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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTed Lieu: "We need to change the Rules to allow..."
Ted Lieu
@tedlieu
The @realDonaldTrump Administration brought a machete to a knife fight. We brought the House rules. And we are getting shredded. We need to change the Rules to allow
-Contempt on the spot
-Witnesses to be fined daily
It is now time to exercise our full inherent contempt powers.
4:21 PM · Sep 22, 2019·Twitter for Android
@tedlieu
The @realDonaldTrump Administration brought a machete to a knife fight. We brought the House rules. And we are getting shredded. We need to change the Rules to allow
-Contempt on the spot
-Witnesses to be fined daily
It is now time to exercise our full inherent contempt powers.
4:21 PM · Sep 22, 2019·Twitter for Android
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Ted Lieu: "We need to change the Rules to allow..." (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Sep 2019
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Karadeniz
(22,471 posts)1. Agree.
sakabatou
(42,136 posts)2. Agreed
People have to be held accountable.
Hekate
(90,560 posts)3. Need to make sure Lieu gets re-elected...
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)4. Been out of loop. Nadler didn't hold Lew in contempt
Then read Pelosi said he should have then ! Now against the rules to hold in contempt on the spot? Whaaaaa??
Moostache
(9,895 posts)5. Bring back the stocks!!!!
I want to see the Ice Princess and Jared in chains being pelted with rotted produce!!!
Line them ALL up and put them in....or bring back tar and feathering!!!
https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-torture-devices/stocks-torture-device/
Catch2.2
(629 posts)6. Yes!!!
Something needs to be done now!!!
ffr
(22,665 posts)7. Scorched Earth. We're behind you 100%
yaesu
(8,020 posts)8. and we need to quit working with the fascists on anything and we need to start defunding all
of the parts of government that they depend on, like tRumps security.
Optical.Catalyst
(1,355 posts)9. +1
calimary
(81,114 posts)10. YES!!!!
I still regard him as my Congressman, instead of the Blue Dog GOP-lover Im stuck with since we moved. Ted Lieu still represents me better.
Celerity
(43,108 posts)11. I love my congressman!! Time to full force!
Moral Compass
(1,513 posts)12. Wish I could vote for him
Ted Leiu always makes senss.
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)13. k&r n/t
corbettkroehler
(1,898 posts)14. Congressman Lieu Is My Favorite Member Of The House
He brings it E-V-E-R-Y S-I-N-G-L-E D-A-Y!
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)15. The leadership in the house need to grow a goddam SPINE !!