Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!

Eight years ago, Democrats convened this day on Capitol Hill to usher in a Congress that would work hand in hand with an incoming Democratic White House. They had lots of things they could have done. But they chose to focus on ObamaCare.

Today, on January 3, the GOP can begin rolling that back. The GOP can begin rolling back Dodd-Frank. The GOP can begin rolling back Lilly-Ledbetter. The GOP can begin defunding Planned Parenthood. The GOP can begin setting up another generation of conservative leadership on the United States Supreme Court.

Eight years ago, the Democrats said they’d never let a crisis go to waste. They pitted American against American to advance a d******e agenda without consensus. They did not think they needed it.

Even today, the Democrats think they are unaccountable and the e******n was s****n from them. They have not recognized that they lost the trust of the American people.

Even today, the Democrats think they are unaccountable and the e******n was s****n from them. They have not recognized that they lost the trust of the American people. They have not recognized they tried to force Americans to embrace a radical agenda contrary to American norms. Now they can watch as the GOP undoes all their advances.

They have not recognized they tried to force Americans to embrace a radical agenda contrary to American norms.

Now they can watch as the GOP undoes all their advances.

Make no mistake, there will be claims of “overreach.” Anything the GOP does will be attributed to overreach. But the GOP promised to repeal ObamaCare. It must. The GOP promised to protect coal miners and the energy sector. It must. The GOP promised to free up the states to be engines of innovation. It must.

The GOP must seize now on its gains. The Democrats were willing to throw away their majority in the name of permanent political change. The GOP should make sure every last bit of it is unraveled.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/01/03/erick-erickson-today-gop-begins-taking-back-america.html

moldyoldy

The GOP crooks only want to block ethics investigations right now, knowing that they are all criminals

wuzblynd Loc: thomson georgia

Thanks moldy britches, I've been kinda depressed, I needed a good laugh.

moldyoldy

Ignoring the advice of their own leadership, House Republicans v**ed Monday in favor of a proposal to put the Office of Congressional Ethics under the oversight of the House Committee on Ethics, taking away the office's independence it has held since it was created in 2008, Politico reported.

Republicans passed the amendment 119 to 74 even after House Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy urged them to allow the office to remain independent.
Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia proposed the move, and several Republicans stood before the v**e to say they had been falsely accused by the office and it has been too aggressive in making recommendations for investigations.

The proposal will be part of a package of new rules to govern the 115th Congress that will be v**ed on Tuesday.


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If passed Tuesday, the proposal would rename the OCE the "Office of Congressional Complaint Review," Politico reported. A summary of the rules reads it "places the office under the oversight of the Committee on Ethics."
Currently, recommendations by the office are made public after they are sent to the Ethics Committee. If the new rules are adopted, recommendations would be sealed from public view.

Putting the OCE under the control of Congress is the opposite of what Democrats had in mind in 2008 when they created it in the wake of the Jake Abramoff scandal. Abramoff, a Republican lobbyist, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe public officials.

wuzblynd Loc: thomson georgia

Coming from a lib, I have to say, I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT! my saying for 2017" dam_a_democrat"

kenjay Loc: Arkansas

Go have another bowl of stupid and shut up.

bilordinary Loc: SW Washington

I scrolled over, did he say anything?