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(18,644 posts)It's ammunition.
They want material they can spin and know that hiding it will make it more difficult.
emulatorloo
(44,215 posts)to make things say the opposite of what they actually said.
thesquanderer
(11,996 posts)The DOJ is not bound by it. It's just for show.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... nearly 4 months after the hearings.
I can see how this should be a slow crawl if a sane public is needed there was no FAUX News Pizza Gaters back then
SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)aware of? These results kind of say that. I can't imagine so many agree all at once. I know that there are differences with how some repugs view the 'national emergency', but 100%.
Maybe nothing happened that we're not aware of, but I was just wondering.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)He may have let some folks know what he could release on them, if they don't play nice.
erronis
(15,383 posts)I can see the word getting out on the street (K and the R wing) that the gig is just about up.
I can also see a lot of "mea culpa"s, "I'm sorry, your honor", "Back to spend time with my family" in the future.
Texin
(2,600 posts)Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)The House Republicans get to see, every day, the damage that their leader has inflicted upon their party. Every day, they get to see the complete loss of power they now have because, primarily, of him.
All the luxuries, and power they had just a few short months ago.. all gone.
SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)an analysis or article, but something is in the air. Calif. recently had a voter registration drive, and repugs captured a little over 10%, a pretty bad number considering independents got the lion's share, and then the democratic party got the rest. Trends are going against them...take care.
rurallib
(62,465 posts)of the country. Their only concern is their own ass.
Aristus
(66,481 posts)They voted for the resolution because they know it will never pass the Senate. They can keep their skirts clean and protect Trump at the same time.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Its looking like the investigation is wrapping up and the Republicans are seeing the writing on the wall. If Jerry Nadler has to subpoena it now, at least it wont demonstrate their protecting a criminal president.
To the OP, no. We are seeing a response to nearly 90% of Americans wanting the report released while we head for a general election.
garybeck
(9,942 posts)Aristus
(66,481 posts)n/t
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)ffr
(22,674 posts)Once elected, they do whatever the fuck they want; fuck-yall
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Political Cover. Their polling data must be getting ugly by the day.
RobertDevereaux
(1,858 posts)Passed 420-0.
In the case of those four GOPers, "present" is short for the self-descriptive phrase, "a clear and present danger."
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cstanleytech
(26,337 posts)but they are the same assholes.
imanamerican63
(13,824 posts)I don't trust the GOPers! Tomorrow they'll vote a different way!
dlk
(11,585 posts)CottonBear
(21,597 posts)Ill call it as a nothing to lose/political cover vote.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)and run for election in 2020.
Scalded Nun
(1,243 posts)WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)Remember Nancy Pelosi's last term? We got health care then, this time we should be getting a new president.
marble falls
(57,394 posts)True Blue American
(17,995 posts)Just announced he is voting against Trump. Says the Emergency is against the Constitution.
Congress has the power of the Purse!
KPN
(15,668 posts)voted for this as opposed to their personal views and values. Turns out they value getting re-elected above all else.
they are seeking some kind of cover.
ScratchCat
(2,010 posts)Probably voted that way because they think it will exonerate Trump.
AdamGG
(1,296 posts)and if it does come to a vote and 4 Republican Senators vote for it and it gets a majority, is it in any way binding on the Attorney General to release the report?
flying-skeleton
(698 posts)Knowing that their Republican colleagues in the Senate will have the Shithole President's back.