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MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:02 PM Jan 2017

First Victory. GOP pulls measure killing ethics investigation group.

Everyone pay attention, please. Public clamor forced the House republicans to back down from their self-serving plan.

We can do this again. We must do this again and again and again during this Congress.

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First Victory. GOP pulls measure killing ethics investigation group. (Original Post) MineralMan Jan 2017 OP
CNN reported there was huge public outcry. PearliePoo2 Jan 2017 #1
It shows just how stupid and arrogant GOP lawmakers are. MineralMan Jan 2017 #2
I'm sure they do it againt in 6 months and no one will stop them Blue Shoes Jan 2017 #19
Truth!!! We need to be loud and proud!! AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #3
Exactly. Make yourself heard. MineralMan Jan 2017 #6
It needs to be made abundantly clear to these un-representatives they have NO MANDATE. Hugin Jan 2017 #4
Let's help make it so! MineralMan Jan 2017 #9
this is how it begins bdamomma Jan 2017 #5
Exactly. MineralMan Jan 2017 #7
they know they have no mandate. mopinko Jan 2017 #8
We need to keep reminding them of that, too. MineralMan Jan 2017 #10
I wish this had happened over Merrick Garland. nt Qutzupalotl Jan 2017 #11
The level of outrage wasn't high enough. MineralMan Jan 2017 #12
I suspect they'll try something a bit more subtle in the coming weeks. Snarkoleptic Jan 2017 #13
I suspect it had more to do with Groper Don the Con's complaint that this malaise Jan 2017 #14
Yet the MSM is giving Trump credit for them backing down Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 #15
The media often gets things wrong. MineralMan Jan 2017 #16
Resistance won the Mandate! The Mandate is resistance! Madam45for2923 Jan 2017 #17
So Much For Draining The Swamp colsohlibgal Jan 2017 #18

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
1. CNN reported there was huge public outcry.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:08 PM
Jan 2017

Congressional phones were ringing off the hook with callers voicing disgust. The GOP swamp critters got the message!

Hugin

(33,148 posts)
4. It needs to be made abundantly clear to these un-representatives they have NO MANDATE.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:16 PM
Jan 2017

If anything they have an anti-mandate.

Anti-Mandate - Defined as, take what you were going to do, reverse it, and do it that way, instead. Or best choice, "If it ain't broke, don't do it."

A bit of good news, let's hope it becomes a torrent.

mopinko

(70,112 posts)
8. they know they have no mandate.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:21 PM
Jan 2017

no matter how they might lie about that, they know it to the soles of their feet.

he who lives by the tweet, dies by the tweet.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
10. We need to keep reminding them of that, too.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:23 PM
Jan 2017

It will take a constant effort. Everyone needs to have his or her congressional representative and Senators in their contact directory and use them frequently to protest every ugly bill that comes up. Every time. Every bill, and encourage others to do the same. That applies to Republicans and Democrats alike. Let them hear us roar when they try to shove something up our backsides.

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
13. I suspect they'll try something a bit more subtle in the coming weeks.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:41 PM
Jan 2017

Maybe tamper with it's funding, scope, management, or somesuch mischief.
I've got my congresscritter on speed dial and will ride him like a pony.

So much fun to see the roaches scurry when the light comes on!

malaise

(269,011 posts)
14. I suspect it had more to do with Groper Don the Con's complaint that this
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:44 PM
Jan 2017

looked really bad as their first priority.

Don't forget that - this was their first priority - looting from government with impunity.
They will sneak this in again

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,996 posts)
15. Yet the MSM is giving Trump credit for them backing down
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:44 PM
Jan 2017

Credit that Trump is all too happy to take. But then that's the story of his life, taking credit for other people's work.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
18. So Much For Draining The Swamp
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 05:39 PM
Jan 2017

Everyday workers who voted for this fraud will pay dearly for once again being conned and voting directly contrary to their own personal interest.

The old saying is it is always darkest before the dawn....let us hope this is how it plays out.

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