Democratic lawmaker suspected of pulling fire alarm to delay vote on McCarthy’s ‘clean’ stopgap bill

Valletta · Sep 30, 2023

Democrats were caught off guard by House Speaker McCarthy’s new 45-day stopgap bill, which includes $16 billion in disaster aid and continues funding the government at the current fiscal year’s levels.

Democratic lawmaker suspected of pulling fire alarm to delay vote on McCarthy’s ‘clean’ stopgap bill

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of Congress’ far-left Squad, on Saturday allegedly pulled a fire alarm in a House office building to buy fellow Democrats more time to review the GOP’s new stopgap spending bill.

www.washingtontimes.com

Individuals interrupted proceedings on January 6th, Democrats need to support prison time for those responsible for the interruption.

JustOneWay · Sep 30, 2023

Interesting.

I am glad that you are now on the side with those who believe it is a crime to interrupt Congressional proceedings, like all of those who interrupted the proceedings on Jan 6th. You just justified all of their prison sentences. Welcome to the side of justice....

It would be incredibly ironic and hilarious if Biden would pardon this man!

chevyontheriver · Sep 30, 2023

JustOneWay said:
Interesting.

I am glad that you are now on the side with those who believe it is a crime to interrupt Congressional proceedings, like all of those who interrupted the proceedings on Jan 6th. You just justified all of their prison sentences. Welcome to the side of justice....

Only if supporting prison time for this Congressman as well. Are you in favor of that?

JustOneWay said:
It would be incredibly ironic and hilarious if Biden would pardon this man!

It would.

Valletta · Sep 30, 2023

JustOneWay said:
Interesting.

I am glad that you are now on the side with those who believe it is a crime to interrupt Congressional proceedings, like all of those who interrupted the proceedings on Jan 6th. You just justified all of their prison sentences. Welcome to the side of justice....

It would be incredibly ironic and hilarious if Biden would pardon this man!

LOL For all of you two-tier justice system deniers, here is your chance to demand due process and equal justice! Joe's just gave incendiary remarks, and now an act the could have got people injured or killed was perpetrated by at least one of his followers:

"But there is no question that today’s Republican Party is driven and intimidated by MAGA Republican extremists. Their extreme agenda, if carried out, would fundamentally alter the institutions of American democracy as we know it.
My friends, they’re not hiding their attacks. They’re openly promoting them — attacking the free press as the enemy of the people, attacking the rule of law as an impediment, fomenting voter suppression and election subversion."

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ToddNotTodd · Sep 30, 2023

Valletta said:
LOL For all of you two-tier justice system deniers, here is your chance to demand due process and justice!

And?

chevyontheriver · Sep 30, 2023

ToddNotTodd said:
And?

And then see if Biden pardons him and only him.

Pommer · Sep 30, 2023

Lock them up.

JustOneWay · Sep 30, 2023

Valletta said:
LOL For all of you two-tier justice system deniers, here is your chance to demand due process and equal justice! Joe's just gave incendiary remarks, and now an act the could have got people injured or killed was perpetrated by at least one of his followers:

"But there is no question that today’s Republican Party is driven and intimidated by MAGA Republican extremists. Their extreme agenda, if carried out, would fundamentally alter the institutions of American democracy as we know it.
My friends, they’re not hiding their attacks. They’re openly promoting them — attacking the free press as the enemy of the people, attacking the rule of law as an impediment, fomenting voter suppression and election subversion."

Remarks by President Biden Honoring the Legacy of Senator John McCain and the Work We Must Do Together to Strengthen Our Democracy | The White House

Tempe Center for the ArtsTempe, Arizona 12:05 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you. Please -- please, sit down. Thank you. I’m going to put a

www.whitehouse.gov

Are you hijacking your own thread?

Biden is correct.

Tinker Grey · Sep 30, 2023

So a guy who voted for the bill was trying to delay the vote? Yeah, I don't think so.

Anyway, here's AP's story: Rep. Jamaal Bowman triggered a fire alarm in a House office building amid voting on a funding bill

chevyontheriver · Sep 30, 2023

Tinker Grey said:
So a guy who voted for the bill was trying to delay the vote? Yeah, I don't think so.

Anyway, here's AP's story: Rep. Jamaal Bowman triggered a fire alarm in a House office building amid voting on a funding bill

He thought it was a lever to open a closed door? OK. Sure.

Tinker Grey · Sep 30, 2023

chevyontheriver said:
He thought it was a lever to open a closed door? OK. Sure.

People do dumb things. But, I agree that seems weak. But, again, the guy voted for the measure so I still bet he had a brain fart. It's seems stranger to believe that he was attempting to delay a vote that he was in favor of.

essentialsaltes · Sep 30, 2023

A possible motivation for delaying the vote (when he voted Aye) is that this latest compromise sprung out of nowhere this morning and the Democrats wanted time to read it to see what was in it. Maybe it has funding for a 600 foot tall border wall. Who knows? Hakeem Jeffries apparently gave an hour long speech solely to give people time to look through it.

[Ordinarily, there would be I think a 3 day waiting period before something could be called for a vote. Circumstances didn't allow for that in this case, so this was brought to the floor by double secret probation House rules that required a two-thirds majority for it to pass.]

Hank77 · Oct 2, 2023

Valletta said:
Democrats were caught off guard by House Speaker McCarthy’s new 45-day stopgap bill, which includes $16 billion in disaster aid and continues funding the government at the current fiscal year’s levels.

Democratic lawmaker suspected of pulling fire alarm to delay vote on McCarthy’s ‘clean’ stopgap bill

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of Congress’ far-left Squad, on Saturday allegedly pulled a fire alarm in a House office building to buy fellow Democrats more time to review the GOP’s new stopgap spending bill.

www.washingtontimes.com

Individuals interrupted proceedings on January 6th, Democrats need to support prison time for those responsible for the interruption.

How did or could this alarm and evacuation of this building affect the voting in a different building?

Hank77 · Oct 2, 2023

Valletta said:
Democrats were caught off guard by House Speaker McCarthy’s new 45-day stopgap bill, which includes $16 billion in disaster aid and continues funding the government at the current fiscal year’s levels.

Democratic lawmaker suspected of pulling fire alarm to delay vote on McCarthy’s ‘clean’ stopgap bill

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of Congress’ far-left Squad, on Saturday allegedly pulled a fire alarm in a House office building to buy fellow Democrats more time to review the GOP’s new stopgap spending bill.

www.washingtontimes.com

Individuals interrupted proceedings on January 6th, Democrats need to support prison time for those responsible for the interruption.

The Cannon House Office Building is quite a distance from the House of Representatives building.
Isn't the House of Rep. building where the voting happens? Or is it at the Capital Building?

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Arcangl86 · Oct 2, 2023

essentialsaltes said:
A possible motivation for delaying the vote (when he voted Aye) is that this latest compromise sprung out of nowhere this morning and the Democrats wanted time to read it to see what was in it. Maybe it has funding for a 600 foot tall border wall. Who knows? Hakeem Jeffries apparently gave an hour long speech solely to give people time to look through it.

[Ordinarily, there would be I think a 3 day waiting period before something could be called for a vote. Circumstances didn't allow for that in this case, so this was brought to the floor by double secret probation House rules that required a two-thirds majority for it to pass.]

My understanding was that this bill was proposed half an hour before the scheduled vote. And apparently even though they voted to supported it, many Democrats are not happy about how the whole thing went down.

SoldierOfTheKing · Oct 3, 2023

JustOneWay said:
Interesting.

I am glad that you are now on the side with those who believe it is a crime to interrupt Congressional proceedings, like all of those who interrupted the proceedings on Jan 6th. You just justified all of their prison sentences. Welcome to the side of justice....

It would be incredibly ironic and hilarious if Biden would pardon this man!

…and to think that the Jan 6th protesters could have avoid prosecution had they just pulled the fire alarm!

USincognito · Oct 3, 2023

SoldierOfTheKing said:
…and to think that the Jan 6th protesters could have avoid prosecution had they just pulled the fire alarm!

Why post something so silly?

Belk · Oct 3, 2023

USincognito said:
Why post something so silly?

In order to continue the idea that Jan 6 was just a normal happy stroll through the government buildings instead of a day of infamy built up by a president who lied in order to stop the peaceful transfer of power for the first time ever?

wing2000 · Oct 3, 2023

Valletta said:
LOL For all of you two-tier justice system deniers, here is your chance to demand due process and equal justice! Joe's just gave incendiary remarks, and now an act the could have got people injured or killed was perpetrated by at least one of his followers:

"But there is no question that today’s Republican Party is driven and intimidated by MAGA Republican extremists. Their extreme agenda, if carried out, would fundamentally alter the institutions of American democracy as we know it.
My friends, they’re not hiding their attacks. They’re openly promoting them — attacking the free press as the enemy of the people, attacking the rule of law as an impediment, fomenting voter suppression and election subversion."

Remarks by President Biden Honoring the Legacy of Senator John McCain and the Work We Must Do Together to Strengthen Our Democracy | The White House

Tempe Center for the ArtsTempe, Arizona 12:05 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you. Please -- please, sit down. Thank you. I’m going to put a

www.whitehouse.gov

His remarks are true.
Did they land close to home Valletta?

Servus · Oct 3, 2023

This is sketchy at best. The doors he said he wanted to get through were clearly marked emergency exit only. The fire alarm device he pulled was the standard type we're all familiar with. He's in his second term so he knows his way around. He's a school principal so he knows about fire alarms from fire drills. It's really hard to believe he could possibly be that naive.

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