GYPSY286 wrote:
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Replying to post No. 2081 - These people are not “heroes”. The only reason they voted yes to opening up the government was because it was the 40th day of the shutdown. IIRC - If the shutdown hadn’t stopped by the 41st day, President Trump could move forward with everything he wanted to get done and the Demorats couldn’t allow that to happen.
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It takes both houses of Congress to open the govt back up; thus far only the Senate has voted to open up, and we are at day 41 today.
And let’s hope the House reads the Senate version and cuts out some obvious swamp details like:
Republican Senators Include Provision in Shutdown Bill That DOJ Cannot Subpoena Senators Phone Records – You/Me, No Such Protection
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Republican senators have slipped a provision into the Continuing Resolution bill to re-open government, that forbids the DOJ or Judicial branch from subpoenas targeting their phone records. The Senate will be protected from abuses to the 4th amendment, but you and me – no such luck.
Additionally, as further evidence to the structural priorities of the professional Republicans, if the legislative provision is violated, each instance of violation will result in a $500,000 payment to the senator. Go figure.
......Don’t forget, in the last FISA-702 reauthorization, Congress also forbade any member of the legislative branch from being subject to the illegal use of the NSA surveillance system.
Congress is exempt from the FISA abuse they authorize on Americans, and Congress is exempt from subpoenas against their phone records that are authorized against Americans.
Seriously folks, we just cannot make this stuff up.