Showing posts with label Congressional Democrats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congressional Democrats. Show all posts

Thursday, December 4, 2014

What, the 5 St. Louis Rams couldn't make it?

December 04, 2014 "Hands Up. Don't Shoot!" , Congressional Black Caucus 0 Comments
Dem Reps Make ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Protest Gesture On House Floor

Josh Feldman, Dec. 1, 2014, Mediaite

Democratic members of Congress showed solidarity with Ferguson protesters tonight by making the “Hands up, don’t shoot” gesture on the House floor tonight.

New York’s Hakeem Jeffries and Yvette Clarke, along with Texas’ Al Green, all made the protest gesture on the House floor tonight. Green made the gesture in reference to what the St. Louis Rams did, but touted it as a “new symbol” of protest.

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Dems WANT/HOPE/PRAY that GOP pushes "I" word

August 07, 2014 Congressional Democrats , Impeachment Recommendations 0 Comments
Dems Say 'Impeachment' 20x's More Often Than GOP

By Molly K. Hooper, Aug. 7, 2014, Thehill.com

Congressional Democrats have talked about the impeachment of President Obama 20 times more than Republicans have on the House and Senate floors.

Since the start of the 113th Congress last year, Democrats have used the word “impeach” or “impeachment” regarding Obama 86 times, according to a review of the Congressional Record by The Hill.

Utterances on the floor from Republicans about impeaching Obama, in contrast, have been relatively rare. Only three Republicans in this Congress have raised the subject on the House floor, and the words have been used a total of four times by GOP members.

Most of the talk has come from House Democrats, with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas) alone using the words 18 times in two separate speeches late last month.

In the Senate, where the GOP hopes to retake a majority this fall, not a single Republican has mentioned impeachment on the floor over the last couple of years.

The figures highlight how impeachment has been a hot topic for Democrats, and one most Republicans want to avoid.

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