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Trump Signs Executive Orders: Withdraws from TPP, Ends Funding for Overseas Health Services That Provide Abortions, Freezes Some Federal Hiring
Pen and a phone, but mostly the pen.
Re: the hiring freeze, he said this about it:
Making good on a campaign promise, President Trump on Monday signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
He also signed two other orders -- one placing a hiring freeze on some federal workers and the other reinstating a ban on funding for international groups that perform abortions.
Government unions immediately began screaming, and that's a real danger, because federal government unions are so popular with the American public. Per that report, the freeze might be retroactive for Obama's recent hires who were hired but who have not actually begun working yet.
The new commander-in-chief also signed an executive order on Monday that froze hiring for some federal government employees. "Except for the military," he said when signing it.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hrothgar at January 23, 2017 03:21 PM (wCEn4)
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:21 PM (8mO0Q)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:21 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: IC at January 23, 2017 03:21 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (8mO0Q)
This idea that EPA bureaucrats can pass far reaching regulations without going through Congress needs to be stopped.
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (lzxL6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (jsWA8)
Per that report, the freeze might be retroactive for Obama's recent hires who were hired but who have not actually begun working yet.
Posted by: Ace at 03:19 PM
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Well, let's hope that this stays in place until at least the decimation occurs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (wCEn4)
Posted by: Pat at January 23, 2017 03:23 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:23 PM (m9RuU)
Phone is for tweeting.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 23, 2017 03:23 PM (Om16U)
revenge, best served cold. like freezing cold.
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:23 PM (8mO0Q)
This idea that EPA bureaucrats can pass far reaching regulations without going through Congress needs to be stopped.
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (lzxL6)
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The REINS act?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:23 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (Ja56Y)
1. Withdraw the U.S. from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP.)
2. Reinstate the Mexico City Policy dealing with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and abortion access.
3. A complete freeze on federal workforce hiring - with the EXCEPTION of our United States Military.
The Fake News Media calls number 3 "some federal workers."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Dr Spank at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (TJCSB)
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (m9RuU)
Posted by: Mr pink at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (t9CnJ)
hires who were hired but who have not actually begun working yet.<<<
Posted by: President Donald Trump at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (WidQN)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Buzzion at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: joncelli, Tackling the Vital Issues at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (8mO0Q)
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Congratulations! Your prizes are an aluminum AOSHQ membership, a paddle ball game, one used TV remote, and this piece of string!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (kTF2Z)
Overseas Health Services That Provide Abortions, Freezes Some Federal
Hiring
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and then a light breakfast.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (toH8T)
Spicer called on the NY Post first where before it was in the Constitution that the AP had to be called on first
Posted by: kbdabear at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (Ya7zs)
Not feasible. There is a legitimate role for regulation-making under statutory authority. The question is, what is properly within that realm versus what must be approved by the legislature? That's the hard part.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: RKae at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (QxDWi)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Wishes You a Happy Trump Day! at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: IC at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (a0IVu)
The government unions exist by executive order, they ought to walk carefully here.
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (Ja56Y)
Originally they did, a JFK fuck up, but now I think there is a statute allowing them.
Not sure
Posted by: Pat at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: Mr pink at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (t9CnJ)
Posted by: Buzzion at January 23, 2017 03:24 PM (cAnNx)
Chemjeff, is that you?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (kTF2Z)
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Not the Pewter membership? Splurging now!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (2mC6G)
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"Well, looks like there will be no hiring whatsoever in the United States. My gender studies professor told me that only the government hires people, and I believed xer."
-Very smart college student who's struggling with their core classes but acing that gender studies course
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (/prE6)
It's not a real Trumpening press conference until he calls on Ace first!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (wCEn4)
Posted by: EPA at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Very Irredeemably Undude at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (2X7pN)
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (m9RuU)
(N probably needs to be 3 at least.)
Posted by: filbert at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (s5o+q)
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Congratulations! Your prizes are an aluminum AOSHQ membership, a paddle ball game, one used TV remote, and this piece of string!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (kTF2Z)
Good thing you're getting the aluminum membership for free. There's only a slight benefit to it over the cardboard level. Certainly not worth the extra $20/month.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (8hICw)
Fuck them sideways.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (xeeHA)
Suck it!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Pat at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
...and I'll take this chair...
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (8mO0Q)
Ugh, apart from the gross content, her tone of voice just really really annoys me.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (Om16U)
I don't buy his conversion to anti-abortion, but maybe its genuine. There's strategy to this, though. By cutting off funding to groups like Planned Parenthood for abortions worldwide, he's cutting down their donation money to leftist causes and Democrat politicians.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (39g3+)
Any settlement agreement that establishes a regulatory practice or procedure must be approved by Congress, not by the agency.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Wishes You a Happy Trump Day! at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (hLRSq)
Oh, Hell yes!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (HgMAr)
Oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (mf5HN)
pass a "law" that no "laws" can be passed by a federal agency without
Congressional approval, like a formal bill.
This idea that EPA bureaucrats can pass far reaching regulations without going through Congress needs to be stopped.
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (lzxL6) ===================
The REINS act?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:23 PM (/prE6)<<<
I'd be shocked, shocked I tell ya!
Posted by: zombie Claude Rains at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (WidQN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (8ZskC)
I missed this part in the Constitution. Care to point it out?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (Om16U)
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She's a naaaaaaaaaasty woman.....
Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (8XRCm)
hires who were hired but who have not actually begun working yet.
**
Tell them to think of it as Funemployment.
Posted by: Azathoth at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (J4nVH)
Posted by: eleven at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (fYChk)
I don't buy his conversion to anti-abortion, but maybe its genuine. There's strategy to this, though. By cutting off funding to groups like Planned Parenthood for abortions worldwide, he's cutting down their donation money to leftist causes and Democrat politicians.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (39g3+)
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Maybe he doesn't care, and he'll do what he can for the pro-life movement purely because they are allies. You know, what coalitions tend to do.
"Except for amnesty. We'll always have amnesty."
-John McCain
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 23, 2017 03:25 PM (Ya7zs)
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Yeah! In the face of Madison's clear stipulation "All freedom of the press hinges upon calling the AP first." - Federalist II: The Return of Publius #180.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (2mC6G)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (8XRCm)
*facepunch*
oops, sorry, just a reflex
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (BWL+E)
hires who were hired but who have not actually begun working yet.
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Sorry.
-><- THIS close.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2017 03:29 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2017 03:29 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 23, 2017 03:29 PM (ul9CR)
Ugh, apart from the gross content, her tone of voice just really really annoys me.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (Om16U)
The other day I was accosted leaving a pizza place by a guy wearing Halloween makeup who was rambling on about Trump being secretly married to Hattie McDaniel. He made more sense than Ashley Judd.
Posted by: josephistan at January 23, 2017 03:29 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (2mC6G)
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You have no idea how drunk I was when I wrote that...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:29 PM (/prE6)
This idea that EPA bureaucrats can pass far reaching regulations without going through Congress needs to be stopped.
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (lzxL6)
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The REINS act?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:23 PM (/prE6)
Technically, the Congressional Review Act is already A Thing but since Congress ignores it now, I'm all in on the REINS act and I'll even forgive the stupid stupid stupid acronym thing.
OR THEY COULD REPEAL THE APA ENTIRELY IS A THING THAT CONGRESS COULD DO!
*falls over flailing*
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:29 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (R+30W)
Not feasible. There is a legitimate role for regulation-making under statutory authority. The question is, what is properly within that realm versus what must be approved by the legislature? That's the hard part.
Posted by: Cicero
I would like to sunset regulations. They are my valid for the current Congress unless enrolled in law.
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (Ja56Y)
Posted by: Super Beets Lady Who Talks Like A Robot at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (U5kaK)
AoSHQ Style Guide has been updated to include "Million Mish March".
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (J+eG2)
Yup, mark it down. The Progs will deliberately slow down any public-facing Agency or Department. The Post Office (as if that were possible) and at the State level, the DMV is probably at the top of the list.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (0tfLf)
Trump is meeting with union leaders right now. Just heard one of the office libs say, Oh shit, if he can swing unions to his side the Dems are going to lose a big block of votes.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (OE2ur)
Not feasible. There is a legitimate role for regulation-making under statutory authority. The question is, what is properly within that realm versus what must be approved by the legislature? That's the hard part.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
I'd be fine with the consequences of federal agencies not getting to make new laws, especially the EPA.
If there is not a consensus in the body Americans elected to Congress, maybe it really shouldn't be a law?
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (lzxL6)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (BWL+E)
hires who were hired but who have not actually begun working yet.<<<
I just freed you from job lock. You're welcome.
Posted by: Donald Trump, who IS President, and not Hillary Clinton who never ever will be at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (WidQN)
She's a naaaaaaaaaasty woman.....
Votermom
Did it sound like she was reciting some awful poem, written by Saphire or some such? that's what it sounds like to me.
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (8mO0Q)
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (gBCPl)
They must also report to The Barrel.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2017 03:28 PM (8XRCm)
Ashley Judd v. Melania Trump
Which one would you choose as a role model for your daughters?
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (wCEn4)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (39g3+)
The Wimmin's March yesterday probably made him want to do something to really piss the harpies off.
I've said this before - by screaming and hissing at him constantly, the left is probably pushing a nonideologue who is not notably socially conservative more conservative than he otherwise would be. Because "f you."
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (ZM2xo)
As for him getting us out of TPP remember that all the Republicans but one voted for that POS. But the COC wanted it. It was a POS and I am glad he killed it. Every trade deal we have signed in the past 50 years has been a one way street and I hope to see that change.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (mpXpK)
They broke the law. Repeatedly.
You don't have to frame it as abortions. It's a matter of law and order and they've committed felonies. Taxpayer funds will not be going to fund groups that have committed crimes.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (4ErVI)
Sweet. Now he'll have to go find a real job. Obama will need a fiction writer for his next "autobiography" (i.e. presidential memoirs). Maybe Ben should apply for that job.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (riF5p)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (tOcW/)
Trump is meeting with union leaders right now. Just heard one of the office libs say, Oh shit, if he can swing unions to his side the Dems are going to lose a big block of votes.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (OE2ur)
They'll always have psycho-harpies dressed like vaginas.
Posted by: josephistan at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (7HtZB)
OR THEY COULD REPEAL THE APA ENTIRELY IS A THING THAT CONGRESS COULD DO!
*falls over flailing*
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:29 PM (mf5HN)
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I guess, unless Congress wants its power back, there's nothing that we can do to force that to happen.
"It's just so much easier to get re-elected if I don't vote on really unpopular things but they still become law through shoddy law writing and an out of control bureaucracy. It's worth it, right?"
-Backbencher Congresscritter, who's been in D.C. since before telephones were a thing
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (8mO0Q)
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Youre on your own... I aint answering any questions.
I think votermom broke my nose.....
Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (/prE6)
***
I want that to happen, and I want it to be done in the traditional style - guys 1 through 9 have to beat guy #10 to death.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: Buzzion at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (xN1DB)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (Undvz)
This idea that EPA bureaucrats can pass far reaching regulations without going through Congress needs to be stopped.
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (lzxL6)
That wouldn't work in reality. The reason there are regulatory agencies is because Congress has passed a law dictating this or that and now you have to have an administration to actually implement and manage the law. What happens because it is predictable and natural , is that agencies take their job seriously, because now that they have been given power to administer and they take that eventually to mean they can make new rules in order to administer. And it mushrooms out of control.
What needs to happen is either repeal of laws, or clarification with directives of limitations on the administration of individual laws. And heads of these agencies who are rewarded for limiting their minions work rather than rewarding how many new rules they can come up with.
Posted by: Jen at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (+dgPH)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (OE2ur)
Local union bigshot has already proclaimed he likes Trump's infrastructure plans. AND that the donks have focussed on special interests at the expense of Blue Collar Dude.
Posted by: kallisto at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (nNdYv)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (mpXpK)
Even if Trump is still pro-choice, it's clear that like most normal people he is absolutely disgusted with what Planned Parenthood/abortion activists promote re: late-term abortion. I don't need a 100% pro-life POTUS, just someone who can differentiate between reasonable and ghoulish infanticide, between availability of birth control vs. government mandated coverage.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Buzzion at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (cAnNx)
Here? If it even happens, it'll be after 500.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (8hICw)
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (Ja56Y)
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I'd love a Constitutional Amendment that enforced a sunset provision on every law and forbade omnibus bills that re-passed everything.
"But Congress wouldn't do anything but re-pass laws!"
-The Left
"No shit."
-Me
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (/prE6)
BTW it isn't fit for man nor beast outside here, heavy rain, very windy and 35 f
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (0AwCy)
Posted by: Your Indispensible Government Bureaucrat at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 23, 2017 03:34 PM (Undvz)
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 23, 2017 03:34 PM (gBCPl)
Posted by: Pepe at January 23, 2017 03:34 PM (XNdCd)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at January 23, 2017 03:34 PM (V+03K)
Posted by: 16 Paranoia Filled Days Later at January 23, 2017 03:34 PM (Halhc)
Posted by: Trumpasaurus Rex at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (uhftQ)
Posted by: T (channeling Maximus Decimus Meridius) at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (IKdzI)
Thought that was one of the tings, like the Iran Deal, that was kept super-secret by Obama, that he was negotiating this without input from Congress, planning to just drop it on 'em for a quickie up/down vote.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (NOIQH)
She's a naaaaaaaaaasty woman.....
Votermom
Did it sound like she was reciting some awful poem, written by Saphire or some such? that's what it sounds like to me.
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM (8mO0Q)
Yes she was- it was a poem by a 16yo girl. I kid you not.
Posted by: josephistan at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (7HtZB)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (pUDQf)
I don't buy his conversion to anti-abortion, but maybe its genuine. There's strategy to this, though. By cutting off funding to groups like Planned Parenthood for abortions worldwide, he's cutting down their donation money to leftist causes and Democrat politicians.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:27 PM (39g3+)
++++
If Reagan - who as Governor of California signed the law legalizing abortion in that state - can credibly change his mind on abortion, I see no reason to doubt Trump.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (/prE6)
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To really keep em busy: Sunset Period: 1 weekday/weekend
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (2mC6G)
"Did you engage the enemy?"
"I fvcking vaporized the enemy... sir."
Posted by: Qoheleth at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (iIzG7)
Not sure
Posted by: Pat at January 23, 2017 03:26 PM (pvwwD)
Originally it was an illegal executive order by Kennedy but within a few months the all Democrat Congress passed a law making it legal.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: kallisto at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (nNdYv)
From what I saw Trump is really making a push for them. Said something like you'll be building new plants and factories for the new jobs that will be created for your members.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (OE2ur)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Taxed Tampon at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (m9RuU)
There are SCOTUS decisions that give nearly unbridled authority to agencies when creating and applying rules to implement acts of Congress. Big problem. It can also be hard to get standing to challenge this. It's weird that the Sierra Club can get standing while a State sometimes can't
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (SIY7D)
BREAKING: Laura Ingraham To Run Against Tim Kaine
supposedly is how I would say it. But with securing those website names, looks pretty sure
491 https://tinyurl.com/hwj9beh
Iran Caught Importing Missile Technology
from last thread
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (R+30W)
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Also No-fault-divorce-Reagan, champion of "Family Values".
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (2mC6G)
And a pony.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (9uYWN)
-The Left
"No shit."
-Me
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (/prE6)
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"But Congress won't get anything DONE!?" has never been a compelling argument for me.
Good. At some point you have to have enough laws, don't you?
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (2mC6G)
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Realistically, I'd think something like 10 years. Maybe 20 (a generation).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Your Indispensible Government Bureaucrat at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (qJhUV)
Between the bureaucrats walking off and the celebrities going on strike, America is promising to be a gray and inhospitable land under Trump.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (Ja56Y)
This is a perfect piece of legislation, and coupled with a sunset (aka term-limits) provision for all elected and appointed Federal offices would go a long way towards being very positive effects on a system that wants to become corrupt.
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (wCEn4)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 23, 2017 03:30 PM (J+eG2)<<<
Lots of mishes out there "demenstruating".
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (WidQN)
Yeah but a free-form one out of her mare's nest of a brain.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (y3aQB)
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So Loon vs. Not a loon. She should get ahead by 50 points.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (2mC6G)
Tough days ahead for Iran.
The US will no longer cover for them and Russia doesn't need them, anymore.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (m9RuU)
Can confirm this.
Posted by: Pajama Boy at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (10LGw)
Anyone know how the exact wording of the memorandum he signed reads?
Posted by: Log Cabin at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (Ve2ZO)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (OE2ur)
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Trump steals organized labor. I wonder if the progs have even realized this.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: josephistan at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM
*****
That makes it even worse than I already thought it was.
Posted by: L, Elle at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (Rsi2C)
BREAKING: Laura Ingraham To Run Against Tim Kaine
supposedly is how I would say it. But with securing those website names, looks pretty sure
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (y3aQB)
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I can't keep most of these personalities straight. Is Ingraham solid conservative or not?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (/prE6)
we have to prove we can govern. --Paul Ryan and Mitch McTurtle
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (Undvz)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (OE2ur)
Trump I think actually likes and respects "real," blue-collar unions. White-collar unions like SEIU and government employee unions, probably not so much.
Posted by: filbert at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (s5o+q)
"But Congress wouldn't do anything but re-pass laws!"
-The Left
"No shit."
-Me
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:33 PM (/prE6)
Ahem.
I want the RTFBYMFMF amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Prior to vote by the Senate and the House of Representatives, the final language of all bills shall be read in its entirety from the floor of the Senate or House chamber, respectively, by a human being reading the bill at a normal rate of speech. No vote shall be taken until the full text of the bill is read.
Should the Senate and House pass bills with differing language, the compromise bill that is returned from the Senate and House committee, respectively, shall be read in its entirety from the floor of the Senate or House chamber, respectively, by a human being reading the bill at a normal rate of speech. No vote shall be taken until the full text of the bill is read.
The above provision shall also apply to any and all amendments to bills.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Jen
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The idea that the EPA can just say increase CAFE requirements on cars to where it basically means you outlaw the internal combustion engine and have a backdoor cap and trade system is the sort of thing I'm talking about.
That would be a good example where I want the EPA to make recommendations but Congress has to vote on it.
Same with say carbon dioxide regulation.
I'm really not worried about what happens if it gets a lot harder for the federal government to pass new laws and regulations.
I'm open to other ways, but something needs to be done because it's out of control.
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (lzxL6)
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:31 PM
It was written by a 19 year old Dunkin Donut worker per a Daily Mail story with lots of the author's selfies. I'm not kidding.
Posted by: Lester at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (8USec)
Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (8XRCm)
And a pony.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (9uYWN) [
Heinlein in "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" proposed something much like that (he didn't have the pony clause in there though)!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 23, 2017 03:40 PM (wCEn4)
I can't keep most of these personalities straight. Is Ingraham solid conservative or not?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (/prE6)
Solid
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 23, 2017 03:40 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at January 23, 2017 03:40 PM (IGwNG)
That would be a good example where I want the EPA to make recommendations but Congress has to vote on it.
Same with say carbon dioxide regulation.
I'm really not worried about what happens if it gets a lot harder for the federal government to pass new laws and regulations.
I'm open to other ways, but something needs to be done because it's out of control.
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (lzxL6)
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I wish he would shitcan all the Lead Safe Remodeling Bullshit.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2017 03:40 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (Undvz)
I want the RTFBYMFMF amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Prior to vote by the Senate and the House of Representatives, the final language of all bills shall be read in its entirety from the floor of the Senate or House chamber, respectively, by a human being reading the bill at a normal rate of speech. No vote shall be taken until the full text of the bill is read.
Should the Senate and House pass bills with differing language, the compromise bill that is returned from the Senate and House committee, respectively, shall be read in its entirety from the floor of the Senate or House chamber, respectively, by a human being reading the bill at a normal rate of speech. No vote shall be taken until the full text of the bill is read.
The above provision shall also apply to any and all amendments to bills.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (mf5HN)
======================
"But Congress won't get anything done!"
-The Left
"Then write shorter bills."
-Me
"Then how are we going to sneak terrible policy past the people?"
-The Left
"No shit."
-Me
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (0AwCy)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (NOIQH)
Yeah but a free-form one out of her mare's nest of a brain
+++
Ought to do an MST3K style dub with people in berets snapping and saying shit like Wild Daddio dig it
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (gBCPl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:37 PM (8ZskC)
"Dark."
(Which somehow, did you notice, suddenly became a non-racist and totally acceptable characterization, in accordance with the "but it's okay when WE do it" rule.)
Posted by: filbert at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Trumpasaurus Rex at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (m3iiU)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 23, 2017 03:35 PM (R+30W)
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Also No-fault-divorce-Reagan, champion of "Family Values".
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (2mC6G)
Yep. That has done more to destroy parents and children than anything. It's on par with The Great Society (maybe worse).
Posted by: Pepe at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (XNdCd)
Yes she was- it was a poem by a 16yo girl. I kid you not.
Posted by: josephistan
I knew I recognized that stupid self-important leftist poem cadence. HA!
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (8mO0Q)
Solid
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 23, 2017 03:40 PM (lKyWE)
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Thanks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (/prE6)
Should the Senate and House pass bills with differing language, the compromise bill that is returned from the Senate and House committee, respectively, shall be read in its entirety from the floor of the Senate or House chamber, respectively, by a human being reading the bill at a normal rate of speech. No vote shall be taken until the full text of the bill is read.
The above provision shall also apply to any and all amendments to bills.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (mf5HN)
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This certainly would make the ACA impossible to pass. It would take years to read that.
Which, I am aware, is entirely the point.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (xeeHA)
The above provision shall also apply to any and all amendments to bills.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (mf5HN)
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Well, that would slow things down a bit for 2700 page bills, but mostly likely you'd see a lot of aides in seats with the reps tapping them on the shoulder about the last page, to get ready for the vote.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (2mC6G)
That chicken, CNN, keep doing what you do.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (ul9CR)
It would be just like old times.
Posted by: Tucker Carlson's Book of Untruths at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (fxE3Q)
Zombie Bobby Darrin slowly turns....
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (IGwNG)
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (jA/+t)
That last part you cannot legislate. No matter how many laws you pass or rules you put up, an unreasonable group of fools will be unconstitutional until stopped by the courts and/or the voters.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (39g3+)
Anyone know how the exact wording of the memorandum he signed reads?
Posted by: Log Cabin at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (Ve2ZO)
IIRS, the hiring freeze does not apply to intelligence agencies and the military.
I can't recall if it's part of REINS or a separate bill but there's a push to eliminate Chevron deference and it's about damn time that Congress woke and remembered that, hey, we control the vertical on what the Federal Courts do.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 23, 2017 03:43 PM (jA/+t)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (2mC6G)
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It would be less, "Oh, we have to pay attention?" and more, "Oh, we can't get anything done for the next four weeks while this bill is read."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:43 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: kallisto at January 23, 2017 03:43 PM (nNdYv)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 23, 2017 03:43 PM (Undvz)
Posted by: Nasty Woman at January 23, 2017 03:43 PM (2mC6G)
Truth in advertising.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 23, 2017 03:44 PM (ZM2xo)
Ahem.
I want the RTFBYMFMF amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Prior to vote by the Senate and the House of Representatives, the final language of all bills shall be read in its entirety from the floor of the Senate or House chamber, respectively, by a human being reading the bill at a normal rate of speech. No vote shall be taken until the full text of the bill is read.
Should the Senate and House pass bills with differing language, the compromise bill that is returned from the Senate and House committee, respectively, shall be read in its entirety from the floor of the Senate or House chamber, respectively, by a human being reading the bill at a normal rate of speech. No vote shall be taken until the full text of the bill is read.
The above provision shall also apply to any and all amendments to bills.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (mf5HN)
++++
Not a problem. I would note that there is nothing in the text that requires anyone to actually listen to the reading or even be present. So, let's do this thing!
Posted by: The Esteemed Gentleman from Wherever at January 23, 2017 03:44 PM (R+30W)
What needs to happen is they submit all of their damn proposed new rules to Congress for approval before enactment.
Want your new shit to pass ? Keep it short and simple.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 23, 2017 03:44 PM (9uYWN)
Step 2: ???
Step 3: We CHANGE THE WORLD!
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:44 PM (xeeHA)
President Donald Trump's reported plan to gut federal spending by $10.5 trillion over the next decade includes eliminating three iconic agencies defended as cultural mainstays by many Democrats.
The next administration is working on plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Hill reported Thursday.
http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/23/trump-targets-three-agencies-with-ambitious-budget-cuts/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (39g3+)
But you'd need someone who was a private sector builder to make this happen. No one in government knows how to do this, least of all anyone who could be ever be elected President, no?
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (SIY7D)
Kaine looks like a guy you hide your children from.
Posted by: Trumpasaurus Rex at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (m3iiU)
And beloved family pets
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (lKyWE)
This idea that EPA bureaucrats can pass far reaching regulations without going through Congress needs to be stopped.
Maritime, its called Administrative Law when agencies put out regs. During the primary, Marco Rubio came to NH for a campaign stop. I was able to elbow my way into the crowd and ask him a question about what he would do about administrative laws, since the agencies have almost completely negated the "need" for congress if they make their own laws.
Well his answer lost him my vote. Forever. His response was little more than "so what"? When pressed for clarification, he basically said that was the way it was and you can't change it. This is after listening to twenty minutes of his blah blah about doing more with government than just "changing things around the margins".
Posted by: squeakywheel at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (fce+O)
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 23, 2017 03:42 PM (jA/+t)
I've been getting "this service is not available" messages sporadically for the past week or so.
I figure it's just pixy's servers getting hammered, either with refreshes or with naughty people.
Well, OTHER naughty people.
Posted by: filbert at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (s5o+q)
Should the Senate and House pass bills with
differing language, the compromise bill that is returned from the Senate
and House committee, respectively, shall be read in its entirety from
the floor of the Senate or House chamber, respectively, by a human being
reading the bill at a normal rate of speech. No vote shall be taken
until the full text of the bill is read.
The above provision shall also apply to any and all amendments to bills.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (mf5HN)
Well that's just dumb. I was assured the only way to know what's in the bill is to pass it first. Duh.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Lester
that's PERFECT....(picture Lucy screaming so loud charlie brown flips away backward)
that's good for a belly laugh.
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (8mO0Q)
I knew I recognized that stupid self-important leftist poem cadence. HA
+++
They don't know poetry. But they are the only ones that can get grants for it
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (gBCPl)
I can't keep most of these personalities straight. Is Ingraham solid conservative or not?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:38 PM (/prE6)
Solid
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 23, 2017 03:40 PM (lKyWE)
Until she disagrees with something and is immediately turned into a low life establishment lackey.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (/BXzQ)
I liked the part where the article said, 'if we can not hire people to do the work, then we will just have to subcontract it.'
Paraphrasing a little bit.
Posted by: Sam Cold Hans at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (rG+5O)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (Undvz)
unbridled authority to agencies when creating and applying rules to
implement acts of Congress. Big problem. It can also be hard to get
standing to challenge this. It's weird that the Sierra Club can get
standing while a State sometimes can't
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 23, 2017 03:36 PM (SIY7D)
Those ruling were in cases where the law from congress that was passed clearly allowed the EPA to issue regulations in the area specified. There have also been rulings by the court more recently during the Choom reign where they slapped his pen and phone down because they exceeded the leeway given by congress to the EPA.
Congress has delegated more and more power to the the unelected bureaucrats in the regulatory agencies and that is what needs to stop.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (mpXpK)
6
I'd like to see Trump and the Republican Congress pass a "law" that no
"laws" can be passed by a federal agency without Congressional approval,
like a formal bill.
This idea that EPA bureaucrats can pass far reaching regulations without going through Congress needs to be stopped.
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:22 PM (lzxL6)Maritime, "law" you have a funny way of spelling Amendment to the Constitution.
Posted by: Central Scrutinizer at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (vI+F1)
Posted by: Trumpasaurus Rex at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (m3iiU)<<<
So you're saying I should run in Nevada?
Posted by: Tim "Kreeper" Kaine at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (WidQN)
Fox News has hired ex-Obama State Department spox Marie Harf as a contributor.
Posted by: Azathoth at January 23, 2017 03:46 PM (J4nVH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2017 03:46 PM (PY9jH)
Step 2: ???
Step 3: We CHANGE THE WORLD!
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:44 PM (xeeHA)
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I want to sell a line of exploding Muslim Prayer Rugs.
Prophets would be thru the roof!!!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2017 03:46 PM (8XRCm)
President Donald Trump's reported plan to gut federal spending by $10.5 trillion over the next decade includes eliminating three iconic agencies defended as cultural mainstays by many Democrats.
The next administration is working on plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Hill reported Thursday.
http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/23/trump-targets-three-agencies-with-ambitious-budget-cuts/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (39g3+)
That's not gutting.
At best, it's a light trim around the edges. Not even a "haircut."
Posted by: filbert at January 23, 2017 03:46 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Pat at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (SGa2t)
On second thought, you can keep the Jelly Donut and I'll just have the Coffee to go.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (m9RuU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2017 03:46 PM (PY9jH)
Chances are he already has the costume.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (mBnZE)
If a spherical model of the universe is true...
...look out behind you.
Posted by: mikeski at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (iKu60)
Posted by: The Who at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (xB7fY)
No government-funded art
No government-funded "humanities"
No government-funded kids' puppet programs
Not the America where I want to live.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (8ZskC)
Oh, good. Said no one.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Trumpasaurus Rex at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (m3iiU)
It is easy to believe that Kaine drives a nondescript windowless van that is frequently seen near playgrounds!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (wCEn4)
Posted by: Super Beats For Better Mental Health at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (U5kaK)
That would be a good example where I want the EPA to make recommendations but Congress has to vote on it.
Same with say carbon dioxide regulation.
I'm really not worried about what happens if it gets a lot harder for the federal government to pass new laws and regulations.
I'm open to other ways, but something needs to be done because it's out of control.
Posted by: Maritime at January 23, 2017 03:39 PM (lzxL6
Maritime, I understand what you are saying and agree we need to limit it.
The real problem with what you are suggesting is that you are asking people (Congress) who don't know anything about internal combustion engines to vote on standards. Congress people don't possess some magical spaghetti strainer of knowledge that they put on their head and they become experts on fuel injection. You would have to have them all receive a full education on the issue by unbiased sources( which is what lobbyists are used for, each side sends their lobbyist expert to an agency or a congress person to "educate" them) and then they finally vote. Absolutely zero would get done on the issue, which is fine until it's something very necessary or beneficial.
Right now, regulatory agencies send out new rules for public comment 60 days prior to making them a rule. They then listen to public comment, listen to lobbyists and groups impacted and then make their decision. At the regulatory agency is where limits need to be placed, it makes the most sense.
Posted by: Jen at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (+dgPH)
Posted by: Pat at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (SGa2t)
Posted by: Tim "Kreeper" Kaine at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (WidQN)
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They just legalized child prostitution in California, though.
Posted by: Hairy Reed at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (2mC6G)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (HSmrB)
Yeh...that's a new one for me too.
And about the same time frame as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (J+eG2)
The above provision shall also apply to any and all amendments to bills.
Posted by: alexthechick
Why a law? Can't any Senator with a set do this?
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (Ja56Y)
With your nose pressed up against the bakery window
There are no jelly doughnuts for you today
Only death
(snap snap snap)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (ul9CR)
Oh, good. Said no one.
I don't know. Didn't she have some nice sweater-Harfs?
Posted by: gewa76 at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (B6OKy)
Posted by: Dave (in MA) at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (z+cd2)
Marie! You stabbed me in the back!
Posted by: Jen Psaki: Pole Dancer for Hire at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (r/0kC)
Anything involving military, public safety, and intel is not frozen. The rest are locked and it looks seriously like he's going to actually work to wipe out some federal agencies. Unlikely to get past congress, but at least he may try.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (39g3+)
At best, it's a light trim around the edges. Not even a "haircut."
Posted by: filbert at January 23, 2017 03:46 PM (s5o+q)
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At first I read "3 agencies" and thought, OOH, Education, Energy and Labor.
But then I read on.
Yeah, not even a real dent, those three.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Buzzion at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (cAnNx)
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I wouldn't expect anyone here to have a problem with it.
But, just so you won't be disappointed, I will try a mini- whinge.
I hope one of his exceptions will be for direct-care employees at the VA. IOW, make the freeze apply to administration but don't forbid their replacing a retiring doctor.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (Nox3c)
"The next administration is working on plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Hill reported Thursday. "
Here comes more Hollywood ads featuring harebrained actors and singers emoting about how important the arts are. They'll be talking about themselves as if they're Leonardo diVinci or Shakespeare.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (ZM2xo)
Paraphrasing a little bit.
Posted by: Sam Cold Hans at January 23, 2017 03:45 PM (rG+5O)
"So, what you're saying is that you are incapable of doing the job that The People hired you to do? That you're refusing a legitimate and lawful request by your superiors to perform that job? Is that what you're saying?"
Let the firings for cause (insubordination) begin!
Posted by: filbert at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (s5o+q)
She has nice cans. They just have to teach her not to try to speak.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (PY9jH)
Not around Searchlight, he's not. That's my hunting grounds
Posted by: Hairy Reed at January 23, 2017 03:50 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 23, 2017 03:50 PM (gBCPl)
Posted by: Azathoth at January 23, 2017 03:46 PM (J4nVH)<<<
Can you imagine Mega McCain and her on set at the same time?
1) How will we tell them apart?
2) We're gonna need a bigger set.
Posted by: FOX News producers at January 23, 2017 03:50 PM (WidQN)
Posted by: Sam Cold Hans at January 23, 2017 03:50 PM (rG+5O)
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How now, brown bureaucrat?
Did you not stump for Trump?
Posted by: beat nick at January 23, 2017 03:50 PM (lJXY3)
We're gonna need a bigger bag of Flour.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (m9RuU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Puddleglum, #NotMySuperBowl at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (jA/+t)
Menza-menza
She looks like a (much) less attractive Katie Pavlich, if Katie wore glasses.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: That Dude who Voiced Elmo at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (10LGw)
Yeah, not even a real dent, those three.
Not a significant amount in terms of money. A gigantic, shocking step in terms of history.
When, in the history of the US Federal Government was an agency ever eliminated and not replaced by a different one? Ever?
Posted by: Hairy Reed at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (39g3+)
If a spherical model of the universe is true...
...look out behind you.
Posted by: mikeski at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (iKu60)
That's funny shit. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (aMlLZ)
Which, I am aware, is entirely the point.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (xeeHA)
Well, the point is more to ensure that a. the final language of the bill actually exists and is not just vapor ware like in ACA and II. to ensure that at least one person on the planet has read the bill in its entirety prior to anyone voting on it.
Damn it. Need to change the language of the amendment so that the human being is the same human being from the beginning to the end of the reading of the bill and if that person has a health crisis of some sort in the midst of reading the bill, then the reading must recommence from the first word.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (FtrY1)
"You have to pass it to see what's in it''' Nancy Peloisi and Her giant gavel...
Posted by: deplorable donna at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (O2RFr)
Comments exceed connection limits, IIRC
Posted by: Tim in Illinois Red County Rebel at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (d76uN)
Posted by: Trumpasaurus Rex at January 23, 2017 03:41 PM (m3iiU)
Harry Reid: You can hide them at my place. Well just the boys
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (OE2ur)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (ZM2xo)
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We
WE
We
Weee
Can't
Can't...Can't...
Make Art
Art
Without Tax
Tax
Tax
Money.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (r/0kC)
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They gave her the job so she wouldn't terrorize anybody.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (2mC6G)
Unintended consequences are all too frequent in the environmental area.
Don't get me going on ethanol.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (SIY7D)
Fox News has hired ex-Obama State Department spox Marie Harf as a contributor.
Good grief. Why?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (PY9jH)
Marie Harf in a debate with Nigel Farage..I'd watch.
Posted by: IC at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (a0IVu)
Thunderdome is set.
Let's play, motherfuckers.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (39g3+)
Good grief. Why?
Nice tits?
Posted by: Puddleglum, #NotMySuperBowl at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (jA/+t)
Posted by: Pat at January 23, 2017 03:47 PM (SGa2t)
======================
Ted Cruz acting like a politician?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (/prE6)
President Donald Trump's reported plan to gut federal spending by $10.5 trillion over the next decade includes eliminating three iconic agencies defended as cultural mainstays by many Democrats.
The next administration is working on plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Hill reported Thursday.
http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/23/trump-targets-three-agencies-with-ambitious-budget-cuts/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Splooooooge! Oops. Uh, scuse me.
Posted by: Trumpasaurus Rex at January 23, 2017 03:53 PM (+aCe4)
Funneling money to Little Debbie?
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:53 PM (m9RuU)
With your nose pressed up against the bakery window
There are no jelly doughnuts for you today
Only death
(snap snap snap)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat?
as opposed to cummings's ....
how do you like your blue-eyed boy
Mister Death
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 03:53 PM (8mO0Q)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2017 03:53 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (mf5HN)
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Also, ensure that the people voting on it have to listen to all of it.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:53 PM (xeeHA)
In fairness: ...a bag of wet mice wearing smart glasses.
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at January 23, 2017 03:54 PM (10LGw)
Posted by: beat nick at January 23, 2017 03:54 PM (lJXY3)
To make Juan Williams look smart?
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:54 PM (m9RuU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2017 03:53 PM (PY9jH)
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You'd have though Geraldo would have seen it!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 03:54 PM (2mC6G)
Posted by: Moron Pundit
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perhaps, a quiz?
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 23, 2017 03:54 PM (toH8T)
Okaaaaay...is this sorta like The View where they fill their "conservative" spot with someone so daffy that it ensures no one will be swayed by what she says?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2017 03:54 PM (NOIQH)
I've been a little under the *hic* weather lately,, and haven't heard what happened. So did I win or what?
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 23, 2017 03:54 PM (HSmrB)
Hell. No.
What you just prescribed is EXACTLY the justification for Rule by the Elite that we've been fed for God knows how long. Because We the People ... through our elected representatives ... just ain't smart enough.
Either we Self-Rule ... or we do not. And if not ... Burn, Scatter, and Salt. Because I'm in no mood to be told what I'm going to do by some asshole beaurocrat ... and I really don't give two shits what his credentials say.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 23, 2017 03:54 PM (9uYWN)
Posted by: Chelsea Clinton at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (8ZskC)
I'd like to defund studies similar to ' why is it difficult to put a condom on a grizzly bear?'
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (/BXzQ)
Damn it. Need to change the language of the amendment so that the human being is the same human being from the beginning to the end of the reading of the bill and if that person has a health crisis of some sort in the midst of reading the bill, then the reading must recommence from the first word.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (mf5HN)
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It's almost like you're trying to prevent Congress from passing huge laws that are filled with unknown text written by nameless staffers and industry insiders.
What are you? A terrorist hobbit?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2017 03:48 PM (Ja56Y)
Not a law, a Constitutional Amendment so that there's none of this voice vote consent to waive reading.
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (mf5HN)
_________________________
Those dipshits make plenty of money in the private market, even though they obviously lack the talents of a daVinci or Shakespeare.
That's why the arts don't need to be subsidized by taxpayers. Plus, as we've seen with NPR, once they are taxpayer-subsidized, they tend to become propaganda tools for Dim party.
Better to cut them loose to sink or swim in the private market. If the art has merit, people will pay for it. If it doesn't have merit, then it deserves to die.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (riF5p)
I would, too. But the track record isn't great.
Many of us breathed a sigh of relief when the LBJ-era Voting Rights Act, that monstrosity which enshrined *deliberately* racially gerrymandered congressional districts as a matter of federal law, sunsetted and expired in 2006.
George W. Bush and a Republican House and a Republican Senate immediately re-authorized the sunsetted VRA.
Bush thought that this act of _noblesse oblige_ on his part would impel black voters to head to the polls that fall and vote Republican.
Well, black voters did go to the polls that fall in large numbers, where they reciprocated Dubya's generosity by voting their customary straight-ticket Democratic slate, helping produce the doubleheader loss of the House and the Senate for the GOP.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: The Toilet at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (iynDC)
Thank you
Posted by: kallisto at January 23, 2017 03:43 PM (nNdYv)
++++
Here you go.
https://i.redd.it/4tlnsvgyt9px.jpg
Posted by: The Esteemed Gentleman from Wherever at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Hairy Reed at January 23, 2017 03:51 PM (39g3+)
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This is true. It'd be like when Obama was elected and oceans started to recede. A change in direction.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:56 PM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT (Soon to be Obamaboro, VT) at January 23, 2017 03:56 PM (Fbj4h)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 23, 2017 03:56 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2017 03:56 PM (aMlLZ)
. No vote shall be taken until the full text of the bill is read.
I am sure this rule is routinely ignored by a move to suspend the rules by acclamation.
Posted by: Pat at January 23, 2017 03:56 PM (SGa2t)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:57 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Super Beats For Better Mental Health at January 23, 2017 03:57 PM (U5kaK)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 23, 2017 03:57 PM (HiDrR)
The above provision shall also apply to any and all amendments to bills.
Posted by: alexthechick
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So you're suggesting an end to the age-old practice of "We have to pass the bill so we can find out what's in it"?
That's a little dicey, don't you think?
I say we should pass laws that are covered by a big silver rectangle; you pass the law, then you whip out a quarter and scrape the edge on it to see what you just passed!
IT'S FUN!
Posted by: RKae at January 23, 2017 03:58 PM (QxDWi)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2017 03:56 PM (aMlLZ)
Did you mean Stifler's mom?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 23, 2017 03:58 PM (8hICw)
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This bill shall be deemed as having been read.
Posted by: Nazi Pelousi at January 23, 2017 03:58 PM (2mC6G)
Separation of art and state - good.
Separation of Target Bathrooms and state - good.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 23, 2017 03:58 PM (pUDQf)
Funneling money to Little Debbie?
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:53 PM (m9RuU)
+++
They simply play musical chairs with these people. Ever notice? If one anchor leaves, they just pop up elsewhere. Same with politicos. Rarely are they out of a job for long. It's almost like someone, way high up is pulling the strings. It makes me seethe.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 23, 2017 03:58 PM (Ivjge)
I would, too. But the track record isn't great.
Many of us breathed a sigh of relief when the LBJ-era Voting Rights Act, that monstrosity which enshrined *deliberately* racially gerrymandered congressional districts as a matter of federal law, sunsetted and expired in 2006.
George W. Bush and a Republican House and a Republican Senate immediately re-authorized the sunsetted VRA.
Bush thought that this act of _noblesse oblige_ on his part would impel black voters to head to the polls that fall and vote Republican.
Well, black voters did go to the polls that fall in large numbers, where they reciprocated Dubya's generosity by voting their customary straight-ticket Democratic slate, helping produce the doubleheader loss of the House and the Senate for the GOP.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (noWW6)
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The point is that Congress has to keep justifying the vote over the years. It helps our laws more accurately reflect the will of the people instead of leaving it calcified in another time.
Notice, this only applies to laws, not the constitution. That's another discussion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:58 PM (/prE6)
Sean Spicer @seanspicer
Dippin dots is NOT the ice cream of the future
8:04 PM - 7 Apr 2010
Sean Spicer @seanspicer
I think I have said this before but Dippin Dots are not the ice cream of the future
4:23 PM - 22 Sep 2011
Sean Spicer @seanspicer
Ice Cream of the Past: Dippin Dots Files for Bankruptcy
12:47 PM - 4 Nov 2011
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 23, 2017 03:59 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2017 03:59 PM (NOIQH)
Fuck ALL Unions.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:59 PM (m9RuU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:59 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT (Soon to be Obamaboro, VT) at January 23, 2017 03:56 PM (Fbj4h)
Brattleboro opposes gays and lesbians?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 23, 2017 04:00 PM (OE2ur)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:59 PM (39g3+)
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"Precedent, bitches."
-SCOTUS
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 04:00 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: Distillery Hillary at January 23, 2017 04:00 PM (0HoCS)
Posted by: IC at January 23, 2017 04:00 PM (a0IVu)
Fuck ALL Unions.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 03:59 PM (m9RuU)
Look, when the unions are actually advancing and protecting their trade, I can understand it. When it becomes a protection racket for laziness and second rate work and an extension of the DNC, then I go to your statement.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 23, 2017 04:00 PM (8hICw)
And that at least a simple majority of the House and Senate were continuously present for the readings, with a restart if attendance falls below 50%!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 23, 2017 04:00 PM (9LSzT)
Posted by: Lizzy
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At last count, I have approximately one million channels on my cable box. And every damned one of them is leftist propaganda.
Why exactly does PBS still exist?
Posted by: RKae at January 23, 2017 04:01 PM (QxDWi)
When the House voted it was pointed out that there wasn't a single copy of the final bill in the building. Energy Czar Van Jones was still making up shit.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 23, 2017 04:01 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 23, 2017 04:00 PM (8hICw)
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Private sector unions, quite simply, should be allowed to exist but should receive no special treatment under the law.
I think that's the easiest way to look at them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 04:01 PM (/prE6)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 23, 2017 04:02 PM (riF5p)
Posted by: Pat
...........
That would be nice.. but all he has to do is stop any enforcement efforts.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 23, 2017 04:02 PM (so+oy)
Posted by: Marie Harf: Former Essential Government Worker at January 23, 2017 04:02 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: bluebell at January 23, 2017 04:02 PM (sBOL1)
Posted by: a hot air dickhead writer at January 23, 2017 04:02 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2017 04:02 PM (Ebqhi)
laughingstock for some of his Saturday night comments to the media.
Spicer deserves this criticism for basically coming off like a cheap version of his boss (albeit with better hair).
Posted by: a hot air dickhead writer at January 23, 2017 04:02 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (gBCPl)
Weeellll that depends when you ask and why.
If you are asking that question in terms of whether it should be cut, then they always say "we don't get that much anyway!" But if you ask when the cuts are going to happen, they scream "you will destroy Bert and Ernie!" (who are not owned by PBS any longer anyway).
As I understand it, the government funding is actually a fairly small number.
But even if PBS goes under, its not a particularly significant event. Their purpose according to the legislation that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was to fill the gap in television that having 3 networks left, providing alternate programming with arts and such on it.
With cable TV and streaming, the world is aflood with programming that only PBS would bring in 1971. It has served its purpose and should be put out to pasture.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 03:59 PM (39g3+)
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Yeah, but, the 15th amendment. Gives Congress the power to write laws to enforce.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: RKae at January 23, 2017 04:01 PM (QxDWi)
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So that you can be reassured that culture is being delivered on some channel you're not watching.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (2mC6G)
I really, really want my incandescent light bulbs back. Could you please see what you can do about that.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Sincerely,
IrishEi
Posted by: IrishEi at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: RKae at January 23, 2017 04:01 PM (QxDWi)
_________________
Democrats.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (riF5p)
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (m9RuU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: IC at January 23, 2017 04:00 PM (a0IVu)
******
The vote for Pompeo is scheduled for 7pm EST. Don't know about Tillerson, but he'll get through.
Posted by: L, Elle at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (Rsi2C)
Marie Harf, Shep Smith, and Geraldo walk into a bar..... Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2017 03:53 PM (PY9jH)
On ladys night and Shep is the only one drinking for free
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (lKyWE)
What are you? A terrorist hobbit?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 03:55 PM (/prE6)
*shifty eyes*
No.
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (mf5HN)
Dipping Dot's just offered a free ice cream social for the press room.
http://tinyurl.com/hltvovu
Posted by: Pat at January 23, 2017 04:04 PM (SGa2t)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 23, 2017 04:04 PM (pUDQf)
Because Hillary Clinton will never be President of the United States.
Everything else today is icing on the cake.
Posted by: iwuzhere at January 23, 2017 04:04 PM (GRNzr)
*shifty eyes*
No.
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - all your caps are belong to me at January 23, 2017 04:03 PM (mf5HN)
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Well, I'm convinced.
It was the shifty eyes that convinced me of your innocence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 23, 2017 04:04 PM (/prE6)
Some unions are trying to play both sides in this.
Note the prominent blue and white "UAW" sign amidst the discarded detritus from the Weird Wimmenz' Waddle.
http://tinyurl.com/jl2a2dk
Posted by: torquewrench at January 23, 2017 04:06 PM (noWW6)
An amendment which I sympathize with the concept of, but is written in such a way as to be utterly indefensible as well. As written, children cannot be prohibited from drinking or driving, literally nobody can be prevented from anything someone else is able to do, unless convicted by law. And that's absurd. The only thing that hasn't ripped the lid off this cluster**k is a lack of desire.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 04:06 PM (39g3+)
I dunno, Fox, but it seems to me she'd be a better fit at CNN or better yet Al-Jazeera.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 23, 2017 04:06 PM (xpfRn)
Posted by: simplemind at January 23, 2017 04:06 PM (xVRrG)
now, reading the news of what Pres. Trump's doing makes me feel as if I've awakened from a long, bad dream.
morning in America, it is.
Posted by: booknlass at January 23, 2017 04:07 PM (8mO0Q)
the President in particular are obviously important and they're in place
for a reason. But we do tend to get a bit carried away with them at
times. Not every comment of this nature is intended seriously and,
particularly when we're talking about comedians, entertainers and
purveyors of outrage, it should be fairly simple to dismiss such talk as
boorish behavior.
Posted by: a hot air dickhead writer at January 23, 2017 04:07 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at January 23, 2017 03:32 PM (xN1DB)
Some people are reflexively anti-Trump, just as there are people who are reflexively pro-Trump.
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 23, 2017 04:09 PM (OzJeO)
Posted by: OCBill at January 23, 2017 04:10 PM (df+Zi)
She's telling the truth. I'm never wrong after I give the "test".
Posted by: andycanuck at January 23, 2017 04:12 PM (lJXY3)
Separation of art and state - good.
Separation of Target Bathrooms and state - good.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 23, 2017 03:58 PM
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Separation of education and state - good.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 23, 2017 04:12 PM (Nox3c)
An amendment which I sympathize with the concept of, but is written in such a way as to be utterly indefensible as well. As written, children cannot be prohibited from drinking or driving, literally nobody can be prevented from anything someone else is able to do, unless convicted by law. And that's absurd. The only thing that hasn't ripped the lid off this cluster**k is a lack of desire.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 23, 2017 04:06 PM (39g3+)
++++
Maybe you're thinking of the 14th? The 15th was just about voting.
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Now if you want to say that the laws that were passed don't strictly follow the amendment, I would likely agree. But, this is where Congress gets its hook to mess with elections.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 23, 2017 04:13 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 23, 2017 04:13 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: R. DUKE at January 23, 2017 04:15 PM (ONH2e)
Good grief. Why?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (PY9jH)
The potted plants needed company.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Wishes You a Happy Trump Day! at January 23, 2017 04:15 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Trumpasaurus Rex at January 23, 2017 04:15 PM (uhftQ)
Posted by: 13times at January 23, 2017 04:18 PM (WHVu+)
My day, nay my week, is now complete!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 23, 2017 04:22 PM (9LSzT)
She has nice cans. They just have to teach her not to try to speak.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (8ZskC)
Steve Martin in the Jerk- "These Cans are Defective"
Posted by: EVLINC! at January 23, 2017 04:23 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 23, 2017 03:49 PM (ZM2xo)
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We
WE
We
Weee
Can't
Can't...Can't...
Make Art
Art
Without Tax
Tax
Tax
Money.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 23, 2017 03:52 PM (xeeHA)
I am an artist. I paint every day. I believe in ART, I just don't believe in GOVERNMENT FUNDED ART while homeless veterans die every day so some no talent HACK can squat in a Tribeca loft and throw paint and feces at a canvas.
Whew, that felt goooood, I think I need a cigarette and I have never had one.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is now @SMcEvil on GAB at January 23, 2017 04:24 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: French Jeton at January 23, 2017 04:33 PM (WMvHw)
Posted by: Ktgreat at January 23, 2017 04:35 PM (Bl4dy)
authority. The question is, what is properly within that realm versus
what must be approved by the legislature? That's the hard part."
At least 40 states already have some form of legislative review of proposed executive rulemaking, to insure that the rules under consideration are within the agency's statutory authority and/or conform to that state's Administrative Procedure Act. The most common procedure is to have a bipartisan standing legislative committee perform this function. (I work for one of these bodies.) In some states the committee can step in and prevent objectionable rulemakings from taking effect; in other states the committee is merely advisory. Nothing like this currently exists at the federal level.
Posted by: Secret Square at January 23, 2017 04:55 PM (+HoK2)
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