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Maraya1969

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26. So what happens to a congressperson who has no committee assignments?

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2021, 08:19 PM

Feb 2021

Do they just show up and vote when the full House is in session and then spend the rest of their time fundraising?

I don't know how this all works.

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Dems to deliver GOP ultimatum over Marjorie Taylor Greene [View all] Arkansas Granny Feb 2021 OP

do it now and hard-set the example NOW or you will have a huge mess on your hands demtenjeep Feb 2021 #1

+1 Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #4

Yup ouija Feb 2021 #15

+1 -K&R onetexan Feb 2021 #22

K & R! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2021 #2

Force all the bastards to vote on it. LOL n/t servermsh Feb 2021 #3

Do they stand with the whack-job or not? Blue Owl Feb 2021 #5

send her to a basement closet office now. and no committies btw. AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #6

Just toss her out! lindysalsagal Feb 2021 #7

It takes a 2/3 majority to expel a House member leftieNanner Feb 2021 #18

dont expel her rdking647 Feb 2021 #23

That is where I am OldBaldy1701E Feb 2021 #24

I mean.. as long as they have good security focused on her quakerboy Feb 2021 #36

Her on the Unemployment lines can't come soon enough. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #8

McCarthy is an impotent Stooge Hulk Feb 2021 #9

72 Hours? WTF. Do it NOW. SayItLoud Feb 2021 #10

I think that the time should be less than 72 hours, but it's good that they give them time as it themaguffin Feb 2021 #12

Anti Semitic poison is now the GOP drug of choice bronxiteforever Feb 2021 #11

Yeah! Nip it in the bud lunatica Feb 2021 #13

isn't it against the law, demigoddess Feb 2021 #14

I wonder if either of the two committees that she is on have met since the new Congress has.... RussellCattle Feb 2021 #16

Censure and expel her from the house IronLionZion Feb 2021 #17

Just checked on the House Budget Committee and Lauren Boebert and Margie are both.... RussellCattle Feb 2021 #19

K&R onecaliberal Feb 2021 #20

Dump her or we pin the Greene label on every GOP member of Congress. TeamPooka Feb 2021 #21

In some ways she is a Republican gift. gordianot Feb 2021 #25

The kind of gift you want to return or exchange for store credit TeamPooka Feb 2021 #28

So what happens to a congressperson who has no committee assignments? Maraya1969 Feb 2021 #26

Duncan Hunter was stripped of his committee assignments after he was indicted. Liberty Belle Feb 2021 #32

I don't want her going anywhere. The GOPee is terrified Hassler Feb 2021 #27

There's no way this Sandy Hook truther can serve on the Education Committee, radius777 Feb 2021 #29

Love Our Dems.. TY! Cha Feb 2021 #30

F--k 72 hrs. call the vote now. nt Hotler Feb 2021 #31

The 72 hour ultimatum is brilliant - gives plenty of exposure to the issue. Dems are finally NoMoreRepugs Feb 2021 #34

Republicans have simply forgotten how to govern. TeamProg Feb 2021 #33

Margarine traitor gangrene kimbutgar Feb 2021 #35