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BREAKING: House Will Vote Today on Lerner Contempt
Town Hall ^ | 5/6/14 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 05/06/2014 9:46:21 AM PDT by Nachum

The House of Representatives will vote today, Tuesday, at 5 pm on whether to hold former head of tax exempt groups at the IRS Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress. Lerner was voted in contempt by the House Oversight Committee back in April after failing to answer questions from lawmakers. Many argue Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights last year because she made an opening statement declaring her innocence before claiming she wanted to remain silent.


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KEYWORDS: contempt; house; lerner; vote
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To: Kenny Bunk

I think that there are arguments on both sides, but that it’s a waste of energy. I don’t think anyone is going take the lead for something that will too-easily be portrayed as taking power from the people and putting it in the hands of career politicians. Complaining about it is an “Old Man Shakes Fist at Clouds” kinda thing.


41 posted on 05/06/2014 3:24:44 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels"-- Tom Waits)
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To: Political Junkie Too

As a duly constituted [sic] Amendment, #17 is as valid as the original Article in defining the election of Senators, so unfortunately we’re stuck with it until it’s repealed (if ever). My hope is that it would become more straightforward for new States to be carved from existing ones that would be more representative of the people & areas involved.

In the case of Chucky Schumer for example, he seems to spend a lot of time in Western NY with nice speeches and goodies (e.g. aid for the Buffalo Bills) – he knows he has the votes of the 3/4 of the New York population from downstate locked up; at this point, you’ll never get popularly-elected Senators from this part of the State, but”protégés” of his like Kirsten Gillibrand…


42 posted on 05/06/2014 3:57:34 PM PDT by mikrofon ("NY" Bump)
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To: Stillwaters
Ping

Just heard the vote will be tomorrow.

43 posted on 05/06/2014 5:35:55 PM PDT by lonevoice (We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
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To: clintonh8r

Okay. Thank you.


44 posted on 05/06/2014 5:53:08 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
“Old Man Shakes Fist at Clouds”

Ah Bubba, thou must be kind to thine elders. Trust me on this, the Senate be needin' a rap up the side'o'the head right about now.

E.G., John McCain, my exact contemporary in military service, is an anal sphincter of preternatural stupidity, bad character, and professional ineptitude that no body of American men would select to serve in any function in a functional republic.

45 posted on 05/06/2014 7:03:14 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Take congress in 2014. Have a Constitutional Convention of the States. Save the Republic.)
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To: Fledermaus

With Democrats in control of the Legislature and the Governorship, they were unable to pass gun control.

We’re not ALL idiots and there is no way an evil clown like Franken would have survived the selection process.

Norm Coleman either, but I digress...


46 posted on 05/07/2014 5:28:41 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: RandallFlagg

I haven’t heard any more about a vote today. Anybody else?


47 posted on 05/07/2014 10:32:58 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Don't give up! The liberals are buggering and aborting themselves into extinction.)
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To: Dead Corpse

Old Norm makes Charlie Brown look manly.


48 posted on 05/07/2014 11:36:58 AM PDT by Fledermaus (Conseravtives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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To: Fledermaus

Yeah... Squishy RINO did not play well here. His campaign centered around bringing a mediocre hockey franchise back to the State and he wondered why he couldn’t swing the Middle.

Should have consolidated the Base FIRST, then worried about pandering to the Middle.


49 posted on 05/07/2014 11:48:32 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: Dead Corpse

Well, here in TN we get Lamar and Porker-Corker lying to us at election time. The usual RINO game plan. I’m outnumbered by RINO voters.


50 posted on 05/07/2014 11:50:55 AM PDT by Fledermaus (Conseravtives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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To: Fledermaus

Pray for better days. That’s about what I’m left with...


51 posted on 05/07/2014 11:52:44 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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