Joe Barton: The Vultures Circle
OPS_admin | Jun 21, 2010 | Comments 0
Joe Barton’s fate rests with the voters, though they don’t have to wait until November to weigh in. Republican leadership aides say that Barton’s ability to remain the senior-ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee depends on what GOP members hear from constituents back in their districts about Barton’s apology to BP on Thursday, according to House Republican leadership aides.
Those members will report back Tuesday evening, when the House returns to business.
At the end of the 2010 legislative session, Barton will have been ranking Republican on the committee for three terms. According to House GOP term limits, his time would be up, preventing him from becoming chairman. But Barton, said GOP aides, had planned on asking for an extension, arguing that years spent as ranking member and years spent as chairman aren’t equal.
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The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?
Multi-millionaire lobbyist Grover Norquist is calling for the impeachment of President Obama. In an interview with the right-wing National Journal - Norquist warned that if President Obama wins re-election and decides to let the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% expire at the end of the year - then Republicans will "have enough votes in the Senate in 2014 to impeach [him]."What does that mean? It means that the super rich in America - and their political operatives like Norquist in Washington, DC - have now compared a tiny tax increase on the wealthy to high crimes and treason - the only Constitutional basis Congress can use to impeach a President. It sounds like the oligarchs are now openly talking about a coup d'état in America.-Thom(Do you think will try it? Tell us here.) -
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