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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:47 PM Apr 2018

170 Members Of Congress Call For Scott Pruitt's Resignation

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Kate Riga | April 18, 2018 4:38 pm

One hundred and seventy members of Congress signed a resolution calling for the resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Wednesday afternoon.

A group of 131 representatives and 39 senators, all Democrats, enumerated the reasons they are calling for his ouster, ranging from his shrinking of EPA staff to delaying investigations of pollution violations.

Pruitt has been buried in bad press recently, as news of his suspiciously cheap D.C. apartment, overzealous use of secret service sirens, and freehanded raises became public knowledge.

Some Republican lawmakers have also called for his resignation, though none of them signed Wednesday’s resolution.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/170-members-of-congress-call-on-scott-pruitt-to-resign

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170 Members Of Congress Call For Scott Pruitt's Resignation (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2018 OP

Some Republican lawmakers have also called for his resignation, though none of them signed Wednesda riversedge Apr 2018 #1

No spine! FakeNoose Apr 2018 #4

K & R 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2018 #2

*Some Republicans* appears to be...3? Leghorn21 Apr 2018 #3

Ros-Lehtinen only has a League of Conservation Voters Hortensis Apr 2018 #5

could be the start of something big. (not)! riversedge Apr 2018 #7

Unfortunately, if only Democrats are on board with this, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #6

Kick Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 #8

riversedge

(70,220 posts)

1. Some Republican lawmakers have also called for his resignation, though none of them signed Wednesda

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:51 PM

Apr 2018

cowards

Some Republican lawmakers have also called for his resignation, though none of them signed Wednesday’s resolution.

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)

4. No spine!

Reply to riversedge (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:54 PM

Apr 2018

Not a single GOP incumbent deserves to be re-elected in November. Not one!

50 Shades Of Blue

(9,993 posts)

2. K & R

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:52 PM

Apr 2018

Glad to see my rep. and 2 senators signed it!

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

3. *Some Republicans* appears to be...3?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:53 PM

Apr 2018

From link:

A third Republican member of Congress has now called for the resignation of embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Thursday joined fellow Republican Reps. Carlos Curbelo (FL) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL) in calling upon Pruitt to exit the EPA over multiple ethics scandals.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

5. Ros-Lehtinen only has a League of Conservation Voters

Reply to Leghorn21 (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 05:05 PM

Apr 2018

overall score of 33%, but she's not running for reelection so is free to become another newly sorta "principled" Republican.

Conversely, the League, which had given Curbelo the highest score of all house Repubs, dropped him from 53% overall (such as for opposing withdrawal from Paris accord) to 23% last year (such as approving tax plan for oil drilling) because he's fighting for reelection and thinks his voters will approve despicable destructiveness. Miami Republicans who have seawater spurting out their manholes!