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McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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LingcodKilla posted:

This is exactly what I was thinking. I’m sure his bass will eat it up.

They won't give him any treble.

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McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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So I'm sure you guys are sick of hearing from me about this, but we're less than six months into the 116th Congress and already HR 553 has about 260 cosponsors.

Why is this important?

When the Democrats took control of the House they changed some of the procedural rules. One of them is a rule that says if a bill gets a supermajority of the House to cosponsor it (290 cosponsors), the bill's sponsor can bypass the committee process and it gets put into a queue for a floor vote. The House has to bring one bill from the queue (the "Consensus Calendar") to the floor every week. Currently the Consensus Calendar is empty, so hitting that threshold pretty much guarantees a vote.

The bill is 30 cosponsors away from being eligible to be brought to the floor in this manner, and I would love to hear Congress try to squirm out of having to avoid passing this bill despite currently having 320 members in support of it (260 in the House, 60 in the Senate).

Please for the love of gently caress, if your Congressfucker isn't already a cosponsor of this bill, take the time to call their office to ask why not. Put the screws to 'em.

A list of cosponsors can be found here, it's updated every few days. Or if you're a lazy sack of poo poo, you can PM me and I'll tell you whether or not your Congressfucker has cosponsored or not. And that you're a lazy sack of poo poo.

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Sep 13, 2007

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Mr. Nice! posted:

Just called Al Lawson's office because WTF Al?

Al Lawson cosponsored HR 846 last go-around, so double WTF, Al?

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Sep 13, 2007

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In previous exchanges with various Congressional staffers, it's usually due to things like "there are a skrabillion bills and we weren't aware of this one," "we haven't heard from enough constituents on this issue," and "where's the money gonna come from?"

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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TF CURES GENERATOR posted:

and you know what the Shire did when the ultra-rich sorcerer brought his boys in? :getin:

Rolled over meekly until their only soldiers got back from deployment?

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Someone in my Gold Star Facebook group put together a spreadsheet of all the Congressfuckers who haven't cosponsored HR 553. Instead of listing names, I'm going to list Congressional Districts.

If you live in one of the following districts, please ask your Congressfucker why they're a lovely loving human being.

Alabama: 4th, 6th
Arizona: 5th, 6th, 9th
California: 1st, 2nd, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 30th, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 38th, 43rd, 45th, 46th, 47th, 50th
Connecticut: 1st, 5th
Florida: 3rd, 5th, 11th, 12th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, 27th
Georgia: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th
Idaho: 1st
Illinois: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Indiana: 1st, 6th, 9th
Kansas: 3rd, 4th
Kentucky: 4th, 5th
Louisiana: 1st, 3rd, 6th
Maine: 2nd
Maryland: 1st, 5th, 6th
Massachusetts: 1st, 3rd, 7th, 9th
Michigan: 3rd, 13th, 14th
Minnesota: 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th
Mississippi: 2nd, 3rd
Missouri: 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th
Nebraska: 1st, 3rd
New Hampshire: 2nd
New Jersey: 9th
New Mexico: 2nd, 3rd
New York: 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th
North Carolina: 1st, 5th, 6th, 10th
Ohio: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th
Oklahoma: 3rd, 5th
Oregon: 3rd
Pennsylvania: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 18th
South Carolina: 1st, 6th, 7th
South Dakota: You only have the one
Texas: 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 24th, 27th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 36th
Virginia: 4th
Washington: 7th, 8th, 9th
Wisconsin: 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Syrian Lannister posted:

Do you have the boilerplate email template you were sending out earlier?

I can hit up Foster again in IL 11

MOAA has one, let me dig it up. It's probably way better than my "hey fucker, fix this poo poo or I'll put together an angry mob to pull down your house the way the Founding Fathers intended" style of letter writing.

http://takeaction.moaa.org/app/write-a-letter?0&engagementId=495393

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Sep 13, 2007

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Dum Cumpster posted:

Was there any context to that stupid Biden line?

My understanding is that the context was that Millennials are shiftless whiners who need to go out and create the social changes they're complaining about to an elected official who can make social changes and that he had it tougher than they did because he lived during Vietnam.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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To be clear, if they haven't cosponsored it could be because they don't know about the issue and/or the bill (which is why I've been pushing a lot for awareness).

However, if they ARE aware and they're not cosponsoring, then they need their house pulled down by an angry mob

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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I'm also pretty sure the video is from the time he said that in early 2018. I can't imagine he's dumb enough to say it again.

Wait yes I can

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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In happier news, HR 553 is up to 270. Only 20 more to go.

Kinda bummed AOC hasn't signed on yet.

Edit: Maybe 268. Do the reps from DC and the Northern Marianas count? Not sure.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Vasudus posted:

Yeah, they can sponsor/cosponsor bills.

But do they count towards the new rule regarding the Concession Calendar? It's fuzzier because to my knowledge it hasn't been done yet.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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HR 553 is up to 273 cosponsors. Only 17 more to go! At the rate it's going, it should hit the magic number within a week!

I can't wait to hear what excuses Congress comes up with when they vote it down.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Could be any one of 163 Congressfuckers who haven't cosponsored. The House has 433 members (two vacancies), plus the five non-voting members (three of whom are cosponsors).

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Holy crap, HR 553 is now up to 280.

This...

this might happen.

Updated non-sponsor list:

Alabama: 4th, 6th
Arizona: 5th, 6th, 9th
California: 1st, 2nd, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 30th, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 43rd, 45th, 46th, 47th, 50th
Connecticut: 1st, 5th
Florida: 3rd, 5th, 11th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, 27th
Georgia: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th
Idaho: 1st
Illinois: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Indiana: 1st, 6th, 9th
Kansas: 3rd, 4th
Kentucky: 4th, 5th
Louisiana: 3rd, 6th
Maine: 2nd
Maryland: 1st, 5th,
Massachusetts: 1st, 3rd, 7th, 9th
Michigan: 3rd, 13th, 14th
Minnesota: 5th, 6th
Mississippi: 2nd, 3rd
Missouri: 2nd, 5th, 6th
Nebraska: 1st, 3rd
New Hampshire: 2nd
New Jersey: 9th
New Mexico: 2nd, 3rd
New York: 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 25th, 27th
North Carolina: 1st, 5th, 6th, 10th
Ohio: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th
Oklahoma: 3rd, 5th
Oregon: 3rd
Pennsylvania: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 18th
South Carolina: 6th, 7th
South Dakota: You only have the one
Texas: 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 36th
Washington: 7th, 8th, 9th
Wisconsin: 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

McNally fucked around with this message at 14:34 on May 10, 2019

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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In slightly better news, HR 553 is up to 285 cosponsors. We're five away from the magic number.

Latest non-sponsor list:

Alabama: 4th, 6th
Arizona: 5th, 6th, 9th
California: 2nd, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 30th, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 43rd, 45th, 46th, 47th, 50th
Connecticut: 1st, 5th
Florida: 3rd, 5th, 11th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, 27th
Georgia: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th
Idaho: 1st
Illinois: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Indiana: 1st, 6th, 9th
Kansas: 3rd, 4th
Kentucky: 4th, 5th
Louisiana: 3rd, 6th
Maine: 2nd
Maryland: 1st, 5th,
Massachusetts: 1st, 3rd, 7th, 9th
Michigan: 3rd, 13th, 14th
Minnesota: 5th, 6th
Mississippi: 2nd, 3rd
Missouri: 5th, 6th
Nebraska: 1st, 3rd
New Hampshire: 2nd
New Jersey: 9th
New Mexico: 2nd, 3rd
New York: 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 25th, 27th
North Carolina: 1st, 5th, 6th, 10th
Ohio: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th
Oklahoma: 3rd, 5th
Oregon: 3rd
Pennsylvania: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 18th
South Carolina: 6th, 7th
South Dakota: You only have the one
Texas: 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 36th
Washington: 7th, 8th, 9th
Wisconsin: 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Casimir Radon posted:

I'd say that I'm boycotting Alabama, but there's no loving way I'd go there in the first place.

Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.

The trick is to bring food with you so that you in no way leave any money for the local economy.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Congressfucker Wilson, the sponsor of HR 553, is reporting that the bill now has 290 cosponsors.

Can't wait to see what fucks this up.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Godholio posted:

The Senate, at least.

Senate has an identical bill with 65 cosponsors. I will primary against every single one of those fuckers who reneges. Somehow.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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So I may have been a little over-optimistic about the Consensus Calendar. You'd think by now I'd have had all the optimism beaten out of me.

According to the new rules in the House, when a bill reaches 290 cosponsors it's eligible to be placed on the Consensus Calendar. Every week the House will select a bill from the Consensus Calendar and puts it to a vote. Great, right?

Hahahaha, no.

So there are two requirements to be eligible for the Consensus Calendar. First, the bill cannot have been reported on in its committee. As far as HR 553 goes that may not be an issue, they've just been sitting on this bill like they say on all the others.

The second is where things get tricky. Once a bill hits 290 cosponsors, a "proper motion" has to be filed and after that the bill must maintain at least 290 cosponsors for 25 cumulative legislative days. Not calendar days or working days. Legislative days. Legislative days are the days that the House is in session and working and poo poo.

The House averages 138 legislative days a year.

25 of those.

Assuming 553 gets a "proper motion" today, there are 22 remaining legislative days scheduled in May and June (a legislative schedule for the House is not yet available past then), meaning the bill won't be eligible for the Consensus Calendar until July at the earliest.

That's plenty of time for some fuckery to happen.

McNally fucked around with this message at 23:33 on May 15, 2019

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Vasudus posted:

Does the requirement reset over the years or just the congress? Because if it's just the congress at least this is mid-2019 and you have until January 2021 before it gets reset.

It's for the 116th Congress.

I looked at the legislative schedule and between now and the end of June there are 22 of the needed 25 legislative days (assuming the proper motions are filed quickly). It's possible this can be passed in July.

But no earlier than July.

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Sep 13, 2007

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This is everyone who has cosponsored HR 553 since I started making posts about it earlier this month:

Rep. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] 05/07/2019
Rep. Sanchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] 05/07/2019
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] 05/07/2019
Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] 05/07/2019
Rep. Hagedorn, Jim [R-MN-1] 05/07/2019
Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] 05/07/2019
Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] 05/07/2019
Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] 05/07/2019
Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] 05/07/2019
Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] 05/09/2019
Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] 05/09/2019
Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1] 05/09/2019
Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] 05/09/2019
Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] 05/09/2019
Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] 05/09/2019
Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] 05/09/2019
Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21] 05/14/2019
Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] 05/14/2019
Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] 05/14/2019
Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6] 05/14/2019
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] 05/14/2019
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] 05/15/2019
Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] 05/15/2019
Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5] 05/15/2019
Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] 05/15/2019
Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] 05/15/2019

Just because we're up to 290 now doesn't mean we should stop, though, because we all know Congress will look for an excuse to not pass this bill.

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Sep 13, 2007

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Holy poo poo, up to 298.

These are the latest additions to HR 553:

Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] 05/16/2019
Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] 05/16/2019
Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] 05/16/2019
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] 05/16/2019
Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] 05/16/2019
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] 05/16/2019
Rep. Hill, Katie [D-CA-25] 05/16/2019
Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27] 05/16/2019

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Duzzy Funlop posted:

Is it loving happening?

Not until July at the earliest.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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hobbesmaster posted:

Can't take it seriously if Canada in 1812 and Mexico 1846 don't count.

Not to mention Italy, Germany, Vietnam...

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Milo and POTUS posted:

In less than a month it will be a decade plus since he made that tweet. Really makes me think!

July comes after June.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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Nostalgia4Butts posted:

i think i have a good idea

ireland should be allowed statehood

think of all the gop support itd get

that'll be the extra kick brexit needs to go full blown crazy

Nah, the KKK was historically anti-Catholic

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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So here's something fun about the SBP-DIC offset: You can give SBP to your kid so that they can get the DOD benefit and you can draw the VA benefit. SBP for your kid ends after they hit a certain age, but it's better than losing the whole loving thing.

An unintended consequence of the GOP's new tax laws was that SBP given to a kid got lumped in with inheritances and poo poo for tax purposes, so the tax liability on a dependent child receiving SBP went up by something stupid like over 300%.

Senator Doug Jones, cosponsor of this go-around's Senate bill to repeal the offset (S622), has also cosponsored S1370. S1370 is a bill to fix the tax problem.

It went from being introduced to passed unanimously in the Senate in less than two weeks. Meanwhile S622, with 67 cosponsors, is still languishing away in committee just like every other bill on the issue has for the past 20 loving years.

I get that changing tax law is easier than identifying a funding source, but Jesus Christ. S1370 wouldn't even have been loving necessary if Congress had repealed the offset at any point in the past 20 loving years.

Meanwhile HR 553 is up to 304 cosponsors. This, of course, means gently caress-all but at least we know that members of Congress are pretending to pay attention to this issue.

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Sep 13, 2007

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HR 553 is rolling along as it's now at 312 cosponsors. Here are the additions since my last update:

Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] 05/20/2019
Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] 05/20/2019
Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] 05/20/2019
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] 05/20/2019
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] 05/20/2019
Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] 05/20/2019
Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] 05/21/2019
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] 05/21/2019
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] 05/21/2019
Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] 05/21/2019
Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] 05/21/2019
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] 05/21/2019
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] 05/21/2019
Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] 05/21/2019

This is the current list of non-sponsors:

Alabama: 4th, 6th
Arizona: 5th, 6th, 9th
California: 2nd, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 27th, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 43rd, 45th, 50th
Florida: 3rd, 11th, 19th, 23rd, 27th
Georgia: 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th
Idaho: 1st
Illinois: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Indiana: 1st, 6th, 9th
Kansas: 3rd, 4th
Kentucky: 4th, 5th
Louisiana: 3rd, 6th
Maine: 2nd
Maryland: 5th
Massachusetts: 7th, 9th
Michigan: 3rd, 13th
Minnesota: 5th, 6th
Mississippi: 2nd, 3rd
Missouri: 5th, 6th
Nebraska: 1st, 3rd
New Hampshire: 2nd
New Jersey: 9th
New Mexico: 2nd, 3rd
New York: 1st, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 25th
North Carolina: 1st, 5th, 6th, 10th
Ohio: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 16th
Oklahoma: 3rd, 5th
Oregon: 3rd
Pennsylvania: 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th
South Carolina: 6th, 7th
South Dakota: You only have the one
Texas: 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 29th, 30th
Washington: 7th, 9th
Wisconsin: 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th

The identically-worded Senate bill, S 622, currently has 69 cosponsors (nice), plus its original sponsor, so it would be easier to compile a list of senators who haven't cosponsored.

Shelby, Richard C. - (R - AL)
Murphy, Christopher - (D - CT)
Isakson, Johnny - (R - GA)
Perdue, David - (R - GA)
Ernst, Joni - (R - IA)
Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA)
Braun, Mike - (R - IN)
Young, Todd - (R - IN)
McConnell, Mitch - (R - KY)
Cassidy, Bill - (R - LA)
Kennedy, John - (R - LA)
King, Angus S., Jr. - (I - ME)
Hawley, Josh - (R - MO)
Wicker, Roger F. - (R - MS)
Fischer, Deb - (R - NE)
Sasse, Ben - (R - NE)
Schumer, Charles E. - (D - NY)
Portman, Rob - (R - OH)
Lankford, James - (R - OK)
Toomey, Patrick J. - (R - PA)
Reed, Jack - (D - RI)
Thune, John - (R - SD)
Cruz, Ted - (R - TX)
Lee, Mike - (R - UT)
Romney, Mitt - (R - UT)
Kaine, Tim - (D - VA)
Warner, Mark R. - (D - VA)
Johnson, Ron - (R - WI)
Barrasso, John - (R - WY)
Enzi, Michael B. - (R - WY)

Boy, that's a lot of Republicans who don't give a gently caress. Broken down by party, 42 Democrats (of 49, this includes Bernie) and 28 Republicans (of 59) have cosponsored. Next time someone tells you the Democrats don't care about veterans or the military, punch them in the throat point this out.

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Hegel Exercises posted:

It's going to own when this gets pocket vetoed by the Orange Baby because NO COLLUSION!

Hopefully it passes more than 10 days before the summer recess.

Or gets passed in the Senate after the summer recess. A pocket veto only works if Congress isn't in session 10 days after the bill is signed. A bill that the president doesn't sign while Congress is in session automatically becomes law after 10 days.

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Sep 13, 2007

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gently caress Congress and gently caress this man in particular.

https://twitter.com/RepRatcliffe/status/1131617546078236673

I already have a monument from the government, fuckface. It's called a headstone.

This motherfucker cosponsored 846 in the last Congress, so he's aware of the issue (or should be), but he's going for the cheaper route that helps nobody instead and is piggybacking off a huge push of Gold Star PR over the last few days to get recognition for doing something.

gently caress that and gently caress him.

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Sep 13, 2007

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Oh my God shut up

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Sep 13, 2007

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bird cooch posted:

Trump administration has nothing to do with this current conversation other than than being the distant topic

Just... just stop, cloaca.

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Sep 13, 2007

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I mean, there were a couple visits to Japan in the summer of 1945 that people won't shut up about.

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Sep 13, 2007

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Jesus loving Christ that's chilling.

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McNally posted:

gently caress Congress and gently caress this man in particular.

https://twitter.com/RepRatcliffe/status/1131617546078236673

I already have a monument from the government, fuckface. It's called a headstone.

This motherfucker cosponsored 846 in the last Congress, so he's aware of the issue (or should be), but he's going for the cheaper route that helps nobody instead and is piggybacking off a huge push of Gold Star PR over the last few days to get recognition for doing something.

gently caress that and gently caress him.

So. Turns out the same day Ratcliffe made his little speech about building a Gold Star monument some members of my Gold Star Facebook group paid his office a visit.

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Interesting, that very afternoon, he hid in his office as we introduced ourselves to his staff, as survivors of service members killed in Afghanistan. We acknowledged the monument and asked to speak with someone. When denied access, we asked to have our request for cosponsorship logged and were told by the person at the front desk that it was not her job. We would have to speak with the MLA. A member of our team explained the fact sheet while the receptionist ignored her, typing away on her computer. We left. He slinked out when he thought we were gone. We were in the hall, I called out to him, and he picked up his pace to escape discussing the offset. Gotta love a man who honors the fallen and Gold Star Families.

I know that Google picks up on things said here at Something Awful, so I want to make it clear: Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe has no testicles.

Congressman John Ratcliffe (R-TX 4) is bereft of gonads.

Congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas' 4th Congressional District has no balls.

Congressman John Ratcliffe, Republican from the 4th Congressional District of Texas, is a scared little girl who hides in his office from Gold Star widows.

Congressman John Ratcliffe, Texas 4th, is a coward.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

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BigDave posted:

John Ratcliffe: Worlds physically largest douchebag.

Chip Roy: hold my beer.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...m=.0f162d5bbe4e

Chip Roy hasn't cosponsored either.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

Ask me about Proposition 305


Do you like muskets?
What happens if the Supreme Court refuses to hear the case?

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

Ask me about Proposition 305


Do you like muskets?
And if the Supreme Court DOES take the case and they don't get the result they want?

I don't really see this ending well in any event.

Edit: Sorry, I wasn't being clear. I should have said that I hope the Supreme Court refuses to hear the case and the attempts to overturn Roe ends up being a wet fart, but we all know that's not how it's gonna go down.

Even if the Supreme Court, somehow, comes back with a "double gently caress you" to Alabama, they're gonna keep trying.

McNally fucked around with this message at 02:01 on May 25, 2019

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McNally
Sep 13, 2007

Ask me about Proposition 305


Do you like muskets?

joat mon posted:

We're not quite there yet, this was just a preliminary injunction barring the law from going into effect before the judge decides whether it's constitutional or not.
Next will be briefs, evidence, and argument on the constitutionality of the law and the same judge will issue his ruling. (That it's unconstitutional, I expect).
Then the case goes to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for more briefs and argument before a panel of three judges. (I expect they'll reverse the district Court ruling and remove the stay.) The loser can ask to reargue the case before a bigger panel of 5th circuit judges, whose decision will control. (I expect they'll reverse the district Court ruling and remove the stay too)
Then the losers can ask the Supreme Court to hear their case.

Also, this is the same judge who ruled for marriage equality in Mississippi and against Mississippi's Religious "Freedom" bill to discriminate against LGBT people. (The Fifth Circuit reversed him on the LGBT discrimination bill)

God that's even more depressing.

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