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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,281 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)RVN VET71
(2,686 posts)I'm hoping they'll get some huevos, but they've always found a way to avoid action that might disturb the GOP overmuch.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,616 posts)The rich MAGAts in the WH won't care, so start fining them $10,000 per day and then jail their asses.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)CrispyQ
(36,235 posts)woodsprite
(11,854 posts)jayschool2013
(2,309 posts)of course.
pecosbob
(7,511 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,893 posts)Sounds reasonable to me.
Why should they be allowed to collect a government paycheck when they are subverting the Constitution, after all We the People are paying their salaries.
CUT THEM OFF!!!
blogslut
(37,956 posts)(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government from having any direct oral or written communication or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).
*note* I think I have the correct link to the law. I could be wrong.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)before he got his big crayon out and signed it?
Cartaphelius
(868 posts)for all traitors to the Constitution and the Rule of Law like Barr, Pumpeo, WH attorneys, WH Cabinet members. The utilities or supplies for their specific agency's, should be cut off as the people's money should not be used to support their terrorism. And any and all payments for the employment of any "attorney's" committed, by their complicity furthering, endorsing lawlessness, to the destruction of the Constitution and the Rule of Law should also be denied as a fraudulent waste of the General Treasury. Lastly, all Federal Benefits due to any and all of the Federal Employee who refuse to cooperate, as their oath of office mandates, should be immediately forfeit when they fail to support the House Investigation. Restoration of said benefits is a possibility depending upon their level of criminality determined after a complete and fulsome sworn testimony to the HOUSE. This should apply to Trump Supporters in the House and in the Senate for the same reasons and with the added recourse of expulsion.
A law securing the "super-secret server", for review by the House should be passed immediately.
AJT
(5,240 posts)Chellee
(2,086 posts)the more that they "gofundme" Pompeo's paycheck, the less they'll have to spend on Senatorial campaign reelection funds. Most MAGAts are not rolling in dough. They will donate to the biggest outrage, and then they won't have any left for the things that don't make as much noise. This could kind of be a win-win.
Cartaphelius
(868 posts)Red necks and Christians spending all their spare change on
Doughald Trump instead of opiods and beer! Genius!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Good God that would chap his cheap dimply arse.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)ancianita
(35,816 posts)ancianita
(35,816 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)ancianita
(35,816 posts)The Treasury doesn't have a track record of upholding law, so I'm wondering if this law can really be enforced.
Or if the Treasury would obey a ruling by SCOTUS.
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)but, I don't know how that works with Treasury
ancianita
(35,816 posts)ancianita
(35,816 posts)(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government from having any direct oral or written communication or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).
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magicarpet
(13,945 posts)Bye bye, Democracy,...
Hello Fascism.
Are we there yet ?