When the Rethugs create rules to try to hamstring Democrats, Democrats
need to start figuring out ways to turn the rules around to their benifit.
As an example, visiting detention facilities. It appears that these facilities have a set number of days notice that has to be given before a Democrat can visit. This was an idea that I thought of while walking my dog this morning.
A Democrat staffer needs to contact each facility in writing to learn the required notification period for that facility and obtain the email address where such notifications need to go.
Then the staffer needs to develop a mass email list of where the notifications should go.
Then the staffer needs to develop a template that could be used for all the facilities with one email.
On a daily basis, the staffer could submit written notification of the Congressperson's or Senator's intent to visit. That notification needs to be sent out every single day, consistently. Once you are passed the required notification time period, as long as you maintain a rolling notification program, the member of Congress would be free to visit any of the facilities at a date of his/her choosing as a facility would be on perpetual notification of said visit.
Now, if you could get every Democrat Rep's or Senator's office to participate, it would drive the other side totally nuts. They would never know who or where someone would show up. That is the bonus effect.
When a member of Congress shows up at a site, he/she pulls out a copy of the email stating the notification period and a copy of the email that matches x number of day prior to the visit. The Congressperson would have met the notification requirement while, at the same time, being able to have total control of where and when they go.
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