Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:19 AM

While we were having our popcorn parties..congress guts Dodd Frank

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5939af49e4b0c5a35c9d91d8?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

WASHINGTON ― While much of the political world was watching the fallout from former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate testimony Thursday, House Republicans were jamming through a bill that would largely gut the financial regulations in Dodd-Frank, the landmark banking legislation passed in 2010 after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

But instead of quietly sneaking the legislation through, Republicans were loudly touting the bill ― which passed, 233-186, with all Democrats and one Republican (Walter Jones of North Carolina) voting no ― as a major victory.

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While we were having our popcorn parties..congress guts Dodd Frank (Original post)	Le Gaucher	Jun 2017	OP
Question: What might we have done to stop this?	Orrex	Jun 2017	#1
If all the Dems voted against it and the Republicans engaged...	JHB	Jun 2017	#2
Awareness ..a small number of voters in the middl would have perhaps paid attention.	Le Gaucher	Jun 2017	#8
And this is how it will continue as long as Trump is in office	Miles Archer	Jun 2017	#3
The gutting will have to wait until the Senate acts.	Scurrilous	Jun 2017	#4
Good job keeping Dems together Pelosi.	NCTraveler	Jun 2017	#5
It has to get through the Senate.	Demsrule86	Jun 2017	#6
They would do it whether we were eating popcorn or not.	Vinca	Jun 2017	#7
The "House" alone is NOT "Congress"	BumRushDaShow	Jun 2017	#9

Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:23 AM

Orrex (62,169 posts)

1. Question: What might we have done to stop this?

Answer: Absolutely nothing.

But every time Repubs pass a shitty piece of legislation, we can look forward to someone scolding us for failing to be vigilant about it.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:27 AM

JHB (36,276 posts)

2. If all the Dems voted against it and the Republicans engaged...

...in their usual Soviet-grade lockstep, just what would have been changed by a lack of "popcorn parties"?

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Response to JHB (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 08:38 AM

Le Gaucher (1,547 posts)

8. Awareness ..a small number of voters in the middl would have perhaps paid attention.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:29 AM

Miles Archer (18,652 posts)

3. And this is how it will continue as long as Trump is in office

He provides a distraction for Ryan and McConnell while they carry out their agendas.

Anyone who's just waking up to that hasn't been paying attention.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:43 AM

Scurrilous (38,676 posts)

4. The gutting will have to wait until the Senate acts.

So....

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:45 AM

NCTraveler (30,481 posts)

5. Good job keeping Dems together Pelosi.

The senate is where our biggest stand must be.

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Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:47 AM

Demsrule86 (65,518 posts)

6. It has to get through the Senate.

And what did folks think would happen if they gave keys to the GOP...an email server...oh the horror.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 06:53 AM

Vinca (49,171 posts)

7. They would do it whether we were eating popcorn or not.

Unless many Republicans suddenly turn to Democrats, the country is screwed until the next election. It's a foregone conclusion the GOP will demolish the economy. It's a pattern. Then Dems are elected for the clean-up.

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Fri Jun 9, 2017, 08:41 AM

BumRushDaShow (109,805 posts)

9. The "House" alone is NOT "Congress"

their mess is DOA in the Senate.

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