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mpcamb

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18. I think that the House can do a lot to muffle the venom they're spewing.

Reply to still_one (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 07:13 PM

Nov 2020

Put cabinet members in front of a committee.
Make 'acting' heads of agencies embarrass themselves in front of committees.
Subpoena others. Make 'em sit and answer questions on the record.

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The House will tell them to shove it still_one Nov 2020 #1

I think that the House can do a lot to muffle the venom they're spewing. mpcamb Nov 2020 #18

So a bunch of federal employees will spend the next couple of months The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #2

yes instead of helping with the transition... Captain Zero Nov 2020 #15

The House needs to put an end to this. onecaliberal Nov 2020 #3

Ooooh, I bet some of those proposals will be interesting reading kurtcagle Nov 2020 #4

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. BlueIdaho Nov 2020 #5

It will never nykym Nov 2020 #6

All part of the grift Qutzupalotl Nov 2020 #7

OK - zero them all out then! DEFUND Trump budget, problem solved. nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2020 #8

Pelosi should shut down the government on Dec. 11 if this BS is still ongoing Fiendish Thingy Nov 2020 #9

She probably won't have anything to do with that because that would be 45's last hurrah. BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #12

Pathetic loser. Jake Tapper just said 'they are coddling him like the he is a toddler who lost his Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #10

"has rankled and surprised" BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #11

Can they strike? nt Habibi Nov 2020 #13

No. BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #14

Thanks. *sigh* Habibi Nov 2020 #16

The last time federal workers went on strike BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #17

Good. Keep them busy with make-work, less mischief. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #19

Most of the people preparing the budget are career civil servants. marie999 Nov 2020 #20