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  • #586
    Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

    Originally posted by aparch View Post
    Posting this here because Moscow Mitch might start following Trump's antics and become further unhinged:

    House Opens Investigation Into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
    uncorroborated and unsubstantiated
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    Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
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    • #587
      Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

      Ooooooooff...

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      • #588
        Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

        Originally posted by aparch View Post
        Ooooooooff...

        Truth hurts.
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        Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
        Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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        • #589
          Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

          Originally posted by aparch View Post
          Ooooooooff...

          Ouch. Very nice.
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          • #590
            Originally posted by aparch View Post
            Ooooooooff...

            The power to initiate appropriation bills
            The power to indict.

            Judges and treaties are the provence of the Senate.

            And it takes 2 to tango to pass a bill.
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            • #591
              Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

              Another one bites the dust

              BREAKING: Republican Rep. Paul Cook plans to retire from Congress at the end of his term, becoming the 16th GOP lawmaker to announce their retirement ahead of the 2020 election.

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              • #592
                Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

                Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                Another one bites the dust

                BREAKING: Republican Rep. Paul Cook plans to retire from Congress at the end of his term, becoming the 16th GOP lawmaker to announce their retirement ahead of the 2020 election.
                Does anyone have any historical numbers for retirements from the US House before each election? I thought back in 2018 I saw something that suggested that for pretty much each election there are around 40 retirements from the House, but I can't seem to find the article.
                That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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                • #593
                  Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

                  Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
                  Does anyone have any historical numbers for retirements from the US House before each election? I thought back in 2018 I saw something that suggested that for pretty much each election there are around 40 retirements from the House, but I can't seem to find the article.
                  That's an excellent question. I'll bet you could reverse engineer by finding the number of vacant seats at each election and then backing out the deaths.
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                  • #594
                    Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    That's an excellent question. I'll bet you could reverse engineer by finding the number of vacant seats at each election and then backing out the deaths.
                    I briefly considered that. But then I thought about people who didn't run for other reasons, like running for Senate or President, reasons that aren't strictly about retirement, and realized that while I was interested in the answer to my question, I wasn't that interested.
                    That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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                    • #595
                      Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

                      Democrat oversight going as always.

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                      Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                      Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                      • #596
                        Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

                        Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
                        I briefly considered that. But then I thought about people who didn't run for other reasons, like running for Senate or President, reasons that aren't strictly about retirement, and realized that while I was interested in the answer to my question, I wasn't that interested.
                        I think the interesting number isn't the total number of retirements but the R/D ratio. That seems to be an excellent leafing indicator of poll results. For example, in 2018 the House retirements were something like 4:1 R/D and the Rs got destroyed. It's early but right now I believe House retirements are something like 6:1 R/D.
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                        • #597
                          Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

                          Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
                          I briefly considered that. But then I thought about people who didn't run for other reasons, like running for Senate or President, reasons that aren't strictly about retirement, and realized that while I was interested in the answer to my question, I wasn't that interested.
                          Trust 538 to do it for us for 2018.

                          https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...gress-in-2018/

                          Depending on how you count, 39 Republicans and 18 Democrats are not running for re-election. That includes 13 Republicans and 10 Democrats who are leaving to seek another office, such as governor. Excluding them, 26 Republicans and eight Democrats are walking away from their political careers at the end of the 115th Congress.
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                          • #598
                            Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control



                            Hillary Clinton was respectful to EVERYONE during her testimony. 10 hours worth.
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                            • #599
                              Re: 116th Congress: Episode 2 The Turtle Has Total Control

                              So, 26:8 = 3.25:1
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