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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans suddenly hate the subpoena-powers that they themselves gave to Congress in 2015.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/28/house-republicans-subpoena-trump-943265House Republicans changed the rules in 2015 to allow many of their committee chairmen to issue subpoenas without consulting the minority party, overriding Democrats objections that likened the tactic to something out of the McCarthy era.
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Before the 2015 rule change, most House subpoenas needed at least some bipartisan cover, requiring a majority vote of committee members and consultation with a panels ranking member. The change erased those requirements and allowed the chairmen to proceed unilaterally, although the exact rules vary by committee.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,922 posts)" to issue subpoenas without consulting the minority party"
Kevin McCarthy Demands Pelosi Suspend Impeachment and Agree to 'Co-Equal' GOP Control
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212541587
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These two articles should be twinned.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)Pleez dont make us.
Madame Speaker: bwahahahaa go fuck yourselves.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)consider the consequences of their actions.
alwaysinasnit
(5,075 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,502 posts)They will scream from the rooftops
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)If Mitch McConnell is re-elected (pui pui pui), but is now Minority Leader, he will not only insist the Democrats return to the norms he blew up, he will deny having blowing them up, instead denouncing the "unprecedented obstructionism."
Me.
(35,454 posts)Let's get those aides before Congress
tblue37
(65,489 posts)elections to make sure of it.
meow2u3
(24,773 posts)I'm glad Speaker Pelosi put Kevin "Joseph" McCarthy in his place, reminding him who the majority is.