are the various last minute actions the NC congress took actually illegal or just very sleezy?
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 31 December 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
That line is what we have judges for
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Saturday, 31 December 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
If they're determined to be discriminatory = illegal
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 31 December 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
New worries about Chuck Schumer:
But the job that Reid had in mind for Schumer when he anointed him as his successor isn’t the one Schumer will actually be doing. “Schumer would be a very good majority leader under President Hillary Clinton, and that’s what he thought he was signing up for,” says one prominent Democratic strategist, noting how aggressively Schumer waded into several Democratic Senate primaries in 2016. “He made the calculation that he wanted to win the Senate with people who were easily tamable and then he could be a majority leader like LBJ, just ramming things through.” As a minority leader with a Republican in the White House, however, Schumer will have a very different task — and there’s concern among some Democrats that he might not be cut out for it. “Chuck will go to the ramparts on an issue when it’s polling at 60 percent, but as soon as it gets hairy, he’s gone,” says one senior Democratic Senate aide. “Chuck wants issues to have no negatives, but it’s the Trump era. He’s looking at polls showing 60 percent for the Carrier deal” — in which Trump persuaded the company to keep a furnace plant in the U.S. in exchange for $7 million in tax breaks — “and thinking to himself, Maybe we should support that."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 December 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
count on it
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 January 2017 00:17 (seven years ago) link
Interesting that DT has rebuked the House GOP for gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics.
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
Very mildly, though.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 37m37 minutes ago........may be, their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance! #DTS1,628 replies 2,427 retweets 8,451 likesReply 1.6K Retweet 2.4K Like 8.5K More Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 41m41 minutes agoWith all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it1,550 replies 2,724 retweets 8,313 likesReply 1.6K Retweet 2.7K Like 8.3K More
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
I thought he had given up Drain The Swamp?
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
I think he tried to, but big dumb Gingrich opened his big dumb mouth.
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
unfair as it ............may be
― altony rightano (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
Any chance any Republicans will bolt and vote against that when the full House votes on it today?
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
why would they do that
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
It looks even more sneaky and underhanded than usual, and Lord God Trump criticized it. I don't really think it'll happen, I was just wondering what ILX's other political tacticians thought.
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 16:16 (seven years ago) link
Except he didn't, and there's no reason to believe Republican politicians care about what Trump says.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, January 3, 2017 10:14 AM (one hour ago)
You knew the answer to this question before you asked it, right?
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 17:21 (seven years ago) link
time for a new thread buddies
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
What a charmer Jeff Sessions is/was.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 January 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link