Posted on 05/30/2016 11:09:42 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
When Hastert was speaker, he put Shimkus in charge of the cover-up of scandals among R Congressmen, not the least of which was Hastert himself.
In turn, Shimkus staffer Davis did the dirty work and was appointed congressman as a reward.
Votes on things like this are considered in terms of their personal lives and how it will affect their careers.
I can see that executive orders are how presidents send directives to officials within the executive branch. Executive order is just a fancy term for internal memo from the president in that context.
But note that the Supreme Court busted President Truman for sending executive orders to people outside the executive branch, the Supremes clarifying that executive orders do not have the force of law unless they are legislatively supported by Congress.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
But even when an executive order has the legislative backing of Congress, Congress must be able to justify such legislation with its constitutional, Article I, Section 8-limited powers which corrupt Congress cannot do with many of the laws that it makes these days.
These days FReepers probably know more about Congress’s Section 8-limited powers than Congress does.
Just emailed mine, LoBiondo. Told him he has lost my vote.
He’s in the primary on the 7th.
(New Jersey)
Glad Hurd is the only Texan on this list.
For others:
He beat Dem Pete Gallego in a close one in 14 and if Gallego runs again Hurd may be a goner. Texas 23 is an enormous district that runs from San Antonio to El Paso along the border.
I spoke with one of Gallego’s staffers a couple of months before the last election and they were pretty confident. Maybe over confident. Am guessing Hurd will have quite a fight this time as the Dems will think this is a seat they can get back.
Hurd is a black guy who spent ten years in the CIA.
There is no way they will be able to “spin” these votes. Not going to happen.
Issa? I wonder what he was thinking.
But they all will be — it’s the Amerikan way.
Must have a dress in their closets!
What? Paul Ryan didn’t vote for it? Issa’s vote came as a surprise.
Must be more names than that on the kick back list.
Amash stands out too, he is a supposed conservative.
Mine is absent, Fincher, he is retiring this year, and the lead contender is establishment long time GOPe Former mayor of Shelby Co...home of Memphis..we have dual government there, one for Memphis one for the County. Double taxation too if you live in Memphis. And you can’t vote out the dems0RATS even the ones caught with fingers in cookie jar.
He wrote very effective letters of outrage though. :)
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