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The Senate grilling Roy Moore will face 'immediately' if he wins
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 12/6/17 | David M. Drucker

Posted on 12/06/2017 1:14:21 PM PST by ColdOne

The probe, likely to be rigorous, would be carried out behind closed doors by the Senate Ethics Committee's professional, nonpartisan staff. It could take months, and might come up empty or conclude with an "admonishment" — essentially a slap on the wrist. The committee could also recommend that the full Senate vote on a motion to "censure" Moore or expel him from Congress.

“If he were to be elected, he would immediately have an issue with the Ethics Committee that they would take up,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters Tuesday during a Capitol Hill news conference.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: alabama; douchejones; dougjones; ethics; ethicsinvestigation; kentucky; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; roymoore; senatorroymoore
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To: Lent

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There is nothing there to take him down with.

The senate will end up looking extra stupid.

They should remember how foolish Joe Biden looked after attacking Clarence Thomas, then having to vote to confirm him.

Do these people have any sense at all?
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61 posted on 12/06/2017 1:56:08 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: DoodleDawg
Franken will be gone tomorrow. <

When are we going to see the names of those that paid off sexual harassment claims exposed?

62 posted on 12/06/2017 1:56:38 PM PST by Kazan
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To: ColdOne

walk in, tell them to f off ..


63 posted on 12/06/2017 1:56:44 PM PST by aces
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To: PeteePie
There is an interesting precedent from the turn of the last century (circa 1902, if I recall).

The U.S. Senate did not want to seat Senator Reed Smoot from Utah because he had allegedly not formally renounced polygamy even though he had never practiced it. The guy leading the charge was a famous philander.

After months of hearings and debates, he was voted in. One senate colleague stated that "If we can seat a monogamist which doesn't monog, there is no reason we can't seat a polygamist which doesn't polyg."

64 posted on 12/06/2017 1:57:40 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

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Moore is squeeky clean and has no need for cover.

The senate is going to get renewed if they try this idiotic crap.
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65 posted on 12/06/2017 1:58:28 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: DoodleDawg
The Democrats will throw Moore in the face of every Republican candidate for the House and the Senate. “Do you support Senator Moore?” “Do you agree with him that all those women are liars?”

And, the answer to that would be, "Moore, unlike members of Congress, hasn't paid off on any sexual harassment claims. We should release the names of each and every member of Congress that has done so."

66 posted on 12/06/2017 2:00:14 PM PST by Kazan
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To: Nextrush

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You have just proven again that you are an idiot!

(you didn’t need to!)
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67 posted on 12/06/2017 2:01:20 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: GraceG

>>>>> The FEDERAL Senate should NOT ever be allowed to EXPEL a senator, ONLY the STATE LEGISLATURE should EVER do such a thing. <<<<

Amen GraceG. In my dreams, Trump uses the bully pulpit to get the 17th repealed.


68 posted on 12/06/2017 2:11:38 PM PST by Principled (OMG I'm so tired of all this winning...)
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To: GraceG

>>>>> The FEDERAL Senate should NOT ever be allowed to EXPEL a senator, ONLY the STATE LEGISLATURE should EVER do such a thing. <<<<

Amen GraceG. In my dreams, Trump uses the bully pulpit to get the 17th repealed.


69 posted on 12/06/2017 2:11:39 PM PST by Principled (OMG I'm so tired of all this winning...)
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To: GraceG

>>>>> The FEDERAL Senate should NOT ever be allowed to EXPEL a senator, ONLY the STATE LEGISLATURE should EVER do such a thing. <<<<

Amen GraceG. In my dreams, Trump uses the bully pulpit to get the 17th repealed.


70 posted on 12/06/2017 2:11:40 PM PST by Principled (OMG I'm so tired of all this winning...)
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To: ColdOne

Moore apparently rehabilitated himself >30 years ago.

‘Rats need to show a better example of reconstruction.


71 posted on 12/06/2017 2:13:53 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: ColdOne
This "Let's take Moore down" sure has backfired on the Dems......and the media.

Matt...we miss you...not..

72 posted on 12/06/2017 2:18:01 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ColdOne

The “ethics” committees need to be investigated for their decades of covering-up ethics violations. A bigger kabuki theater does not exist.


73 posted on 12/06/2017 2:19:36 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: so_real

“Bah. If Franken does not resign, Moore isn’t going to see a minute of “grilling”. This explains the pressure to remove Franken recently. But I doubt Franken is willing to “take one for the team” and resign.”

It’s a done deal. He will probably have the show right after Madcow.


74 posted on 12/06/2017 2:21:13 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (BANNON YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!)
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To: Paladin2
Moore dated for at least 20 years before he got married.

Ladies....ask your hubby what he did before you...and I'd bet the sink you don't give an answer.

This whole thing has gone much too far...the rape centers are ringing like crazy with no end in sight.

Either report it or shut up.

75 posted on 12/06/2017 2:23:05 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: reasonisfaith
A fight Judge Moore will enjoy.

After listening to him on Hannity, I'm not so sure. He did not seem to "think on his feet" very well and struggled with pretty softball questions. The Senate will bring much tougher questions and be outright hostile. Hopefully he was just having a bad day and will be able to acquit himself far better in the senate.

76 posted on 12/06/2017 2:30:17 PM PST by ETCM
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To: Flick Lives

McConnell really doesn’t want to go down that road.


77 posted on 12/06/2017 2:36:16 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Enough of the mindless rants of the obtuse.)
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To: ColdOne

{yawn}


78 posted on 12/06/2017 2:36:36 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Moore was in the Marines when Marines were strongly advised to stay single. He gets out and moves to rural Alabama. Somebody please tell me what the heck other demographic is available to 30 year old single former military serviceman???


79 posted on 12/06/2017 2:47:13 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Enough of the mindless rants of the obtuse.)
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To: ETCS

Wrong.

McConnell et al are the ones who need to acquit themselves.


80 posted on 12/06/2017 2:47:26 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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