63 thoughts on “So do Republicans have a way to evict the Democrats from the HR Well?”
Instead, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) will call for a vote to overturn the Labor Department’s new rule requiring financial advisers to act in the best interest of their clients.
fortunately, they're not very bright. since there is no filibuster, there's no rules requiring what Dems do. Ryan can pull his stunt but the Dems can keep right on going with their sit in
It's not even a good stunt to try to use. Really? Breaking it with an attempt at a vote to allow people to get screwed over? It's like they're not even trying to stop the sit-in.
Since this didn't work, I hope Ryan goes with the Plan B he's been whispering about: having them arrested as trespassers. Yes, please, do have John Lewis and Tammy Duckworth dragged off in cuffs, Mr. Future Ex-Speaker. Please.
geez, I hope so. Hey, AZ is actually trending purple too! Drumpf is down in Tucson and Phoenix, it's only the rural shlubs and methheads keeping him close
Well, he's endorsed Trump so I'm assuming he's just dumb enough to try something like that.
Ryan: I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!
The rest of the GOP: We're just the guys to do it!
The worst part? The vote that Ryan won't let to the floor is on H.R. 5544 a bill from David Jolly R-FL. It got shunted to committee to die a lonely death. It's basically No Fly-No Buy with some fixes for the No Fly list to add due process protections for anyone denied a gun purchase IOW a common sense compromise that begins to address some of the problems with the terror watch list. it's certainly not going to fix everything, but it's the entire crux of the argument that the GOP used in the Senate to vote no. Give them a fix and these cowards won't even let it on the floor, even when it comes from one of their own
And really its flaws are beside the point. All of these legislators know darn well that once it passes both houses it would be tweaked in committee to be a better bill.
Was a tweet on the periscope feed . So I'm confused, where was the vote on the fiduciary bill? That's the speaker's chair behind the well, right? I coulda missed that while making hobo beans for supper, though.
Madame Radio est en feu. She called Connolly's (D, VA) office and someone answered!!1! They said he is on the floor now.
I love that woman.
Fuck the NRA: they support terrorists because they are terrorists. And fuck their lickspittles in Congress.
Appearances mean something. I'll repeat this, [can't remember who said it years ago] for all their faults, the Dem's in Congress look more like America than the GOP.
House Republicans will attempt to wrest control of the House from Democrats staging a sit-in over gun control with a vote to override President Obama's fiduciary rule.
“It will be loud and probably be noisy,” Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), part of Speaker Paul Ryan’s group of advisers, told reporters after House Republicans held a special meeting about how they should respond to the day-long Democratic sit-in.
“You might want to get in the gallery and watch the show,” Dent added.
Goddamn right I'll watch you assholes openly admit you don't think financial advisors shouldn't have to work in their clients' best interests. My Reagan-supporting father voted for both Kerry and Obama after seeing what happens when someone who is ignorant of the basics of foreign affairs and who blindly supports deregulation of Wall Street takes the White House. Pass the popcorn, folks!
Heh. Also errrrrrrrrr, ummmmmmmm too. …….declaring an early start to that holiday break, effective immediately. “We are not going to allow stunts like this to keep us from carrying on the peoples’ business,”
–Guess Who.
Instead, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) will call for a vote to overturn the Labor Department’s new rule requiring financial advisers to act in the best interest of their clients.
seriously, fuck these assholes
what an asshole.
the putsch is on- fuck that coward Ryan
all those fuckers in "safe" districts think he's too liberal. Wouldn't it be great if the GOP's own gerrymandering helped them implode?
I feel like we're playing a game of political chicken with the GOP right now. At stake? Just thousands of lives.
fortunately, they're not very bright. since there is no filibuster, there's no rules requiring what Dems do. Ryan can pull his stunt but the Dems can keep right on going with their sit in
It's not even a good stunt to try to use. Really? Breaking it with an attempt at a vote to allow people to get screwed over? It's like they're not even trying to stop the sit-in.
could they have picked worse optics? sorry, we're too busy sucking up to wall street to deal with the epidemic of dead bodies
I'm sure Wayne LaPierre would restore order there but quick.
Seriously, if this gun shit ever changes, it'll take generations, but you gotta start somewhere.
Since this didn't work, I hope Ryan goes with the Plan B he's been whispering about: having them arrested as trespassers. Yes, please, do have John Lewis and Tammy Duckworth dragged off in cuffs, Mr. Future Ex-Speaker. Please.
That'd be showing he can handle that chamber! You know what happened when Boehner did a couple of majority votes without the majority of his caucus!
Just think of the campaign ads…
Pfft, that would get Ryan in the history books. I mean, as a villain, but he'd be there!
as if this shit isn't polarized enough. Do you think it'd hurt or help him with his base?
in Wisconsin? They're not that rabid (Scooter notwithstanding)
Yeah, I think WI might be recovering from that bad 10 year drunken binge they were on: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/sena…
geez, I hope so. Hey, AZ is actually trending purple too! Drumpf is down in Tucson and Phoenix, it's only the rural shlubs and methheads keeping him close
Well, he's endorsed Trump so I'm assuming he's just dumb enough to try something like that.
Ryan: I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!
The rest of the GOP: We're just the guys to do it!
Maybe they can recruit Cruz out of the Senate for this! He's experienced in running off cliffs!
and getting the House to follow
I can't wait for the optics of Ryan having John Lewis dragged off in cuffs- kiss that minority outreach goodbye pubbies!
The worst part? The vote that Ryan won't let to the floor is on H.R. 5544 a bill from David Jolly R-FL. It got shunted to committee to die a lonely death. It's basically No Fly-No Buy with some fixes for the No Fly list to add due process protections for anyone denied a gun purchase IOW a common sense compromise that begins to address some of the problems with the terror watch list. it's certainly not going to fix everything, but it's the entire crux of the argument that the GOP used in the Senate to vote no. Give them a fix and these cowards won't even let it on the floor, even when it comes from one of their own
And really its flaws are beside the point. All of these legislators know darn well that once it passes both houses it would be tweaked in committee to be a better bill.
Paul Ryan: The Smart One.
I think I heard John Boehner cackling at this comment.
That orange SOB is drinking and chortling as we speak
Like a rat toasting a sinking ship from shore
"Thank GOD I'm not in charge anymore!"
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that is fucking hilarious! Yours?
I wish there was really a God so she could just zap Louie Gohmert out of existence. Such a scumbag.
That was Gohmert?!!!?
Get the net! Get the net!!
Yes, and the congresswoman he was screaming at has Orlando in her district.
the fucking gall. Thanks for making her reelection pitch that much easier
Louie Louie
I said you gotta go now
My thoughts and prayers go out to Paul Ryan and all the poor Republicans in their time of grief
(How about that? It doesn't really help, eh pubbies?)
don't cloud the issues with facts
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have you been in wonkville's spam folder?
Was a tweet on the periscope feed . So I'm confused, where was the vote on the fiduciary bill? That's the speaker's chair behind the well, right? I coulda missed that while making hobo beans for supper, though.
lol, it looks like our spam folder, minus the viagra pitch and the compliments about how much they enjoy reading our website
"Beware false compliments"
"But I have one suggestion…"
Damn. Missed that.
House Democrats interrupt Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan by singing We Shall Overcome as the speaker attempts to hold a vote
Coupons for the No-Fliers!
Madame Radio est en feu. She called Connolly's (D, VA) office and someone answered!!1! They said he is on the floor now.
I love that woman.
Fuck the NRA: they support terrorists because they are terrorists. And fuck their lickspittles in Congress.
Cool.
She also pulled up this goody: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upshot/compare-…
What a woman! You lucky guy.
Yeah, there's trolls in the periscope tweets: But Bathtubs KILL!!!!!
Appearances mean something. I'll repeat this, [can't remember who said it years ago] for all their faults, the Dem's in Congress look more like America than the GOP.
yes they do, but the GOP looks more like their base. Now if we could only get them to be the _size_ of their base, all would be well.
Goddamn right I'll watch you assholes openly admit you don't think financial advisors shouldn't have to work in their clients' best interests. My Reagan-supporting father voted for both Kerry and Obama after seeing what happens when someone who is ignorant of the basics of foreign affairs and who blindly supports deregulation of Wall Street takes the White House. Pass the popcorn, folks!
/FFS
Ryan's 'Stop the Stunt' hash https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopTheStunt?src=hash…
"nothing more than a publicity stunt", right, like the fifty million "stop obamacare" things you guys did?
I'm pretty sure turning off the cameras and trying to ram through an unrelated bill is also a stunt
So whaddaya gonna do about it , Speaker Ryan? Revoke Dem's press credentials?
eta: seize all cell phones?
Hold the floor!
Hold the floor!
So, they……….what…….convened a session, then voted to adjourn for an hour?
Well, Imma leave glass to monitor the House later, and keep an eye on those storms that are gonna hit sps in a while.
Heh. Also errrrrrrrrr, ummmmmmmm too.
…….declaring an early start to that holiday break, effective immediately. “We are not going to allow stunts like this to keep us from carrying on the peoples’ business,”
–Guess Who.
"The people" is code for "The head of the NRA"