Who should tell Congress they have to go?

[HTacianas]

Back when Nixon went through the Nixon ordeal he tried to cling to power til the bitter end. I think it was Barry Goldwater and someone else went to Nixon and told him that he could no longer be president, quite frankly, because no one took him seriously anymore.

The Salem witch trials ended for pretty much the same reason. People became so annoyed by the accusations that eventually they began to simply ignore them.

A while back during some congressional hearings of some sort the Congress issued a number of subpoenas to the Justice Department and the Justice Department didn't comply with them. They simply ignored them.

We now have yet another round of congressional subpoenas being sent out and I have an idea that no one is going to take them seriously.

Who will it be that tells the Congress that if they keep this up they will also lose their authority when more and more people become so annoyed by this they no longer take the Congress seriously?

 

[yougottabekidding]

voters

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Congress can't lose their authority without a constitutional amendment to change the basic structure of the federal government. That ain't gonna happen.

The only thing we can do to correct Congress is to vote for better representatives and senators.

 

[timothyu]

Voters are the only ones to take the game seriously and that is their downfall

 

[timothyu]

The only thing we can do to correct Congress is to vote for better representatives and senators.

Replaced by more like-minded. These people do not collaborate, they are a species of humans who cannot act in any other way.

 

[thecolorsblend]

voters

The American public voted for change in 1994, 2006, 2010 (bigly), 2014 and 2018. They didn't really get the change for which they voted (although fair enough, 2018 is still too new to rate).

Change remains elusive. We seem to keep getting variations on the same policies no matter who we elect.

 

[DaisyDay]

Back when Nixon went through the Nixon ordeal he tried to cling to power til the bitter end. I think it was Barry Goldwater and someone else went to Nixon and told him that he could no longer be president, quite frankly, because no one took him seriously anymore.

The Salem witch trials ended for pretty much the same reason. People became so annoyed by the accusations that eventually they began to simply ignore them.

A while back during some congressional hearings of some sort the Congress issued a number of subpoenas to the Justice Department and the Justice Department didn't comply with them. They simply ignored them.

We now have yet another round of congressional subpoenas being sent out and I have an idea that no one is going to take them seriously.

Congressional oversight is their duty. If they don't issue subpoenas and hold hearings, why would you take them seriously?

Who will it be that tells the Congress that if they keep this up they will also lose their authority when more and more people become so annoyed by this they no longer take the Congress seriously?

I don't remember you complaining about the umpteen Benghazi hearings - that each reached the same conclusions.

 

[HTacianas]

Congressional oversight is their duty. If they don't issue subpoenas and hold hearings, why would you take them seriously?


I don't remember you complaining about the umpteen Benghazi hearings - that each reached the same conclusions.

That's only because I wasn't a member of this forum during the Benghazi hearings. Neither does anyone here remember me commenting on the general sense of partisan stupidity surrounding Obama's birth certificate.

 

[timothyu]

"It makes no difference who you vote for — the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people." ... G Vidal

 

[DaisyDay]

That's only because I wasn't a member of this forum during the Benghazi hearings. Neither does anyone here remember me commenting on the general sense of partisan stupidity surrounding Obama's birth certificate.

Hearings are an essential part of Congress' duties. Some are more well conducted than others; some are downright fascinating, but most are not. C-SPAN is full of them. I found Henry Waxman less show-boaty than most.

 

[HTacianas]

Hearings are an essential part of Congress' duties. Some are more well conducted than others; some are downright fascinating, but most are not. C-SPAN is full of them. I found Henry Waxman less show-boaty than most.

I take it you didn't see Waxman (a former smoker) questioning the tobacco executives.

 

[DaisyDay]

I take it you didn't see Waxman (a former smoker) questioning the tobacco executives.

I honestly don't remember.

 

[98cwitr]

Convention of the States!

 

[Pommer]

Convention of the States!

Hahaha.
Yes, let’s open a Constitutional Convention!
Surely now is the time to do so, with a President that tends to gravitate toward autocracy and power-gathering, this would be just the thing to do: fiddle with the innards of our Republic!

 

[98cwitr]

Hahaha.
Yes, let’s open a Constitutional Convention!
Surely now is the time to do so, with a President that tends to gravitate toward autocracy and power-gathering, this would be just the thing to do: fiddle with the innards of our Republic!

There's plenty of traction underway: Latest on COS - COSAction

 

[timothyu]

fiddle with the innards of our Republic!

Too late, republic was traded for empire long time ago

 

[Pommer]

Too late, republic was traded for empire long time ago

Sure, the only question is “when?”
The seeds had been sown by 1917, surely, but the fruit didn’t appear until the 1960’s.

 

[DaisyDay]

There's plenty of traction underway: Latest on COS - COSAction

Huh, the latest features Scalia...

 

[wing2000]

Back when Nixon went through the Nixon ordeal he tried to cling to power til the bitter end. I think it was Barry Goldwater and someone else went to Nixon and told him that he could no longer be president, quite frankly, because no one took him seriously anymore.

The Salem witch trials ended for pretty much the same reason. People became so annoyed by the accusations that eventually they began to simply ignore them.

A while back during some congressional hearings of some sort the Congress issued a number of subpoenas to the Justice Department and the Justice Department didn't comply with them. They simply ignored them.

We now have yet another round of congressional subpoenas being sent out and I have an idea that no one is going to take them seriously.

Who will it be that tells the Congress that if they keep this up they will also lose their authority when more and more people become so annoyed by this they no longer take the Congress seriously?

For a minute there I thought you had the wrong title. Who is the Barry Goldwater of the Republican Party today?

For two years the GOP shirked it's oversight duties. The reaction by the Democrats may be too broad, but I lay some of that at the feet of a GOP congress that refused to perform it's Constitutional duty.

 

[Pommer]

Huh, the latest features Scalia...

“He’s dead, Jim.”

So, apparently, is “the call”!