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What happens if half of Congress dies? Even Congress isn't sure.
NPR ^
| 4/7/2022
| Kelsey Snell & Barbara Sprunt
Posted on 04/07/2022 5:07:39 PM PDT by Whatever Works
What would happen if a major disaster hit America, millions died, air traffic ground to a halt, electricity was down and Congress needed to act?
And what if half the members of Congress were among the dead or missing?
These aren't pitches for a disaster movie set in Washington. These were all serious scenarios floated by members of Congress tasked with coming up with ways to bring Congress into the modern world--a world where cyber threats, pandemics, nuclear war and political violence are all well within the scope of possibility.
"This isn't just hypothetical anymore," said Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., at a hearing this week of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; coup; dead; disaster; newelections; thatwouldbeashame
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My first thought was, "Throw a party?" Or, "It's a good start."
But perhaps they are planning something.....BIG....
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:09:10 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Could be a lot more than that if people making dire predictions about vax problems are correct.
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:10:59 PM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:11:24 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
(founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
To: Whatever Works
Most of them are lawyers so, that would be a good start...
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:11:29 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Whatever Works
There’s a Far Side cartoon somewhere of the nuclear bomb hitting and the animals cheering and rejoicing.
To: Whatever Works
Tom Clancy wrote an entire book about what would happen.
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:11:38 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:11:39 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:11:46 PM PDT
by
rrrod
(6)
To: Whatever Works
Would anyone miss them? What have they done lately?
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What happens if NPR dies ?
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:12:07 PM PDT
by
jcon40
(Machinery is only as good as its design and quality of parts. A citizen is only as good as...)
To: Whatever Works
This is what passes as “journalism” at NPR? This rabid leftist entity , whose mouth is permanently glued to the teat of government largesse, should not exist. It has to be terminated as it serves no purpose other than biting the hand that feeds it.
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:12:24 PM PDT
by
Fungi
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:12:49 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
Half as good as 435 lawyers at the bottom of a lake?
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:13:11 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Whatever Works
Everyone is replaceable. Most districts could probably find another idiot to send pretty easily.
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posted on
04/07/2022 5:13:35 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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