The Democratic Party can't win the battle against stupidity. Republicans vow to repeal Obamacare despite the possibility of causing a backlash against those who enrolled and the agencies that need it. Minority Leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) do their presser blasting Republicans.
Stupidity continues to plague the American government. Republicans passed a budget resolution early morning sealing their pledge to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act.
So if you have pre-existing conditions, be prepared to pay out of pocket because the morons in Washington allowed their egos drive their votes. And they dismissed the anger from constituents as "scare tactics".
51 to 48 members of the Senate gave way to Republicans taking away 20 to 30 million enrolled Americans from having health insurance. Whereas lawmakers can get healthcare for their families, you won't get affordable health coverage for your family.
Now eight years later, Republicans are making good on their promise to "repeal and replace" the law.
It comes as no surprise that the fuhrer has nothing to worry about. He's got the best doctors to take care of him and his family. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) can literally have health care at the drop of a dime. The Republicans are allowing their egos get in the way of making good on helping the American people.
Two cocks in a barrel of monkeys.
Regardless of the scare tactics, Democrats seething from their defeat are promising "no compromise" with the fuhrer. The spineless Democrats (yeah, Heidi Heitkamp, Joe Manchin, Jon Tester, Bob Casey, and Bob Menendez) will stand in the way of getting things done. They want to protect their healthcare and their jobs. They can't even take a bullet for the team. I mean what worthless bunch of lawmakers we elect.
I guess the concern will be now getting rid of liability coverage for drivers of motorized vehicles.
If they repeal the healthcare law, maybe we should strip out liability insurance. After all most states require you to have liability insurance when you operate a vehicle.
The fuhrer wants Republicans to get something out the gate quickly, because they can't pass this law without having a backup. Because if they repeal a law without making any replacement, it's going to be a complicated mess created by ___________!
They'll began blaming President Barack Obama for their decision to repeal the healthcare law.
The Republican Party shut down the government and caused such uproars while in power and now they're rewarded for it.
Looks like President Barack Obama bitch slapped the unproductive Congress again.
And it seems like the Republicans and conservatives are having another temper tantrum over this.
The president signed an executive order today signaling that effective December 1, 2016, any worker who is making less than $47,000 a year in wage earnings will be eligible for overtime pay. only 7% of the working force gets overtime pay. Most Americans agree with this idea. Salaried workers will be eligible for overtime.
Cue the conservative outrage.
The unproductive Congress didn't pass any legislation that would help the middle class. The minimum wage hasn't been risen in ten years. If the Congress would have passed legislation that would adjust the cost of living to match the wages earned, things would be better for the working class.
The Republicans sit on their high horses complaining about the economy being in the tank. They complain that the working class isn't working under Obama. And in the same breathe, they don't want to pass any laws to make life better for the middle class.
The Department of Labor is finalizing a rule to update overtime protections so they can help millions more Americans. The final rule, which takes effect on December 1, 2016, doubles the salary threshold—from $23,660 to $47,476 per year—under which most salaried workers are guaranteed overtime (hourly workers are generally guaranteed overtime pay regardless of their earnings level). Additionally, this new level will be automatically updated every three years to ensure that workers continue to earn the pay they deserve.
Increasing overtime protections is another step in the President’s effort to grow and strengthen the middle class by raising Americans’ wages. This extra income will not only mean a better life for American families impacted by overtime protections, but will boost our economy across the board as these families spend their hard-earned wages.
This new rule takes into account input from 270,000 public comments and extensive outreach meetings with employers, business associations, small businesses, workers, worker advocates, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and state and local government representatives. It will:
Raise the salary threshold from $23,660 to $47,476 a year, or from $455 to $913 a week. This doubles the current salary threshold while being responsive to public comments regarding regional variations in income by setting the salary threshold at the 40th percentile of full-time salaried workers in the lowest income Census region (currently the South). Tying the salary threshold to the lowest-wage region of the country has strong historical precedent in previous rulemakings.
Raise Americans’ wages by an estimated $12 billion over the next 10 years, with an average increase of $1.2 billion annually. At the same time, employers retain considerable flexibility in how they comply with the new rule, such as increasing salaries to at least the new threshold to keep positions that are primarily executive, administrative, or professional exempt from overtime pay; paying overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 in a week; or reducing overtime hours.
Extend overtime protections to 4.2 million additional workers who are not currently eligible for overtime under federal law. Others who may already be eligible for overtime will also benefit as the higher salary threshold will serve as a useful bright line test for workers—and their employers—to understand whether they are eligible for overtime. The number of workers in each state who will benefit from the rule can be found HERE.
Update the salary threshold every three years. The updates will ensure the threshold is maintained at the 40th percentile of full-time salaried workers in the lowest income region of the country. Based on projections of wage growth, the threshold is expected to rise to more than $51,000 with the first update on January 1, 2020.
Raise the “highly compensated employee” threshold – from $100,000 to $134,004 – above which only a minimal showing is needed to demonstrate an employee is not eligible for overtime. This upper threshold was designed to ease the burden on employers in identifying overtime eligible employees since it is more likely that workers earning above this high salary level perform the types of job duties that would exempt them from overtime requirements.
Respond to employers’ concerns by making no changes to the “duties test” and allowing bonuses and incentive payments to count toward up to 10 percent of the new salary level. Workers earning more than the salary threshold are still subject to the duties test to determine eligibility for overtime. In their comments to the proposed rule, employers argued that changing the duties test would be difficult and costly to implement, and the final rule leaves the existing duties test in place. Additionally, for the first time, employers will be able to count bonuses and commissions toward as much as 10 percent of the salary threshold.
It seems like Republicans rather see you work your ass off for little or no overtime pay. It seems like Donald Trump will probably speak out against it. It's likely Bernie Sanders will not mention this huge news to his trolls. It seems like Hillary Clinton will credit her husband for allowing Obama to come up with this idea.
Again, the Congress is unproductive. The three candidates running for president are too polarizing.
The opinions of most lawmakers is extremely low.
Conservatives are getting outraged over the most trivial things.
Republicans threaten government shutdown over Obama's pick to replace Antonin Scalia.
The right is scrambling for an offense. The sudden death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia has become a political football. The conservative justice died in Texas yesterday leaving the Supreme Court in limbo. Republicans are demanding the president hold back. They don't want him to nominate a justice. They rather have a new president take control of the situation.
President Barack Obama said that he will nominate a person to fill the position. Republicans are signaling a fight in the Senate.
Once again the Republicans threaten to shut down the government because they fear the wrath of elites and conservative agitators in the junk food media.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) are threatening filibuster if Obama nominate anyone to the Supreme Court.
Check it, the Republican Party got to booing John Dickerson when he corrected Cruz at the debate.
Cruz boldly said that Ronald Reagan appointed his third justice, Anthony Kennedy in 1987. It was true that he appointed the nominee, but the fact it was 1988 when he was confirmed. It was confirmed during an election year. Cruz was dishonest in that point.
President Barack Obama is going forth to pick a nominee. And he dares Republicans to stop him.
Cruz did pause and stare down Dickerson which led to the audience booing. Yes, Cruz told something that was false but it didn't stop him from making his platitude speech.
This is a lose/lose for the Republicans. The Supreme Court decisions that conservatives favor could be in jeopardy of being struck down.
The president may nominate a moderate.
The Republicans can stall a nominee but it will backfire. The Democrats will sabotage the Republican if he makes it to the White House.
This game is getting old.
Republicans are proving themselves to be quite inept.
If Donald Trump or Ted Cruz should become the Republican nominee, the party could face a bitter defeat. I know that the moderates and non-partisan Republicans are going to sour on the two bombastic candidates.
The final year in President Barack Obama's term has begun. He decided to give the Republicans and conservative agitators something to bitch about! Something that his supporters longed for.
On Monday, he will issue executive orders to handle the rise in gun violence.
When Obama returns back to Washington, DC on Saturday, he will convene with Vice President Joe Biden, Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Loretta Lynch. They will discuss legal ways to handle this epidemic of gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.
In his weekly address the president addressed this head on.
One of the main proposals Obama is poised to adopt--expanding new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from high-volume gun dealers -enjoys overwhelming public support: a Quinnipiac University poll in December found 89 percent supported background checks at gun shows and for online sales.
But Obama’s executive actions also come as Americans have become more fearful about the prospect of terrorist strikes and have voiced an openness to having ordinary citizens carry guns.
A Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted last month in the wake of the San Bernardino, Calif. terrorist shooting, for example, found that 53 percent of respondents opposed an assault weapons ban, a record high. When asked which is the better reaction to terrorism, 47 percent said encouraging more people to carry guns legally, while 42 percent preferred enacting stricter gun-control laws.
White House officials declined to comment on Obama’s plans beyond releasing his weekly radio address on Friday, a day earlier than usual. In the radio address, Obama said he was moving unilaterally because Congress had failed to address the growing problem of gun violence.
"A few months ago, I directed my team at the White House to look into any new actions I can take to help reduce gun violence," he said in the recorded address. "And on Monday, I’ll meet with our Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, to discuss our options."
"Because I get too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing," Obama continued. "I get letters from responsible gun owners who grieve with us every time these tragedies happen; who share my belief that the Second Amendment guarantees a right to bear arms; and who share my belief we can protect that right while keeping an irresponsible, dangerous few from inflicting harm on a massive scale."
The president plans to make his case for additional gun restrictions in a number of forums in the coming month, according to aides, including during his Jan. 12 State of the Union address.
There were 363 mass shootings in the United States. It right now we're off to another year of mass shootings. Some would get attention. Others will be ignored.
Expect a major backlash from gun rights activists, as well as Republican lawmakers. Many states are relaxing gun laws so now they can carry them in open public. The National Rifle Association is mounting a fierce attack on the Democrats. On Thursday, the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action launched the first in a video series attacking gun control advocates.
The first ad targets Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, who revived the plan to expand background checks in the wake of the Roseburg shooting by proposing it on the campaign trail. The ad is labeled "New Year's Resolutions of the Rich and Anti-Gun (Actually, Just Hillary Clinton)," and it shows a woman outlining her plans on Clinton's campaign stationary beside a photo of the president and his former secretary of state as "Auld Lang Syne" blares in the background.
"Stop trying to ban guns," she writes as her first point, in black marker, followed by, "Read the Constitution."
"Meet an actual gun owner," the Clinton impersonator scribbles, before adding, "In Person!"
At that point the woman crosses out all three points, crumples up the paper and throws it aside, as Clinton’s laugh is heard in the background.
So here's the first poll from us today. It's pretty simple.
Give us your feedback to this hot button issue by taking the poll.
The failed vice presidential nominee is likely to become the next Weeper of the House. The controversial decision to place Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in the position has many in the junk food media wondering if the party is capable of governing.
In the beginning, Ryan refused the position. He knew that the insurgents would attack him if he decides potential bipartisanship with Democrats and the president. He said that he wanted most of his party to support him.
He said that he doesn't want to travel constantly like Boehner. He still has children that are young and they always come first. Ryan doesn't want the spotlight on him. He believes that if he can't cut it as the Weeper of the House, his ambitions (i.e, governor or presidential aspects) could be ruined.
He actually loves his job being the head of the Ways and Means committee.
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) give the middle finger to his fellow Republicans this month when he announced an abrupt resignation. That sparked a civil war within the party.
In the beginning Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) wanted the position. But when he went on that annoying conservative agitator's program to declare that Hillary Clinton's decline was due to Republicans pressuring her on Benghazi, he was slammed for putting their business out there.
Ryan who was hammered for his Project to Prosperity bill is now hoping for Republicans to guide him through another stand down with President Barack Obama and the next president.
Ryan was picked by perennial loser Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential elections.
The insurgent wing concludes that Ryan is "establishment". Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) isn't keen on Ryan. He and many of the insurgent "Freedom Caucus" wants Ryan to give them more input in bills and floor time. Ryan refuses to concede to Republican insurgent demands.
Conservatives also slam Ryan as being a "squish". The AM agitators like Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin and Michael Savage calling the party to resend the thought of Ryan being the House Weeper.
Before Boehner leaves Washington, he wants to thumb one more in the eye of the insurgents. He and Majority leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will rally members to pass a bipartisan budget and raise the debt ceiling for two years.
The budget deal and debt ceiling are going to likely be passed despite the obstruction from the insurgent wing of the Republican Party.
Ryan doesn't like the budget, but he will vote for it. Ryan also support rival Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) when he issues an impeachment hearing for the IRS head. Expect this controversy to go nowhere.
Meanwhile, ex-House Weeper Dennis Hastert plead guilty to lying to the FBI, wire fraud and extortion. He was caught up in a "hush money" scandal. He was secretly paying off his mistress. The mistress is a male prostitute he once mentored as a wrestling coach.
By taking the plea deal, he may end up getting up to six months to five years in federal time out for every charge.
Ryan hopes that his term as House Weeper doesn't become another disaster.
Democrats are wondering if the possibility of Joe Biden entering the clown car could spell trouble for the two front runners, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Hillary Clinton.
The right hand man for President Barack Obama has been really quiet on his intentions. Usually around early months, the candidates declare their intentions to run.
The Democrats have a really weak field. Given that Hillary Clinton is the most strongest of the Democrats, her flaws have given an opportunity to Bernie Sanders. Sanders who is an independent who caucuses with the Democrats is the insurgent candidate. He is a Democratic Socialist and a progressive. He is one of the most vocal opponents of corporate greed. He often sides with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on many issues facing the middle class.
Sanders wins support from marijuana supporters, non-religious, young voters and progressives.
Conservative Democrats, the LGBT community, unions, working class Democrats and women favor Clinton over Sanders.
Pick one.
I don't know who's got the best advantage in winning the Black or Hispanic vote!
Right now, I am not inspired any of the Democratic candidates running. I am certainly not inspired by the Republicans. The Republicans are too damn extreme.
Biden entering could hurt Clinton. Many supporters of Biden think he can suck some of Hillary Clinton's most moderate supporters. Biden is pretty much straight forward on his views. He hasn't shift his views. The race could become a little more interesting if Biden does run.
I have a feeling that Biden might not run. Given the dysfunction in Congress and the utter stubbornness of some towards the president, many view Biden being a "third term" of Obama.
Biden will be 72 years old. He will be a perennial candidate if he chooses to enters the race.
Bernie Sanders is 75 years old.
Hillary Clinton is 69 years old.
Hillary Clinton so far leads against all the Republican candidates. That includes the insurgent candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is dropping his bid to be House Speaker and giving up his role as Majority Leader.
I don't think he's resigning from Congress, but he certainly not going to be the House Speaker.
In a secret ballot committee vote, Republicans select who's going to be their choice for the speaker.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) figured he didn't have enough support from fellow Republicans to become the new House Speaker. He formally withdrawn from the nomination. He also will end his bid as Majority Leader.
A big blow to outgoing House Speaker, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) who resigns at the end of the month. Boehner complains that the members of his own party are too extreme.
The members say that he "caves" to President Barack Obama.
The insurgency and establishment are displaying a full scale civil war within the Republican Party.
McCarthy cites conservative uproar over his Benghazi comments as a reason for him dropping out.
Last week, McCarthy gave Hillary Clinton a bone and she's ran with it. McCarthy appeared on that annoying conservative agitator's program to show and prove. He promised that Republicans will get tough on Obama. He said that Clinton's missing server and her struggling in the polls were a result of Republicans pushing this through the election.
He said that the committees spearheaded by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) made Hillary Clinton struggle in her presidential campaign. That launched a Democratic platform demanding the Republicans end the partisan debate over Benghazi.
Now Republicans are seething at McCarthy for giving the Democrats an opportunity to prove they're inept.
Rep. Jason Cheffettz (R-UT) and Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) have promised to usurp McCarthy if he won the nomination. I guess they got what they wanted.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) isn't keen on either of them. He said they all are inept. He refuses to endorse Chaffettz and Webster.
Jordan is mad at Chaffettz for stripping Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) from a committee seat.
Many Republicans see Webster as inept if he becomes a House Speaker.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) threatens to usurp Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) coronation.
When you thought Republicans were done with their bitching, here comes the latest outrage from conservatives. House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) may become the nominee. Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) is resigning from Congress at the end of the month. He will also give up his role as the House Speaker. McCarthy thought it was a shoe in. I guess not.
But there's still a feud within the ranks. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) are plotting an usurping of power. The Republican insurgents are feuding with one another.
Chaffetz represents Utah's 3rd Congressional District. His district includes the city of Provo, Orem, and the rugged deserts of Utah. It's one of the Republicans Party's strongest congressional districts. The Cook Partisan Voting Index gives it +25.
Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL)
Webster represents Florida's 10th Congressional District. His district includes south of Orlando, Walt Disney World Resort, Winter Garden, Lakeland, The Villages, Leeberg, and Lake Alfred. The Cook Partisan Voting Index gives it +10.
Republicans are still fighting over leadership roles. They are fighting over how to work with President Barack Obama and how to make the fool the public into believing that the Benghazi hearings aren't political theater.
Didn't think this was hard! - Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, Majority Leader)
The insurgents have declared that Webster maybe their choice for House Speaker. But will they actually vote for the guy or continue to destroy the party within?
Now this Freedom Caucus is spearheaded by a lawmaker from my community. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) represents Ohio's 4th Congressional District. His district includes northern portions of Springfield, eastern portions of Lorain, northern portions of Elyria, Urbana, Lima, Sidney, Norwalk, Tiffin, Bellefontaine, and Marysville. The Cook Partisan Voting Index gives it R+9.
Jordan is an extremist in his own right. He often picked fights with Boehner. He and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) were responsible for the coup against Boehner. His Freedom Caucus has 40 members of the Republican insurgency.
He is the most vocal of the insurgency. He declares that each of them suck and he won't endorse any of them.
Cecile Richards testified in Congress. Many pundits think it was a big sideshow.
If fixing stupid was easy, Washington edition.
While I don't support abortions, I don't believe it's my right to tell a woman whether to keep an unwanted pregnancy. I think women should have the right to make this difficult choice. I learned that a few years back when I dated a woman who I had gotten pregnant with my child. She had an abortion.
Matter of fact, that was probably one of the worst experiences in my life. And most recently, a woman I've dated hid her pregnancy from me. She was pregnant with another man's child.
I learned that I'm too damn nice and I've almost given up on finding love.
The Republicans may stall the government shutdown. Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) is weeping his last role as the House Speaker. His sudden resignation from Congress sparked a major civil war between the establishment and the insurgency.
Finger wagging from lawmakers. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is an insurgent.
The insurgency continues to push Republicans further to the right. They still are fighting battles they'll never win.
Women rights is a very important issue. Planned Parenthood is a women's health clinic that assist women in family planning, women cancer screening, sexual disease treatment, and provide assistance to abortions.
Republicans who hate "big government" believe it's their business to be in a woman's legs.
These Republicans are so fucking stupid.
A majority of Americans polled said that Planned Parenthood is needed. A majority of single issue Republican voters support stripping funding from Planned Parenthood and every abortion provider.
Rep. Mia Love (R-UT) and many of her insurgent members were disrespectful to Planned Parenthood CEO.
Cecile Richards, the CEO of Planned Parenthood was called to testify at a majority Republican committee.
Many of the insurgent lawmakers were interrupting her and tossing around baseless claims about the Planned Parenthood CEO. Matter of fact, they gathered their talking points from the secretly recorded videos provided by an extremist group masquerading as a firm.
The videos that were released in this year were heavily elected and doctored. These videos haven't stopped the Republicans from stripping Planned Parenthood.
They vow to shut down the government if they can't take away a woman's right to choice.
Any thoughts on this controversy.
By the way, insurgent Black lawmaker Rep. Mia Love (R-UT) got a chance to show the country how truly crazy she is.
Soon I will add Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to the list of many here on World News Today. The California congressman who became a rising star since the departure of Eric Cantor is thinking about becoming the next House Speaker.
K-Mac is the Republican Majority Leader. He represents the 23rd U.S. Congressional District of California. The district carries Bakersfield, a large city with a population of 376,000 residents.
The current district is centered in areas of the southern San Joaquin Valley and southern Sierra Nevada, the Tehachapi Mountains, and the northwestern Mojave Desert. It includes the cities of Mojave and Ridgecrest, as well as most of Bakersfield. Sequoia National Park and Sequoia National Forest are within it.
If he's picked to become the new Speaker, he will have a lot of work ahead of him. He will face an already invigorated President Barack Obama. Obama has won the summer.
Obamacare survived another Supreme Court challenge. Marriage equality is valid in the all states and territories. The Iranian deal will go into effect. Cuba and the United States are establishing friendly relations. Planned Parenthood will not be defunded.
Conservatives are demanding Republicans stand firm against Obama or face a primary challenge.
The president promises that anything the Republicans pass will fail. He concludes that the Republican civil war is damaging the party and hurting the country. The party has become more extreme in their views.
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) the outgoing Speaker of the House blasted the insurgency. He believes that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Rep. Steve King (R-IA) are false prophets. He believes these politicos are fucking stupid.
He announced on Friday that he's bouncing out of Congress effective immediately. In late October, Boehner will give up his role as the House Speaker and representative. He basically said to Republicans, "Fuck you! I'm Out! Good luck on getting things done with Obama!"
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) may become the new House Speaker. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) were Speakers of the House. President Barack Obama believes Republicans infighting causing government shutdown.
Boehner's congressional district is up for grabs. Insurgents are looking to replace him, A right wing bigot sheriff named Richard Jones is considering a run for the seat. The Butler County Sheriff is willing to take his anti-immigrant, anti-BlackLivesMatter rhetoric to Washington, DC.
McCarthy on the other hand is hoping the Republicans will give him a chance. The insurgents are really happy with picking McCarthy as the new House Speaker.
Matter of fact, Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) is plotting to derail McCarthy's coronation.
The insurgent lawmaker announced his bid to become the speaker as well.
The insurgent and establishment are showing teeth. The departure exposed some real bad tension between Republicans.
Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is the House majority leader of the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. representative for California's 23rd District.
A Republican, he was formerly chairman of the California Young Republicans and the Young Republican National Federation. McCarthy worked as district director for U.S. Representative Bill Thomas and in 2000 was elected as a trustee to the Kern Community College District. He then served in the California State Assembly from 2002 to 2006, including from 2004 to 2006, as the minority leader. When Thomas retired from the House in 2006, McCarthy ran to succeed him and won the election.
The 23rd district, numbered as the 22nd District from 2007 to 2013, is based in Bakersfield and includes large sections of Kern and Tulare counties.
McCarthy was elected House Republican chief deputy whip, from 2009 to 2011, and House majority whip, from 2011 until August 2014, when he was elected House majority leader to replace the outgoing Eric Cantor, who was defeated in his primary election.
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said that the "crazies" are running the Republican Party.
The New York Republican is not mincing words to the shocking announcement of Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) stepping down as Speaker of The House in October.
He said that the Weeper of the House gave Republicans everything. They can't pass laws when the Democrats block them. And knowing you can't get everything you want, the insurgency refuses to concede.
The insurgency pissed Boehner off. He gave them the finger. On his way out, he said behind closed doors "Fuck all of ya. I'm out! Good luck on getting your agenda accomplished with Obama!"
Basically the departure of the Weeper is a good/bad thing. For my community, a really bad thing. Boehner, despite his blubbering and immature outburst is really popular in the Dayton and Cincinnati metro area. His departure left a seat open for an insurgent or Democrat to take. It's unlikely a Democrat could win a politically Republican district. The 8th U.S. Congressional District for Ohio is +14 Republican.
The good is Republicans can finally push their extremist agenda and eventually be uprooted out of power.
New blood is bad blood. Already controversy within leadership. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA, Majority Whip) had once worked with former Klan leader David Duke. The potential Speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, Majority Leader) will face obstruction from not only Democrats but the insurgency. Current House Speaker, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) bouncing out in October.
At the Voter's Value Summit, as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivered the news, the audience stood up and done backflips.
We can confirm that the civil war within the party gotten even uglier.
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) went off on the insurgency. “I think it signals the crazies have taken over the party, taken over to the party that you can remove a speaker of the House who’s second in line to be president, a constitutional officer in the middle of his term with no allegations of impropriety, a person who’s honest and doing his job. This has never happened before in our country," King said in an interview with CNN's Dana Bash on Friday. "He could have stayed on.”
Many of Boehner's allies have long complained about things not getting done because of a handful of insurgents who refuse to compromise.
House Weeper John Boehner (R-OH) once called Rep. Peter King (R-NY) a "shit head".
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is currently the Majority Leader. He may become the new Speaker.
He will face challenges from the insurgency. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and a handful insurgents vow to disrupt the new speaker if Obamacare isn't repealed or Planned Parenthood defunded.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is shaking her head. She was once a Speaker of the House.
Pelosi managed to get things done despite having the insurgency oppose her. She would be sent to the minority after the Republicans recaptured the House.
President Barack Obama has also spoke out to the news. He said that the party's internal struggles are the reasons to why government isn't working. Obama praised Boehner as a patriot.
Weeper of the House resigns in late October. Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) resigning from Congress sent shock waves across the nation
Today, the Ohio lawmaker informed President Barack Obama and his Republican colleagues that he's resigning as House Speaker. He also will end as a term as a congressman in October. This cause a ripple effect in Washington.
With the most powerful Republican stepping aside, this assures a civil war within the party.
Republicans are solely responsible if they stand firm and shut down the government again.
Boehner blames the conservative agitators in the junk food media as well as them knucklehead insurgents for things not getting done. Some of the rational members are signaling a rebuke to the insurgents.
Boehner's abrupt resignation was quick. He faced pressure from conservative members to take a tougher stance against the president. The Republicans want to defund Planned Parenthood. It's highly unlikely the Republicans got the votes to defund the women's health group.
Weeper John Boehner (R-OH) was emotional during Pope Francis's visit to the Capitol. He was routinely mocked for being a "crybaby" and his glowing "orange tans".
Boehner who was reelected last year won easily in his district. The 8th Congressional District is based in Southwestern Ohio. The 8th district covers West Chester, Eaton, Oxford, Hamilton, Middletown, Troy, Piqua, Huber Heights, western Springfield and Greenville.
He also faced a challenge for his House Speaker role by knucklehead insurgents Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) and Rep. Dan Webster (R-FL).
He also watch his right hand man face an embarrassing defeat. Eric Cantor, Boehner's right hand man was defeated by an insurgent disrupting the chain of command. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) quickly became the Majority House Leader.
Now you know how I feel, Mr. Speaker.
McCarthy is considering the possibility of being the House Speaker. No confirmation yet.
Boehner lives in West Chester. He's been a lawmaker since 1991. He was a the minority leader from 2007 to 2011. Boehner became the House Speaker in 2011 after the Republicans took control over the House of Representatives.
He released a press release to the reason why he's resigning.
"The first job of any Speaker is to protect this institution that we all love. It was my plan to only serve as Speaker until the end of last year, but I stayed on to provide continuity to the Republican Conference and the House," Boehner said in a statement. "It is my view, however, that prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable damage to the institution. To that end, I will resign the Speakership and my seat in Congress on October 30."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) praised Boehner on the Senate floor Friday.
“He is an ally. He is a friend. And he took over as Republican leader at a difficult time for his party," he said.
Boehner's supporters and the top Democratic leaders complained that Republicans are too goddamn extreme. Minority Leaders Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Harry Reid (D-NV) are praising Boehner for at least putting up with such obstruction. But quickly said that a government shutdown is coming and they warn that the ripple effects could hurt the nation.
Reid is retiring from the Senate. He cites his eye injury and Republican obstruction for his departure.
"By ousting a good man like Weeper Boehner -- someone who understood the art of compromise -- the party of Eisenhower and Reagan is no more," he said.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called Boehner's resignation "seismic," adding that it was "a stark indication of the disarray of the House Republicans."
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) said that Boehner had resigned because he knew that he could lose his position.
"There's no question conservatives had a victory here," he said. Huelskamp is a member of the House Freedom Caucus, the group that was trying to oust Boehner.
But Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) said that Boehner was sacrificing his position for the good of the conference.
"I think that following the pope's visit -- this is sacrificial love on his behalf to strengthen the Republican conference. It's really amazing and unheard of in modern-day politics," he said.
Across town, a group of social conservatives were gathered for the start of the annual Values Voter Summit, where dozens of politicians were scheduled to speak over the next few days. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivered the news of Boehner's resignation to the summit to huge cheers and a standing ovation from attendees, underscoring the opposition Boehner often faced from within his own party.
Asked about the resignation, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) skipped over the pleasantries and went straight to criticizing Boehner -- without naming him -- and McConnell for making promises to conservatives and not keeping them. Cruz is running for the Republican nomination. He is a relatively unaccomplished politico. He is cited as one of the reasons to why Republicans are too extreme.
Friends to the end. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) lose two allies.
"I have long said leadership decisions are decisions to be made by the House, but I have also long called on Republican leadership to do something unusual, which is lead,” Cruz said at a press conference hosted by Liberty Institute. “To actually stand up and honor the commitments that we made to the American people. There’s a frustration across this country. It is volcanic. And it’s not complicated to understand.”
Cruz did not give a yes or no answer when asked whether McConnell should step down as well, saying it is "a question for Leader McConnell and for the Republican conference." He said he would "sing their praises," though, if they stood up to lead, referring to Boehner and McConnell.
Twice during a nearly two-hour meeting between Boehner and Republicans at the Capitol on Friday applause could be heard from inside the room.
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) came out teary-eyed and started choking up when asked what he thought of Boehner's resignation. Cramer said that Boehner recited the prayer of Saint Francis when announcing his resignation to House Republicans Friday morning.
"It's kind of like the announcement of a death," Cramer said.
"A lot of really small people look smaller, and he looks bigger," he said. "And why not, why not let the guy who's always taken all the slings and arrows for us, take it one more time."
Rep. John Flemming (R-LA) said Boehner played his decision close to his vest and that even Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) didn't know about it until the announcement.
Boehner had been scheduled to speak with reporters Friday morning after meeting with Republicans, but left the meeting by a back door and didn't talk to the press.
The controversial pair head to steps of the Capitol with the half term governor, a washed up celebrity television star, and two right wing agitators to plead to the Republicans to kill the Iranian nuclear proposal.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Donald Trump are currently running for the nomination. They are doing their best to keep the agitation going. Joined with them, Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and the three morons: Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and Mark Levin.
Each of these agitators were just as bombastic as the two clowns running for president.
Trump hasn't turned birther on Cruz. The controversial senator is born in Calgary, Manitoba. He is born to an American mother and Cuban father in a foreign country. Yes, Canada is a foreign country.
Cruz, Glenn Beck and Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX)
Trump still leads in the field. Ben Carson is in second place and Cruz is either tied in third or fourth with Carly Fiorina.
Cruz is an unaccomplished politician who pisses off Republican leaders. His combative and unabashed principles are what's destroying the remaining amounts of bipartisanship in Washington.
Many Republicans quietly and sometimes loudly mock him for being a "pain in the ass." House Weeper John Boehner (R-OH) once told some his buddies that Cruz needs to "shut the fuck up".
This has brought his stock up. He was in eighth place. The Kim Davis fiasco and this event may inspire the extremist to support him. He surged to top-tier standings.
The Tea Party Patriots (the group responsible for aiding insurgent candidates) hosted this event.
The Republican rally is the last ditch attempt to keep focus on opposing an already settled matter.
Controversial agitator Mark Levin speaking at Washington DC rally.
The matter is done. Republicans once again are on the losing side of the debate.
The president won the month yet again. President Barack Obama worked during his August break to wrangle up most of the Democrats. He managed to get 42 out of 46 Democratic senators (include independents Angus King and Bernie Sanders) to block any Republican counter proposal or resolution blocking the Iranian deal.
The Republicans didn't even read the proposal. All the Republicans done during the 60 day period was take a vacation.
This comes on the heels of the conservative outrage at Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's social media outburst. They are outraged that Khamenei went to Twitter to blast Israel and Republicans for threatening his country. He said that Israel won't last for longer than 25 years if they attack his country.
The president had called Iranian president Hussan Rouhani in 2013. He wanted to make a deal with the Iranian president. He told him that if they would cease the nuclear enhancement, the United Nations will lift the sanctions.
I won't be able to fit all the nuts in but I will say that Trump, Cruz, Palin, Beck and Levin were the headliners. Also Phil Robertson, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX), former lawmaker Michele Bachmann, and Breitbart agitator Joel Pollak were in featured speakers.
Trump, Cruz and Palin were be featured. Find the rest on CSPAN or YouTube. I couldn't stomach the bile.
Money talks and a lot of bullshit gets elected. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) is a longtime Philadelphia lawmaker who is facing a federal slam for corruption.
A longtime lawmaker from Philadelphia is under federal indictment for corruption.
Paging Melanie Sloan of the C.R.E.W., we got another one for you!
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) served his district for over 20 years. The law handed an indictment based on his association with an aide that helped him gain $$$$$$$$. This is a complex money laundering scheme in which Fattah and his former aid Gregory Naylor would use a million dollar loan for an that a currently unnamed candidate got when Fattah went through his failed bid to be mayor of Philadelphia.
He would then pay back the money with federal grant money that was intended for nonprofit groups that Fattah was associated with.
Naylor plead guilty in this charge. In order to shave off the severity, he sung like a canary and threw his buddy under the bus. Even Fattah's son Junior is under indictment because he obtained student loans from a "wink, wink" nod.
Fattah got served 29 slams. Each slam carries up to LIFE in federal time out if he's found guilty.
Fattah is innocent until proven guilty. These slams include:
Using a secret $1 million loan from a wealthy supporter to back his 2007 run for mayor of Philadelphia.
Repaying the donor's loan through a nonprofit Fattah controlled that had received funding from the federal government.
Attempting to steer a $15 million federal grant to a political consultant who Fattah's campaign owed $130,000.
Using campaign funds to pay a consulting company, which then paid off $23,000 in student loans for Fattah's son.
Taking an $18,000 bribe from an associate in exchange for attempting to secure him an ambassadorship and masking the bribe in the form of a fake car sale.
This year alone two active Democratic lawmakers are under indictment. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Fattah have been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department.
Menendez claims that Obama's punishing him for not supporting the Iranian deal. But in reality, he's under indictment for skirting funds to a longtime friend who got $$$$$$$$$ in a medical scam. Also the talk about messing with underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republican comes to mind.
Look at this as a reason to why Congress has low job approval.
Look at this as a possibility for Republicans to seize on a district the Democrats have long secured.
Look at this as a possibility to blame President Barack Obama for the embattled Democratic lawmaker's failures.
Fattah's 2nd Congressional District is SAFE DEMOCRAT. The district represented has a Cook Political Index lean of D+39.
It's ironic, he says he creating solutions to problems, when in reality he is one of the problems.
Even though Majority Leader Mitch The Turtle (R-KY) wants the Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) repealed, he's getting even tired of fighting this battle. He is also getting tired of political novices telling him what he needs to do.
President Barack Obama is getting fed up with the inept Congress. His final years in office will be met with great opposition. The president hopes that Americans will see Republicans for what they are. A bunch of ignorant idiots.
The Republicans are infighting and the junk food media finally acknowledging that this rift between the establishment and insurgency has gotten worse.
Things can't get done with this Congress. Many lawmakers believe that the political environment is extremely toxic. Some blame the insurgency for the toxic nature.
The lawmakers spent Sunday trying to pass a transportation bill and a few slip ins.
The slip ins were the repeal of Affordable Care Act for the 60th time. It failed. The defund Planned Parenthood proposal failed. The demand to make Iran recognize Israel or face sanctions failed. The advocating of funds for the Export-Import Bank for the president's trade deal with Asian nations is likely to make it through.
One senator has had enough of it. He blasted the Majority Leader on Friday. It's winning praise from the insurgency.
The establishment is none too happy with it.
Word on the street is that Republican leaders are going to put him in his place. Mitch is going to make them suffer if they can't fall in place.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is a part of the Stallmigos. He and six other members of the Republican led Senate have openly bucked the party for "giving in" to Obama.
He believes that the Republicans caving in to the Ex-Im Bank proposal. Cruz believes that the Republicans allow crony capitalism to occur.
Cruz went on this tirade.
"[I've taken the Republican leader] at his word. Like St. Peter, he repeated it three times. The only thing I told the proponents of the Export-Import Bank is like any other senator in this body, they could offer any amendment they liked on any amendable vehicle, but I gave them nothing."
To see the so-called Republican leader whip against allowing a vote to defund Planned Parenthood...makes clear that the McConnell-Reid leadership is united in the favor of big government.
The majority leader and minority leader, arm-in-arm again, should not team up against the American taxpayers."
This epic rant was overshadowed by the poll numbers. Cruz is somewhere in the bottom tier.
Stallmigos Rand Paul (R-KY), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and head honcho Cruz are not getting much attention now that Donald Trump sucked the crazy from them. These three clowns are a part of a big tent of contenders. So far there's 16 candidates running.
The junk food media is so focused on Trump, the remaining clowns are jealous and they're doing everything in their power to get the cameras back on them.
While I do agree that the Patriot Act is an overreach by the federal government, I think that presidential candidate and Stallmigo Rand Paul (R-KY) is throwing his hypocrisy into this.
The very same Paul rather meddle between a woman's legs, a Black man's firearms, a poor family's safety net and a family's Obamacare subsidies. Paul wants the big old bad gubmint stop looking into your cell phone.
After all his stupid son probably was incriminating himself with pictures of him smoking a bong while playing with snow lines.
Paul is already not making friends in the Republican race for the red nose. Paul put on his makeup and juggling his balls hoping he can pick off young minds with legal weed and low incarceration.
On a rare Sunday night, the U.S. Senate is in session. His fellow senator, Majority Leader Mitch The Turtle (R-KY) called for a vote on the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection and Online Monitoring Act." For the smart people this is called the USA Freedom Act.
This bill is sponsored by Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the creator of the Patriot Act.
He also sponsored this bill a few years back and it didn't get traction. In October 2013, he introduced the USA Freedom Act in the House, a bill designed to curtail the powers of the NSA and end the NSA's dragnet phone data collection program. The bill is supported by civil liberties advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union.
Even he's skeptical of his own law. Did he even read this shit?
NOPE.
The USA Freedom Act was not passed by the U.S. Senate on May 22, 2015. By a vote of 57-42, the Senate did not pass the bill that would have required 60 votes to move forward, which means that the NSA must start winding down its domestic mass surveillance program this week. The Senate also rejected, by 54-45, also short of the necessary 60 votes, a two-month extension for the key provision in the Patriot Act that has been used to justify NSA spying, which is set to expire on June 1, 2015.
I don't want to jeopardize the lives of Americans because of a handful of lawmakers standing on principles that are wrong.
However, on May 31, 2015, the Senate voted 77-17 to limit debate on the act. Senate rules will allow it to be passed after the mass surveillance programs have expired.
The Republican majority promised transparency. They promised jobs. They promised to deny President Barack Obama a victory. So far, they are destroying themselves to defeat Obama.
They are wasting time trying to pass symbolic votes on restricting abortions, gutting the safety net, passing that stupid Keystone XL pipeline, restricting the president's executive powers on education, immigration, and raising the minimum wage. They are not working on passing reasonable gun control, refusing to work on peace deals with Cuba and Iran. They are pushing for troops in the battle against the Islamic State and Boko Haram. They want to waste time on Benghazi hearings, IRS emails, Hillary Clinton's missing emails, and dragging Attorney General Loretta Lynch into committee hearings about Fast & Furious.
With Paul's temper tantrum and some of his fellow Republicans and even Democratic allies calling upon the end of bulk collection done by the NSA, it seems like the bill is possibly on its way to defeat.
Here's the filibuster. Paul runs 11 hours of whine.
Again, this lawmaker has no legislative accomplishments and they act like he's a god.
A moment in history could be stripped away if the Supreme Court rules against the Affordable Care Act. It celebrates five years and the Republicans are even more determined to repeal the law.
This is a big f--king deal, says Vice President Joe Biden when he was caught on the hot mic.
As the Supreme Court decides on the Affordable Care Act, the signature law of Barack Obama's presidency celebrates five years in action.
The Supreme Court could rule on the rule that deals with healthcare incentives. About 2/3 of the country haven't participated in healthcare incentives.
King v. Burwell is closed watched by observers. If the Justices side with the plaintiffs, then over 10 million people could lose their healthcare coverage. The conservative wing includes Chief Justice John Roberts, Anton Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Anthony Kennedy.
The liberal wing includes Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Most of these decisions came down on 5-4 decisions with Kennedy or Roberts being the swing.
The challengers argue that the text of the ACA only allows for subsidies on state-run exchanges, and that the regulation as implemented by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), providing for subsidies on state-run exchanges as well as federal exchanges, exceeded the authority Congress granted to it. All of the "v. Burwell" cases were originally titled "v. Sebelius" until Kathleen Sebelius was replaced by Sylvia Mathews Burwell as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is providing support for the challengers, including financial support for the King plaintiffs' challenge.
Timothy Jost, a health law professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, has written that if the challenge is successful, approximately 5 million Americans who obtained coverage through federal exchanges could lose their tax credits and, in all likelihood, their health insurance coverage. According to Jost, the individual mandate, employer mandate, and tax credits for employers to provide health-insurance coverage might also be overturned in states with federal exchanges. However, insurers would likely still be required to cover all applicants regardless of pre-existing conditions, which could destabilize the insurance market in states with federal exchanges and lead to rapid rises in premiums and the possible collapse of the insurance market in those states.
The Urban Institute estimated that a decision in favor of King would result in 8.2 million more uninsured people in 34 states.
Only 14 states have set up their own exchanges.
If the mandates and subsidies are struck down in the other 36 states, many think that the economic foundation of the ACA would be undermined, putting the entirety of the legislation at risk.
Supporters of the plaintiffs, as well as some politicians, argue that the effects of striking down the mandates and subsidies would be mitigated by government action (including the possibility of states setting up their own exchanges in response to a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs).
The highly contested law has been the Republican Party's fixation for the last six years. They've tried and failed to repeal the law. They've tried to repeal the law over 55 times.
It's funny though. For every attempt to repeal the law, Obamacare, as its called by the junk food media continues to enroll millions of Americans. They couldn't repeal in Congress, so they've taken it to court and hope the Justices could strike it down.
This obsession with repealing Obamacare is one of the themes of Stallmigo Ted Cruz (R-TX).
He is the first declared clown for the Republican nomination.
By law, you must enroll for health insurance or face a penalty on your taxes. The federal government offers reasonable health insurance through their exchanges. The Healthcare Marketplace is officially on after a year of delay. It's operational and offering the best coverage for those who can't afford the national brands.
One of the youngest members of Congress is out. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) is caught up in a federal investigation.
With another scandal in the midst, the party that claims themselves as the better governance has now another seat missing a member. The Michael Grimm fiasco has died down. Grimm got busted by the FBI after allegedly taking bribes. He once threatened to toss a reporter over the Capitol balcony.
Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) sparked a fire after he admitted he attended a White extremist event when he was a nobody.
He managed to skate by this scandal. Now here comes the third youngest member of Congress facing a huge scandal.
Young gun Aaron Schock (R-IL) decided to bounce before the Department of Justice serves him a meal ticket.
According to his official government website, Schock is who represents the 18th District of Illinois, a historic region of the country that is home to Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. First elected to Congress in 2008, Rep. Schock was re-elected in 2010, 2012, and 2014.
Weeper John Boehner (R-OH) can't govern his party. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) can't control his spending.
Schock currently serves on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, which is the oldest committee of the United States Congress and the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives. In the 114th Congress, Schock was appointed to sit House Committee on the Budget. He concurrently holds a seat on the House Administration Committee.
As a Senior Deputy Republican Whip, Schock is responsible for assisting House Republican leadership in crafting legislative strategy and floor votes. Schock is also a member of the House Republican Conference Advisory Committee. As the first Member of Congress born in the 1980s,
Schock has raised the profile of young leaders in the Republican Party and has built a record of working on a bipartisan basis with young elected officials at the local, state and federal level. A principled legislator, Schock has forged alliances with conservative groups and Democratic colleagues alike.
This is the lawmaker's Washington office.
In the 113th Congress, Schock sponsored legislation to expand religious liberty exemptions under Obamacare that sailed through the House of Representatives with no opposition. He has worked to pass legislation that helps surviving military families, strengthens the middle class, and creates economic opportunities for all Americans. He’s also sponsored legislation to provide charitable organizations with greater opportunities to raise funds and continue their important work of meeting community needs.
Schock is one of the media's favorite sons. He was featured in Men's Health showing off them abs.
But also he's gotten a lot of attention from the law after Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington reported that he's not clocking in his expenses.
In February 2015, the Washington Post reported that Schock's congressional offices had been lavishly redecorated in a style inspired by the television show about English aristocrats, Downton Abbey.
From Wikipedia, the lawmaker's troubles began when he ducked and dodged.
In response to that story, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) file a complaint that alleged Schock may have received an improper gift. CREW's executive director Anne Weismann stated: "Again and again, Rep. Schock's seeming obsession with his image impedes his ability to conduct himself in [an] ethical manner."
Schock dismissed the criticism with the statement "Haters gonna hate", which was in turn criticized for its apparent flippancy. Schock later stated he intended to pay the decorator. Schock had previously spent campaign money on workout DVDs.
A real snow job.
Further media scrutiny of congressional expenditure reports showed that Schock had spent over a $100,000 in government funds on office decorating and renovations between January 2009 and late 2014, mostly during his first term. Other media reported Schock had charged thousands of dollars for private flights, legal expenses, new cars, tickets to the Super Bowl and Country Music Awards, as well as cufflinks, massage, "gold equipment" and cigars.
to his government-funded office account. The Associated Press accessed the location metadata on Schock's Instagram photos and correlated it with private flight records to identify flights that did not correspond to his campaign finance disclosures. In response, Schock's office stated it had begun an internal review of the reimbursements.
An aide to Congressman Schock resigned after it was revealed the aide had made racist remarks on Facebook, calling for people to "gentrify" black neighborhoods and comparing black passersby to "animals" from the National Zoo.
In March 2015, further exposures of spending and disclosure irregularities, showed that Schock had accepted money from an outside group, the Global Poverty Project, to cover the cost of bringing a photographer on an all-expenses-paid trip to India organized to discuss sanitation and access to clean water.
The Associated Press also reported that much of Schock's personal wealth had been built with the assistance of political donors.
Prominent conservative commentators began calling for Schock's replacement.
The conservative magazine National Review called him "a crook" and stated: "Politics shouldn’t be a ticket to a celebrity lifestyle on the public's dime. For a man who has enjoyed such a short and undistinguished career, Illinois's Representative Aaron Schock (R.) has sure packed in a lot of corruption."
On March 17, 2015, Schock announced his resignation from Congress, effective March 31
Schock, insurgent Jason Amash (R-MI), insurgent Lee Zedlin (R-NY), insurgent Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), insurgent Jason T. Smith (R-MO), insurgent Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL), insurgent Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) are the youngest members of Congress.
Stallmigo Tom Cotton (R-AK) is the youngest member of the Senate.
The Washington Post reports that two Secret Service agents were fired out the cannon after it was reported that two of them got drunk and crashed into a White House barricade. The agents were inside the government vehicle.
One of those agents were on the president's personal detail crew.
Another reckless event created by the men and women who protect our president.
The Secret Service has really screwed up. The president had to fire the cannon and let Mark Sullivan and Julia Pierson fly out of it.
The Salahis crashing an invite only party, the prostitution scandal in Colombia, the fence jumper, the bullet holes in the White House, the drone, the fake credentials standing near the president, the numerous death threats to President Barack Obama and his family, the threats to Vice President Joe Biden, Weeper John Boehner (R-OH) and their families hurt the credibility of the Secret Service.
Joe Clancy the current director of the Secret Service promises the hammer to drop on those agents who fuck up.
The insurgents want DC mayor Muriel Bowser locked up for advocating weed in her town.
Two insurgent lawmakers are pissed that District of Columbia residents passed a legislation allowing marijuana use in the nation's capital.
The District of Columbia and Alaska joins Colorado and Washington as places where you can light up some ounces of weed. The marijuana is legal in three and one federal district now.
Some lawmakers aren't keen on it. DC is technically ran by Congress. They control the spending and ordinances in the district.
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Andy Harris (R-MD) have threatened to take Washington, DC Mayor to the federal time out for advocating it.
Insurgent lawmaker Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
Muriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor (semi-governor) has ignored the threats. The Nation reports that Bowser and the District’s police chief announced earlier in the day that the city would move on the legalization measure, despite Congress’s disapproval. Voters approved Initiative 71 by a huge margin in November, but a month later federal lawmakers inserted a rider into the budget bill intended to prevent the city from using any funds to implement it or to set up a system for taxing and regulating marijuana sales. Doing so would be a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act, which forbids DC from spending money that was not appropriated by Congress.
City officials, including Attorney General Karl Racine, argue that the rider doesn’t actually bar them from implementing Initiative 71, because the ballot measure was already certified by the time Congress voted. According to their interpretation, the rider does prevent the District from loosing drug laws any further. Based on this understanding, the City council canceled a hearing on taxing and regulating marijuana earlier in February, after Racine warned that council members and their staff could face fines and jail time if they took part.
Go Green.
Chaffetz’s threat, on the other hand, is hot air. Violating the Anti-Deficiency Act does carry civil and criminal penalties but, sadly for them, lawmakers like Chaffetz have little power to enforce it. (Chaffetz’s office did not return a request to clarify how implementing Initiative 71 could lead to jail time for city officials.) The Obama administration—specifically, the Department of Justice—would have to initiate prosecution. That’s hard to imagine, in light of the president’s statements in support of the legalization initiative—although it’s possible that a anti-marijuana presidential candidate could be elected in 2016 and initiate legal action against the city at that point. Chaffetz played coy when asked if he might sue the city— “It’s in the law; it’s crystal clear,” is all he told the Post— but Representative Mark Meadows, one of the other Republicans trying to block the measure, said “there’s no talk of litigation.” Instead, he issued a vague threat having to do with the District’s ability to get congressional approval for future, unrelated measures
