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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 01:01 PM
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What does the "Motion to Censure" mean exactly other than
the possibility of subpoena's for the Dick and Bush.

Does this suspend any type of powers??:shrug:
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 01:04 PM
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1. a reprimand for inappropriate behaviour, formal condemnation
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 01:08 PM
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2. I believe censures could also include fines.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 01:09 PM
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3. Censure in the United States
Censure in the United States

Censure is a congressional procedure for reprimanding the President of the United States or a member of Congress for inappropriate behaviour. News and other media use the term often to confuse and disorient their audience. News stations have been known to use the word incorrectly or even use the word to distract their viewers from lack of content. When used to condemn the President, however, it serves merely as a condemnation and has no direct effect on the validity of presidency. Unlike impeachment, censure has no basis in the constitution, or in the rules of the Senate and House of Representatives. It derives from the formal condemnation of either congressional body of their own members.

Sometimes the members of Congress will force the Congressional person being censured to sit at a desk in Congress in the middle of the room. Then each member of Congress is allowed 5 or 10 minutes to yell, scream, scold and/or berate this person. This can be embarassing to the person.

Sounds like something from "Doctor Phil."

The one and only time a President has ever been censured was in 1834 when, under Whig control, the Senate censured Democratic President Andrew Jackson for withholding documents. The censure was expunged in 1837 when the Senate came under the control of the Democrats.

Though no framework for the process of censuring a President exists, it would likely come in the form of a concurrent resolution between both chambers, and then a public announcement. It would carry no legal effect but would probably be damaging to the president's image. There was talk of censuring President Bill Clinton in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but ultimately full impeachment was pursued instead.

In 2004, there were calls from groups such as MoveOn.org to censure President George W. Bush for allegedly lying to Congress about the claims made about weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) by the administration in the build up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. These calls have been largely ignored by Congress due in large part that every high ranking member of the Democratic Party had said the same thing President Bush had, both before and after his election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censure
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sybylla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 01:15 PM
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4. It means pukes get to suggest on TV that they actuallly
Edited on Tue Dec-20-05 01:16 PM by sybylla
did something about the chimps tyrannical behavior without giving him more than the equivalent of a slap on the wrist and a wink.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 01:24 PM
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5. It's the ALTERNATIVE to impeaching, when you know that impeachment
won't happen.
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