170 Members Of Congress Call For Scott Pruitt's Resignation
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Kate Riga | April 18, 2018 4:38 pm
One hundred and seventy members of Congress signed a resolution calling for the resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Wednesday afternoon.
A group of 131 representatives and 39 senators, all Democrats, enumerated the reasons they are calling for his ouster, ranging from his shrinking of EPA staff to delaying investigations of pollution violations.
Pruitt has been buried in bad press recently, as news of his suspiciously cheap D.C. apartment, overzealous use of secret service sirens, and freehanded raises became public knowledge.
Some Republican lawmakers have also called for his resignation, though none of them signed Wednesdays resolution.
Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/170-members-of-congress-call-on-scott-pruitt-to-resign
riversedge
(72,098 posts)cowards
Some Republican lawmakers have also called for his resignation, though none of them signed Wednesdays resolution.
FakeNoose
(34,848 posts)Not a single GOP incumbent deserves to be re-elected in November. Not one!
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,680 posts)Glad to see my rep. and 2 senators signed it!
Leghorn21
(13,653 posts)From link:
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Thursday joined fellow Republican Reps. Carlos Curbelo (FL) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL) in calling upon Pruitt to exit the EPA over multiple ethics scandals.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)overall score of 33%, but she's not running for reelection so is free to become another newly sorta "principled" Republican.
Conversely, the League, which had given Curbelo the highest score of all house Repubs, dropped him from 53% overall (such as for opposing withdrawal from Paris accord) to 23% last year (such as approving tax plan for oil drilling) because he's fighting for reelection and thinks his voters will approve despicable destructiveness. Miami Republicans who have seawater spurting out their manholes!
riversedge
(72,098 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,176 posts)it's simply a partisan issue. Or can be seen as such. Some significant number of Republicans need to get on board for this to be meaningful.