Rep. Ciscomani and twelve other vulnerable Republicans sent a letter to Mike Johnson on Tuesday, a letter that is being touted as a plea to reopen the government. As my Representative's website reports:
These 13 House Republicans reaffirmed that Congress’s first duty is to keep the government working for the American people - not to use shutdowns as leverage for political gain - and that responsible reforms, such as with healthcare, must move forward on its own merits, through regular order, as soon as the Democrat-caused federal government shutdown ends.
(the underlining is mine)
In and of itself, that seems perfectly reasonable.... at least the parts I underlined. Kinda like a middle school social studies book describing the role of one of the co-equal branches of government.
Oh, right. Nobody teaches civics any more. And that whole co-eequal branches thing is long gone. And don't get me started on.... no don't even mention what that awful, evil, America hating devil incarnate is doing to the White House.... the PEOPLE'S HOUSE.....
Are they actually suggesting that the Speaker bring back the House and allow healthcare reform to move on with a robust debate involving their colleagues across the aisle? Up or down, on its merits, politics be damned.... is it a please pay attention to the fact that our constituents are furious with us letter?
It would be lovely to believe that this came from a caring heart instead of a fearful one.
There was one line, though, that could have come from my own fingers:
Allowing these tax credits to lapse without a clear path forward is not an option.
We shall see...... keep calling....
Here's what I think the letter says: Let's let the Democrats who caused the shut down do ALL THE COMPROMISING once more so we can reopen the government, and then we'll try bringing up healthcare on the floor (even though we don't really have even a concept of a plan to make it better) and if it gets shot down by someone, oh well. We kind of tried. (It's a letter to make the gullible constituents THINK they're reasonable and want to help the people. My northern AZ representative isn't even one of them.)
ReplyDeleteTrusting FFOTUS to follow the law is absurd. The letter is, I agree, performance art.
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It is naive to think that Johnson & his reptilian caucus have any intention of doing anything other than what FFOTUS wants.
ReplyDeleteSo right. So sad.
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