Another Riot on the House Floor! Hoots! Whistles! Parliamentary Inquiry

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Dems want to discuss Minimum Wage before going on vacation AGAIN.

Repugs want to close session and go home.

5 min vote now

[novalib]

1. HOOORAY!

Give 'em hell, Dems!!

NO JUSTICE -- NO PEACE!!

It's good to know that some Democrats are raising hell over this issue!!

[acmejack]

2. The usual undemocratic crap.

See them in two weeks.

[Greeby]

3. Don't tell me I've missed the fun?

:shrug: I love it when it gets activated in there :bounce:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. Give it a minute... vote is almost done

resolution approving a july 4th congressional recess

passes 220 to 197 ?

motion to reconsider laid on the table

[MADem]

12. Goddamn children, always wanting RECESS

Be great to see the shake-out, though--wonder if any of the GOP bums who are in reelection races voted against talking about the minimum wage and heading home early for yet another VACATION??? That's some fodder, there!!

[bluedog]

4. all GOP voting to "cut and run HOME early"........LOL

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. HR4761 debate

Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling

30 min each side

Committee will be in order!

Dems are inserting all kinds of remarks into debates for other things... very sneaky. :)

[Mojambo]

7. Parliamentary Guerilla tactics

Nice work.

[RB TexLa]

10. self delete

[Viva_La_Revolution]

21. voting now 7:19 pm

232 yea
187 nay

40 dems voted for it :mad:
31 R's voted against

it passed :(

[madrchsod]

8. who said nancy doesn`t know what she is doing....

she just needs the troops to do it with

[wicket]

9. Please keep the cube bound updated

THanks! Sounds exciting! :popcorn:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. Debate

dems - we cannot drill our way out of this problem
offshore lottery
this will erase 25 years of environmental protections


repugs - it will be safe, we promise

[wicket]

26. Thank-you!!!!

:yourock:

[RB TexLa]

13. Go Melancon!

Love how Florida doesn't want to drill within 100 miles of their west coast but they sure don't want Louisiana's offshore oil tax revenue to be shared with Louisiana. Guess it's "we aren't going to drill ours, but we aren't going to allow you to tax yours or have more of the money from yours." More of the "we are just more equal than you are."

[Hubert Flottz]

14. Why would a group of Fascist Pigs, who wanted to steal your...

overtime pay, want to raise minimum wage?

[RB TexLa]

15. Markey has it totally backwards!

It's the 46 other states STEALING the $600B from Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama!

[Initech]

16. So let me get this straight - flag burning - good minimum wage - bad

:argh:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. Debate on H. Res 895 - threatening media for publishing info

ala New York Times

H. RES. 895

Supporting intelligence and law enforcement programs to track terrorists and terrorist finances conducted consistent with Federal law and with appropriate Congressional consultation and specifically condemning the disclosure and publication of classified information that impairs the international fight against terrorism and needlessly exposes Americans to the threat of further terror attacks by revealing a crucial method by which terrorists are traced through their finances.


30 min. debate for each side

[madokie]

18. the real question is can this bunch of crooks to be trusted to do

whats right, I don't think so.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

22. voting now 5min vote 7:22pm

Now taking bets! I say it goes right down party lines :(

[Viva_La_Revolution]

24. results

227 yea (17 dems)
183 nay (8 R's)

non-binding resolution passes

[spanone]

19. Those fucking dems, worried about the 'little' people again.

:sarcasm:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

20. Bernie is yelling at a repug for dissing him!

:rofl:

[sable302]

23. dissing?

is that really what he said?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

25. well, not exactly

repug said he said something (or his opinion was)

and Bernie demanded time to reply because it was personal.

[lpbk2713]

27. Rethugs: "Enough of this WORK shit."

"We want to go home and spend the money we swindled the gullible taxpayers out of."

[Revolution_July4]

28. another raise for congress, another two week vacation...

Don't let them off so easy. Protest your "representative" in your hometown!

Locals to join national fast for peace

WOODBURY -- About 10 people are expected to participate in the July 4 "Troops Home Fast" -- a nationwide fast to end the war in Iraq -- by gathering outside a congressman’s Woodbury office.

Participants will spend 12 hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, in front of the office of U.S. Rep. Robert Andrews, D-1, of Haddon Heights, according to members of the Coalition for Peace and Justice and the South Jersey Campaign for Peace and Justice.

The office is at 63 N. Broad St.

Nationally known celebrities and activists, led by Cindy Sheehan and Fernando Suarez del Solar, whose sons were killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom, will start their fast at 12:01 a.m. July 4. Some will continue their fast until Sept. 21, which is International Peace Day.
http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/local/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1151647952285400.xml&coll=8

"The revolution starts now, in your own backyard in your own hometown" Steve Earle