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BeckyDem

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57. Nancy Pelosi will use all the mechanisms she has and so will Trump. I don't doubt her, its just not
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:05 PM
Mar 2020

simple to control executive power.

If true, this should be a talking point for every Democratic Member of Congress. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #1
Do you recall the Bush adminstration and signing statements? BeckyDem Mar 2020 #5
Thank you for the reminder. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #10
Yes. How they would rule, I have no idea. This SCOTUS seems to embrace BeckyDem Mar 2020 #13
They do. And Trump would claim that help for Americans was being obstructed by the Democrats. eom guillaumeb Mar 2020 #14
Yea, that is a given. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #15
Nancy seemed confident tonight Bev54 Mar 2020 #51
Hope so. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #55
Me too, I never underestimate her though Bev54 Mar 2020 #56
Nancy Pelosi will use all the mechanisms she has and so will Trump. I don't doubt her, its just not BeckyDem Mar 2020 #57
Well, that didn't take long. sop Mar 2020 #2
Shocked to find out we've been fleeced by the Grifter-in-Chief SBoy Mar 2020 #3
He has no such authority malaise Mar 2020 #4
What are they going to do? ThoughtCriminal Mar 2020 #9
Trump is now richer than Putin ... we're fucked ... proper fucked uponit7771 Mar 2020 #6
We all knew they would be. crickets Mar 2020 #7
ugh BeckyDem Mar 2020 #12
I don't know about those 'signing statements' stillcool Mar 2020 #8
Complicated and how would the SCOTUS rule? I don't know. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #11
Problem is, who's going to stop him? He'll stonewall every attempt at oversight. sop Mar 2020 #16
That is the problem. He is a thief/con man. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #18
thank you...I think I confuse it.. stillcool Mar 2020 #17
omg that brings back memories. yikes BeckyDem Mar 2020 #20
yeah...and those torture memo's.. stillcool Mar 2020 #23
Bush and Cheney are war criminals. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #25
it's who we are, and what we do.. stillcool Mar 2020 #31
The terror state, the USA. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #32
It is essentially a line item veto isn't it? LiberalArkie Mar 2020 #33
Its complicated.Take that with a grain of salt, I am no authority on it. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #34
Raise your hand if you're surprised by this ****crickets**** nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2020 #19
They are predictable that way! BeckyDem Mar 2020 #21
Junior got away with this kind of bullshit all the time. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2020 #27
Skated his way through, yep. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #28
And I should give Cheney his due credit. He probably wrote at least half of them. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2020 #29
He got punked by that Borat actor not long ago. Cheney is nuts imo. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #30
I suspected something like this would happen. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #22
Corrupt Executive, corrupt Senate, corrupt SCOTUS, partially corrupt Fed. Judiciary. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #24
Greatest Heist in History spanone Mar 2020 #26
Man, no kidding. calimary Mar 2020 #60
I blame Dems, they should not have agreed to the corporate bailout. HuffPost was screaming Pepsidog Mar 2020 #35
This bill was about the people. You know that McConnell poisons every clean bill. Americans ancianita Mar 2020 #39
They're the robbers. See what I mean? They just recieved money but here come the lay offs anyway. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #46
Elizabeth Warren is all about the robbers. Re the industry you post, ancianita Mar 2020 #48
Yep. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #49
Signing statements are unconstitutional paleotn Mar 2020 #36
Isn't this abuse of power in a national emergency, subject to court challenge and further ancianita Mar 2020 #37
There will be hand wringing and then theaocp Mar 2020 #53
However, FOIAs can be filed, the NSA can gather intel, Congress can file a People vs. Trump ancianita Mar 2020 #54
I saw a pic a few minutes ago of mcconnell with a shit-eating grin. fookers MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #38
Rachel asked Mme Speaker about Trump's signing statement & Pelosi assured us that there WILL... Hekate Mar 2020 #40
I hope so. Right now it looks like he has the upper hand. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #42
rec. I guess we'll see. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #43
I saw that on Maddow tonight since my last post and it made me smile. crickets Mar 2020 #47
He ignores the house. dem4decades Mar 2020 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #41
Dump is a vampire. He just stole half a trillion dollars right in front of us. rickyhall Mar 2020 #44
Need to identify anyone that is involved. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #45
somebody please explain to me what the fuck was going on with Rep. Steven, of MI? Hulk Mar 2020 #50
This is one time I support AOC 1000% nt doc03 Mar 2020 #58
Who has standing sue to nullify this attempt at "line item veto" via signing statement? pat_k Mar 2020 #59
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