Thanks to Calls from Angry Constituents, Republicans Have Withdrawn Measure to Gut Ethics Committe

[riversedge]

I think the phone callers should claim the credit. it is a moral booster!


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Thanks to Calls from Angry Constituents, Republicans Have Withdrawn Measure to Gut Ethics Committee




January 3, 2017


In a clear sign that when the people speak, the politicians must listen, Republicans have backed down on their plan to gut the independent ethics committee thanks to strong opposition and calls from constituents across the nation.

The news about the Republican plan to gut the committee broke last night, and within hours, phone calls began to barrage offices of Republican congressmen across the nation.

Lawmakers marveled at the number of calls pouring into their office as angry constituents expressed their outrage at the Republicans’ rushed choice to gut the independent committee.
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Thanks to strong push-back from regular citizens making phone calls, this measure has been ended. Just hours before the newest members of the House could be confirmed, Republicans called an emergency session where House leaders brought about the end of this dangerous measure.

Now, though the unprecedented attack on Democracy will no doubt continue under Republican rule, we can feel emboldened to act and speak out against corruption, no matter how small our voices may seem.

Human decency and freedom may have lost the battle, but we will win the war.

[Dustlawyer]

1. Just be ready again in 6 months when they quietly sneak it through

after promising a quid pro quo to the media to ignore it the second time.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. Yep. nt

[cyclonefence]

2. I want to believe that pressure

from constituents is responsible for this flip-flop, but I don't dare to get my hopes up yet. How glorious it would be if, denied a win by popular vote, we the people were able to influence our government through our individual voices.

[riversedge]

7. I do think it helped.

[Generic Brad]

3. Now they can move onto more important things

Like a pay raise for themselves

[awoke_in_2003]

13. That is automatic

They have to hold a vote to stop the raise from happening.

[still_one]

4. Then that should be the strategy for the draconian measures that are coming

down the pike. Organize people to write and contact their Senators and representative

[justhanginon]

5. Evidently the only thing that scares repub conservatives more than having health insurance

for millions of American citizens is that there is an independent committee that would investigate them for the corrupt bastards that they are. What kind of people are we electing to serve the people in Congress? A rhetorical question I guess, I think we it have figured it out and it is not a pleasant thought.

[mopinko]

6. i think these guys are uniquely susceptible to public pressure.

they know how thin their mandate is, no matter how much they might lie about that fact.

he who lives by the tweet, dies by the tweet.

[riversedge]

23. Those in safe red districts do not give a damn and some Dems are up for re-eclection

in a few years are too scared to vote no!

[mopinko]

24. that thinking is from the other side of the divide.

i dont think a lot of the old wisdom is gonna hold up.
they have the tea party to contend w in a way bigger way. they think they brought about this "yuuge landslide"

they will not stay as monolithic as you think.

[riversedge]

8. Tweet to tweet around...."Offices were flooded with calls."-per GOP- Wow, you did it!

Thanks to Calls from Angry Constituents, Repubs Have Withdrawn Measure to Gut Ethics Committee http://demu.gr/10028427202 #p2 #uniteblue




@bpshow @msnbc "Offices were flooded with calls."-per GOP- Wow, you did it! https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexislevinson/house-republicans-flub-their-first-day-back?utm_term=.haARxj7yL#.ki8ykLQJ6 GIVE US FOLKS CREDIT


House Republicans Flub Their First Day Back



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In an unforced error, the House GOP quickly abandoned a rules change that would have stripped an independent ethics watchdog of power. “It was a stumble,” said Rep. Mark Sanford. “And, you know, probably not the way you want to start out.”
posted on Jan. 3, 2017, at 12:36 p.m.





WASHINGTON — The 115th congress had not yet been sworn in when House Republicans had their first screw up.

In a hastily called meeting Tuesday morning, House Republicans opted to get rid of a rule that would have effectively defanged the Office of Congressional Ethics.

The rule was passed in another closed-door meeting on Monday night and quickly devolved into a giant messaging problem for House Republicans. Just three weeks before swearing in a Republican president who had campaigned on “draining the swamp,” House Republicans appeared to have done exactly the opposite.

The move left House Republicans flailing even as their party prepares to take control of all the levers of power in Washington. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was peppered with questions about the rule during a meeting with reporters Tuesday morning, and at times seemed to express uncertainty over the exact details of what the rule would do. The majority leader even found himself fending off questions about whether or not House leadership was “weak,” as the rule had passed over the objections of both him and Speaker Paul Ryan.

Ryan appeared to defend the rule on Tuesday morning — before the conference met — saying in a statement: “I want to make clear that this House will hold its members to the highest ethical standards and the Office will continue to operate independently to provide public accountability to Congress.”

“Offices were getting flooded with calls” from constituents angry about the rule, according to one House Republican staffer. President-elect Donald Trump tweeted criticizing Republicans for making the move “their number one act and priority,” over other much-hyped GOP agenda items. Many members leaving the meeting said that Trump’s tweets had little to do with the move to kill the provision. McCarthy said he had spoken against the rule for exactly the reason Trump mentioned, telling reporters Tuesday morning, “I didn’t think this was the best timing.”

Several House Republicans were prepared to vote against the rules package in its entirety if the amendment affecting the Office of Congressional Ethics,

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[blue neen]

9. Good!

Americans united against these sneaks.

[bigtree]

10. k&r

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[frankieallen]

11. CNN has a different story....they say Trump was responsible.

House Republicans pull plan to gut independent ethics committee after Trump tweets.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/politics/office-of-congressional-ethics-oversight-of-ethics-committee-amendment/

[murielm99]

14. I doubt that trump is smart enough

to have picked up on that move by the house. One of his staff may have sent the tweet on his behalf. They may be trying to make it look like trump did something, but I doubt it. We need to keep pushing the story that the angry constituents made a difference. It is certainly closer to the truth.

[pangaia]

15. NOW, everybody call about the ACA !!!

[riversedge]

16. Rep Walter Jones R-NC says his office swamped with calls on ethics changes--Agree about the ACA

Jamie Dupree Verified account
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House GOP now in closed door meeting. Rep Walter Jones R-NC says his office swamped with calls on ethics changes

[pangaia]

19. Wow that's good to hear.

Mr rep is Chris Collins an A#! fuckwad who is on the tweeter's "transition team."

maybe I'll have 3 margaritas and give them a try.

The 2 senators are Schumer and Gillibrand,

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Kick kick kickedy kick...

THIS is why we need to stay on them ever single day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spanone]

18. i've seen most of the media credit trump...they will make him KING OF THE WORLD

[lpbk2713]

20. They got burned.

They got caught trying to pull off too much too soon.

They still have four more years to try again. And they will.

[Blue_Roses]

21. This is what it's going to take

More of the same times 100 needed. We are still here!

[riversedge]

22. And our Reps and Senators need their phones lit up constantly