I called my 4 (R) house menbers - re - discharge petition

[SoLeftIAmRight]

Three will not sign -

One Mike Coffman - will vote for a clean CR but will not commit to signing the petition.
People in Colorado call Mike - ask that he sign - 202-225-7882

What is going on in your state?

[Jenoch]

1. Ok, I'm not in Colorado, so I have no idea what the issue is,

but how can you have 4 house members? I only have one in Minnesota.

[Capt. Obvious]

2. 4 homes obviously

[Jenoch]

3. Nope, you can vote in only one district.

I did figure out this is likely about more recalls in Colorado.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

4. My "real" house menber is a (D)

I am talking about the 4 (R) members in Colorado.

Are your poking fun at me for being less than accurate?

[Jenoch]

8. It was more like confusion on my part.

I also missed the CR part of your post. I had just read something about more recalls in Colorado.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. 4 of Colorado's 7 reps are Republican, but...

communications from someone not in a congresscritter's district are universally ignored unless they contain a check.

The discharge petition is a little used but occasionally handy way to get a bill out of committee when the House leadership is stalling. It rarely works and is time consuming (no way to get a CR bill out before the credit crash date) but it's a possibility if the shutdown looks like it's going past the date of no return.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

7. The point of my post ....

People in Mike's district should call - he might be one of the swing votes.

T Bastard - Are you suggesting that it is a waste of time for people in Mike's district to give him a call about this issue?

[TreasonousBastard]

9. No. I am suggesting people not in Mike's district might be wasting their time.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

6. The issue is....

D members of the US House of Representatives are talking about using a Discharge Petition to force a vote on the Senate's clear CR.

Sorry for the confusion - I thought everyone knew about this.