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Journal by DeathMonkey
Well the good news is that most congresscritters do, and Trump's fake-ass emergency was rejected.
41 Republican Senators and 182 Republican House Representatives, on the other hand, just proved how completely full of crap they are.
Remember when executive overreach was a thing?
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"I have not the slightest confidence in 'spiritual manifestations.'"
-- Robert G. Ingersoll
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday March 14 2019, @09:27PM (5 children)
I absolutely agree that the purse strings belong in congress. And this is what happens when you give the executive more power while your guy is in. You'd think one of these times someone would remember that the other side is going to get any power they give their own in a few years. Nah, never happen.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 14 2019, @10:54PM (3 children)
Well I'll give Republican Sen. Mike Lee some props.
I'm sure he's an asshole about pretty much everything else but I was pulling apoplectic Republican quotes about Emperor Obama and his was in the list.
He's one of the 12 Rs who voted against Trump. So there.
(Score: 1, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday March 15 2019, @12:42AM (2 children)
I won't. I try to never assume a congressman will vote their conscience on anything, ever. I'm quite sure he was either getting compensated in some way for this or didn't want to lose a perfectly good rallying cry by actually accomplishing something from the perspective of his voters.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Friday March 15 2019, @01:51AM (1 child)
I try to never assume a congressman will vote their conscience on anything, ever.
They might give it a shot in their first term, of course it all goes out the window when they suffer the consequences. Voters don't care, so this what we get. To bad everybody's still playing this republican/democrat bullshit.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday March 15 2019, @04:05AM
It's like highschool football in the middle of the country. You yell at the ref even when you just watched your neighbor's kid take his helmet off and smash someone in the knee with it. Tribalism at its most simplistic.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @12:16AM
One of the biggest problems with having your head up your own or someone else's ass is that you cannot see that far ahead.