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democrats unveil their agenda- "Get Trump"
Flopping Aces ^
| 11-14-18
| DrJohn
Posted on 11/14/2018 10:13:10 AM PST by Starman417
democrats told America what they were planning to do should they retake the House and or Senate. Well, it's what they said they would do. Their tax plan? Increases, naturally
- Increase the top marginal income tax rate from 37 percent to 39.6 percent.
- Increase the corporate income tax rate from 21 percent to 25 percent.
- Bring back the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for 4 million families.
- Cut the "death tax" standard deduction in half.
The rest of what they say they want to do:
Lowering health care costs, rebuilding infrastructure and running the House chamber with more transparency and openness are near the top of the Democratic agenda, Pelosi said during a talk Tuesday at Harvard's Institute of Politics. Democrats would also prioritize giving legal status to young immigrants, known as Dreamers, and strengthening background checks on gun purchases, she said.
Thing is, there won't be time for any of this. At this very moment they're loading up the subpoena cannon:
Jonathan Swan wrote in August that Republicans had already catalogued numerous oversight targets that Democrats had signaled, including:
- President Trumps tax returns
- Trump family businesses and whether they comply with the Constitution's emoluments clause, including the Chinese trademark grant to the Trump Organization
- Trump's dealings with Russia, including the president's preparation for his meeting with Vladimir Putin
- The payment to Stephanie Clifford a.k.a. Stormy Daniels
- James Comey's firing
- Trump's firing of U.S. attorneys
- Trump's proposed transgender ban for the military
- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's business dealings
- White House staff's personal email use
- Cabinet secretary travel, office expenses, and other misused perks
- Discussion of classified information at Mar-a-Lago
- Jared Kushner's ethics law compliance
- Dismissal of members of the EPA board of scientific counselors
- The travel ban
- Family separation policy
- Hurricane response in Puerto Rico
- Election security and hacking attempts
- White House security clearances
Adam Schiff wants to rescue Acosta, Nita Lowey wants to dig into the Space Force thing. And there are already 64 subpoenas that have been filed by democrats, including:
- Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services Withholding Documents on Trump Administration Child Separation Policy
- Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Withholding Testimony on Census 2020 Citizenship Question
- Department of Veterans Affairs Withholding Documents Relating to Reports that Mar-a-Lago Members Influencing Department Decisions
- White House Withholding Report and Documents on Security Clearance Process Required by Law
- White House Withholding Documents on Revocation of John Brennan Security Clearance
- White House Withholding Documents on John Bolton Security Clearance
- State Department Withholding Documents on Retaliation
- Office of Personnel Management Refusing to Provide Briefing on Complying with Court Order
- Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Withholding Documents on Medicaid Work Requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Withholding Documents on Scrubbing of Department Websites
- State Department Withholding Documents on Decision to Close Cyber Office
- Director of National Intelligence Testifying Before the Oversight Committee on the extent of the Russian Threat to Our Country and Our Elections.
There are many more at the link. These will occupy about 150% of legislative time. It will be quite amusing to watch as dems fight for their own personal desires. It's very clear that THE democrat agenda is cripple Trump and take him down.
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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: democrat; schiff; trump
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: Starman417
After seeing the Dems literally ignore House committee subpoenas for the past 8 years, isn’t it safe to say the Dems could launch a hundred investigations and the GOP targets could just ignore them?
Benghazi? Nothing.
Uranium One? Nothing.
Clinton Shenanigans? Nothing.
When the GOP failed to assert the power of the House during the Obama years, they really minimized its power to threaten anyone. As a libertarian the weakening of government warms my heart, but why do I feel like the GOP will ruin a good thing by suddenly allowing these House investigation to have power over them?
To: Starman417
Democrat Party agenda = “Death to America”
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:25:18 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Starman417
The glorious time of WINNING and MAGA, as introduced by DJT, seems to be in jeopardy.
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:26:31 AM PST
by
353FMG
To: Starman417
Right.
He'll sign all that...
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:26:31 AM PST
by
grobdriver
(BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
To: Starman417
KAOS needs to sue the DNC for stealing their shtick and giving terroristic groups in general a bad name.
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:26:52 AM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Starman417
Shouldn’t this be breaking news? Not so much huh?
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:27:05 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH? #My2nd)
To: Starman417
The democrats will get nothing of what they want.
Unless president Trump throws them some bones.
5.56mm
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:27:43 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
To: siberianheat
Trump should release documents showing Obama misuse of the IRS and at some point in the press conference observe that the DNC out to get him should be glad he doesn’t have Obama’s or their ethics.
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:29:27 AM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Starman417
Trump stands between us and the Dims. To the Dims I say, Nuts!
To: Post5203
Pray, buy more ammo, and vote (for all it’s worth).
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:34:33 AM PST
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
To: Starman417
Our republic has always functioned because the politicians accepted the will of the people after elections and worked together to do what’s best for the country.
This is no longer the case.
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:37:42 AM PST
by
Bratch
("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
To: rktman
Whatever happened for “by the people, and for the people”. Next election we need to start over with new candidates on both sides of the aisles. We keep saying “term limits”, we need to follow through on that. We all remember aging, decrepit and dying senators being rolled into the Senate on hospital gurneys to vote, and no longer having their mental capacity. Crazy!!!
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:57:29 AM PST
by
kiltie65
To: Starman417
The “progressive” party has really always been the “regressive” party. They are reactionary.
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posted on
11/14/2018 10:59:17 AM PST
by
MrChips
("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine)
To: Starman417
Excuse my ignorance, but I have to ask, what legal right does anyone have to Trump’s personal tax returns? And the House is not a legal body, am I correct? The only legal bodies that could demand his returns would be the IRS, FBI or police forces, no?
To: kiltie65
Too much 💰💰💰💵💵💵 for term limits to ever get passed.
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posted on
11/14/2018 11:07:03 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH? #My2nd)
To: Post5203
Undermine Trump anyway they can like Kellyanns hubby.
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posted on
11/14/2018 11:23:05 AM PST
by
databoss
To: siberianheat
That’s my take. Resist, obstruct, ignore subpoenas, take the Fifth, use the “I don’t recall” line. We can play that game too.
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