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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. Schiff is totally awesome!
Talking to reporters just now about a Codel has never been cancelled before like this. Mentioned the Devos trip. Congress is not going to roll over for Trump. They will do their oversight.
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Rep. Schiff is totally awesome! (Original Post)
avebury
Jan 2019
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Rump and the GOP are traitors who work for putin, denying American actions like
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)1. Rump and the GOP are traitors who work for putin, denying American actions like
this is treason.
Need to arrest rump and try him for treason.
poli-junkie
(1,007 posts)2. What does "Codel" mean?
MLAA
(17,340 posts)3. Here you go
codel. Noun. (plural codels) Abbreviation of congressional delegation., government-paid trips abroad, designed to give lawmakers first-hand knowledge of matters relevant to their legislation.
poli-junkie
(1,007 posts)4. Thanks! Learned something new
Talitha
(6,625 posts)5. Thanks... me too!!!
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)6. there was also a recent Republican CODEL
to Afghanistan as well.
PJMcK
(22,057 posts)7. There's an episode of "The West Wing" that features a codel
It was the first time I had heard the term. The episode is scary and sad but brilliant as is most of the series.