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The eight congressmen: Tom Emmer (R-MN) Warren Davidson (R-OH) Byron Donalds (R-FL) Ted Budd (R-NC) Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) Ritchi
by ericbarrett 4y ago
The eight congressmen:
Tom Emmer (R-MN)
Warren Davidson (R-OH)
Byron Donalds (R-FL)
Ted Budd (R-NC)
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
Darren Soto (D-FL)
The signed letter: https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/0/c/0c7fc863-7916-4b19-bc44-52bef772287e/9B0B9D1CA9B3C215DDC762DF5B0F6864.3.16.22.emmer.sec.letter.pdf https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/0/c/0c7fc863-7916-4b19-...
- googlryas 4y agoHow much was donated to them versus other senators?
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- HarryHirsch 4y agoA sufficient amount of money, clearly.
- qup 4y agoIf one of the Ds or Rs was flipped, we could all condemn the most-guilty party with great conviction.
- smt88 4y agoI don't know anyone with basic knowledge of Congress who doesn't understand that lobbying heavily influences both parties, although not at all equally.
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- dotancohen 4y agoPossibly, but what percentage of the population actually has the basic knowledge you presume?
- smt88 4y agoA large percentage. There's a reason Trump's “drain the swamp” slogan resonated with so many people.
- constantcrying 4y agoVery glad to see that in the US political divisions can still be overcome and there can be a bipartisan effort to allow criminals to hide from the scrutiny of the SEC.
- ekianjo 4y agoPoliticians right and left have no problem with taking a big check to further their own interests.
- mc32 4y agoTheir parties should kick them out and replace them with more principled people.
- joxel 4y agoAu contrare, Ted budd just got promoted to senator.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoThis comment makes no sense in the context of America. I guess you're from a country with some sort of Parliamentary system where governments are formed when a party is elected? In America, parties aren't elected and don't form governments. Accordingly, an American political party cannot kick out a congressman, much less replace one. To remove a congressman requires a two third vote (from congress, not from a political party); this never happens in the modern era without a criminal conviction as the impetus. And nether congress or a political party can simply bring in a new congressman; you'd need another election for that.
- lostmsu 4y agoIt still can be done for the next term. AFAIK there is no limit on terms and people stay in congress far too long for my taste.
- themitigating 4y agoIf they punished them, especially in a way that would cause then not be funded in their next election, they could just switch parties.
- HelloNurse 4y agoWhich would make the party that expels them look good, and the party that takes them and their funding on board look bad.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> parties should kick them out and replace them with more principled people Their parties could evict them. But they’d retain their seats. Their voters gave those to them.
- scaredginger 4y agoWhy do they keep telling us bipartisanship is dead?
- smitty1e 4y agoBecause once Cthulhu devoured the Ds and Rs there was no "bi", only bones.
- godzillabrennus 4y ago80% is still agreed upon by the uniparty. It’s the fringes on either side that make it so the government can’t agree on the other 20%.
- mushbino 4y agoThat's how they market it anyway
- funstuff007 4y agobecause both parties can agree that the B in BIPOC stands for billionaires.
- Xeoncross 4y agoI think you'll find a lot of the things they tell us are wrong