Doesn't seem to be a need for discussing legislation at this point.
Geth, close the thread.