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Remember when executive overreach was a thing?

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.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 14 2019, @10:54PM (3 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday March 14 2019, @10:54PM (#814522) Journal

    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.

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday March 15 2019, @12:42AM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Friday March 15 2019, @12:42AM (#814565) Homepage Journal

    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.

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    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Friday March 15 2019, @01:51AM (1 child)

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Friday March 15 2019, @01:51AM (#814592) Journal

      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.

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