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[McDohl]

Keeping with the trend of making new threads in a board that hasn't had too many new threads in a long time, I had this idea:

Those of you in the US, as well as anyone else with a parliamentary system of government in some fashion, tell stories about your elected representatives!  Try to stick with the legislative branch of the federal government, but by all means, if your municipal or state representatives are doing good or bad things, drop 'em here!  I'll get us kicked off.

My representative is now Louie Gohmert, Republican.  He serves a district of Texas covering the areas of Nacogdoches, Tyler, and Lufkin.  I didn't vote for him, as he was here before I was.  He's been around for a while, from the sound of it.  I'd like to at least get the chance to meet him the next time he's in the neighborhood, but BOY HOWDY, is this guy...

http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/14/news/economy/obama_jobs_act/index.htm

He takes Obama's bill name for his new jobs plan and slaps it on a two-page thing of his own.

http://gohmert.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Gohmert_American_Jobs_Act.pdf

I highly encourage you all to read it.  It's only two pages, for chrissakes.

I love my congressman.

[Brentai]

If history is any indication, the Democrats will do everything in their power to trick the Republicans into actually passing it.

Lest we forget that fucking the people sideways for political gain is a universal thing.

[McDohl]

HEY.  Hey hey hey.

Corporations are people too, you know.

[Thad]

If history is any indication, the Democrats will do everything in their power to trick the Republicans into actually passing it.

Lest we forget that fucking the people sideways for political gain is a universal thing.

Well, the thing about a bicameral legislature is they can pass it in the House, then the Senate Dems can do a Ctrl-A and paste Obama's version over it, pass it in the Senate, and then send it back to the House.

"Pass it" is, of course, the part they're most likely to have trouble with.

[Büge]

bout the only thing the senate is good for passing is the buck

[Thad]

Take a look at a public opinion poll and tell me how good they are at even THAT.