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Chickens on ICE Raid: The Odd Luck of Peco and Koch Foods [UPDATE-2]

August 7, 2019/320 Comments/in Domestic Policy, Trump Administration /by Rayne

[NB: Note the byline, thanks. Caveat: This post contains speculative content. Updates at the bottom of this post. / ~Rayne]

I have to run an errand, can’t take the time to follow this line of inquiry further. But something about ICE raids conducted in Mississippi today set off my hinky meter.

Why Mississippi, which long-time community member earlofhuntington describes as “so reliably Republican”? Why wouldn’t ICE conduct raids in blue states as they’ve intended to twice this year in order to rattle the Latinx and other brown-skinned voters?

Why wouldn’t they conduct a raid closer to the Mexican border since the Trump administration and its state media organ Fox News have drummed up a manufactured ‘invasion’ crisis?

Why pick established businesses in a deep red state only days after mass shootings of Latinx Americans in El Paso?

This raid was planned, though, they don’t just sweep in. The two businesses, Peco Foods Inc. and Koch Foods Inc. were on somebody’s radar, earmarked in advance.

But why these two over any other businesses — say, golf courses competing with Trump org courses which likely hire undocumented personnel the way Trump’s courses did?

Would golf courses be too obvious and yield too few results? Would such raids piss off the same class of customers who frequent Trump’s courses?

There’s some other reason not obvious to the public.

Perhaps the companies are owned and operated by people who don’t fit Trump and Trump’s minions political ideology? But this is where I have to leave it to run an errand.

I’ll leave you with this (already posted in comments and on Twitter):

And with this:

What do you think? I haven’t had time to look at the other five companies raided today, including PH Food Inc., MP Food Inc., and Pearl River Foods Inc.

Does this also suggest Mississippi is at risk politically if the administration had to pick “so reliably Republican” a state, in spite of a 130-year-old state law preventing black Mississippians from holding elected statewide office if they don’t win 55% of the vote?

UPDATE — 11:10 PM EDT —

Add in unionization of workers as another factor in selection of businesses to raid:

I'm sure it's a coincidence that some of these workers had unionized and had reported sexual and racial harassment by supervisors to the EEOC. This will get the employment dynamics back the way the employers like them. https://t.co/SL0tqRusYi https://t.co/qSeY2sbxbK pic.twitter.com/6qlX92j4Ro

— Sasha Samberg-Champion (@ssamcham) August 8, 2019

And while some folks note unhappily the workers have been detained and owners/management haven’t been arrested, I’m not certain that won’t yet happen. Somebody might be very happy to see a Democratic donor (or two) behind bars before the 2020 general election primaries begin.

UPDATE — 11:15 PM EDT —

Yeah, Mississippi is undergoing a political tectonic shift; statewide races may be in play.

It is not coincidental that ICE conducted the largest single-state raid in history in Mississippi the day after Jody Owens was elected the first Black DA of Hinds County. https://t.co/6u7aQKqwCU

— Rebecca J. Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) August 8, 2019

This is an open thread. Bring all the stray cats and dogs here.

Whip It Good: Impeachment Inquiry — Better than Half Way

August 5, 2019/99 Comments/in Congress, Impeachment, Trump Administration /by Rayne

[NB: Check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne]

You may have been following the impeachment inquiry whip count published July 1 with subsequent updates.

At the time we had 85 votes in support of an impeachment inquiry representing 39% of the needed 218 votes to pass a resolution authorizing an inquiry’s formal launch.

Today we’re better than half way to 218. The table below reflects the new tally of 118 House Democrats and one Independent in support of an impeachment inquiry. We now need 100 or 45% more of the House Dems.

It’s still on us to make this happen by showing up at town halls our representatives have over the summer recess, by calling their offices in D.C. or locally, by sending faxes or using Resistbot to make our sentiments heard.

Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121

This whip count will continue to be updated. Share in comments any new announcements by House members throwing support behind an impeachment inquiry.

House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler has said his committee has “in effect” been conducting an impeachment inquiry, but his statement does not have the full force that a majority-supported resolution would have. It’d be much harder for a federal court to deny Constitutional powers to an inquiry authorized by a majority of the House. Nadler and the Judiciary Committee (HJC) filed an application for the release of grand jury materials (pdf) on July 26, relying on Watergate- and Clinton-era arguments to bolster this request. I’m not a lawyer but I think this could go either way after the recent McKeever v. Barr decision.

House Oversight is other committee steadily chipping away at Trump’s corruption. Chair Elijah Cummings must be making serious inroads if Trump’s bashing of Baltimore and Cummings as a Maryland rep is any indication. I saw a chart somewhere outlining the progress of Oversight investigations but I can’t find it now — it must have terrified Trump and his minions. Oversight’s work also looks like a precursor to an impeachment inquiry, but whether it can likewise wield clout like an impeachment inquiry remains to be seen.

The surest approach is an impeachment inquiry, freighted with authority directly from the Constitution. Let’s get one in gear — call your representatives. And do thank those who’ve already thrown behind an inquiry.

State	Last	First, Middle, Nickname	Party Affiliation	Impeachment Inquiry Y/N	House Judiciary Committee
Alabama	Sewell	Terrycina Andrea “Terri”	Dem
Arizona	Gallego	Ruben	Dem	Y
Arizona	Grijalva	Raul M.	Dem	Y
Arizona	Kirkpatrick	Ann	Dem	Y
Arizona	O’Halleran	Tom	Dem
Arizona	Stanton	Greg	Dem	Y	🔺
California	Aguilar	Pete	Dem	Y
California	Barragán	Nanette Diaz	Dem	Y
California	Bass	Karen R.	Dem
California	Bera	Amerish “Ami”	Dem
California	Brownley	Julia	Dem	Y
California	Cardenas	Tony	Dem	Y
California	Carbajal	Salud O.	Dem	Y
California	Chu	Judy	Dem	Y
California	Cisneros	Gilbert “Gil”	Dem
California	Correa	Jose Luis “Lou”	Dem
California	Costa	Jim	Dem
California	Cox	Terrance John “TJ”	Dem
California	Davis	Susan A.	Dem
California	DeSaulnier	Mark	Dem	Y
California	Eshoo	Anna G.	Dem
California	Garamendi	John Raymond	Dem	Y
California	Gomez	Jimmy	Dem	Y
California	Harder	Josh	Dem
California	Hill	Katherine Lauren “Katie”	Dem
California	Huffman	Jared W.	Dem	Y
California	Khanna	Rohit “Ro”	Dem
California	Lee	Barbara	Dem	Y
California	Levin	Mike	Dem	Y
California	Lieu	Ted W.	Dem	Y	🔺
California	Lofgren	Zoe	Dem	see comment
California	Lowenthal	Alan S.	Dem	Y
California	Matsui	Doris K.	Dem	Y
California	McNerney	Gerald Mark “Jerry”	Dem
California	Napolitano	Grace Flores	Dem	Y
California	Panetta	James Varni “Jimmy”	Dem
California	Pelosi	Nancy	Dem
California	Peters	Scott	Dem	Y
California	Porter	Katherine “Katie”	Dem	Y
California	Rouda Jr.	Harley E.	Dem	Y
California	Roybal-Allard	Lucille	Dem	Y
California	Ruiz	Raul	Dem
California	Sanchez	Linda T.	Dem
California	Schiff	Adam B.	Dem
California	Sherman	Brad	Dem	Y
California	Speier	Jackie	Dem	Y
California	Swalwell	Eric Michael	Dem	Y	🔺 (7)
California	Takano	Mark A.	Dem	see comment
California	Thompson	C. Michael “Mike”	Dem
California	Torres	Norma J.	Dem	Y
California	Vargas	Juan C.	Dem	Y
California	Waters	Maxine	Dem	Y
Colorado	Crow	Jason	Dem	Y
Colorado	DeGette	Diana L.	Dem	Y
Colorado	Neguse	Joseph “Joe”	Dem	Y	🔺
Colorado	Perlmutter	Edwin G. “Ed”	Dem
Connecticut	Courtney	Joseph D. “Joe”	Dem
Connecticut	DeLauro	Rosa L.	Dem
Connecticut	Hayes	Jahana	Dem
Connecticut	Himes	Jim	Dem	Y
Connecticut	Larson	John B.	Dem
Delaware	Rochester	Lisa Blunt	Dem	Y
Florida	Castor	Katherine Anne “Kathy”	Dem
Florida	Crist	Charlie Joseph	Dem
Florida	Demings	Valdez “Val”	Dem	Y	🔺
Florida	Deutch	Theodore Eliot “Ted”	Dem	Y	🔺 (2)
Florida	Frankel	Lois J.	Dem
Florida	Hastings	Alcee L.	Dem
Florida	Lawson Jr.	Alfred “Al”	Dem
Florida	Mucarsel-Powell	Debbie	Dem	Y	🔺
Florida	Murphy	Stephanie	Dem
Florida	Shalala	Donna Elvira	Dem
Florida	Soto	Darren	Dem
Florida	Wasserman Schultz	Debbie	Dem
Florida	Wilson	Frederica S.	Dem
Georgia	Bishop Jr.	Sanford Dixon	Dem
Georgia	Johnson Jr.	Henry C. “Hank”	Dem
Georgia	Lewis	John R.	Dem
Georgia	McBath	Lucia Kay “Lucy”	Dem
Georgia	Scott	David Albert	Dem
Hawaii	Case	Edward E. “Ed”	Dem
Hawaii	Gabbard	Tulsi	Dem
Illinois	Bustos	Cheri	Dem
Illinois	Casten	Sean	Dem	Y
Illinois	Davis	Danny K.	Dem	Y
Illinois	Foster	G. William “Bill”	Dem
Illinois	Garcia	Jesus G. “Chuy”	Dem	Y
Illinois	Kelly	Robin L.	Dem	Y
Illinois	Krishnamoorthi	S. Raja	Dem
Illinois	Lipinski	Daniel William “Dan”	Dem
Illinois	Quigley	Mike	Dem	Y
Illinois	Rush	Bobby Lee	Dem	Y
Illinois	Schakowsky	Janice D. “Jan”	Dem	Y
Illinois	Schneider	Bradley Scott “Brad”	Dem
Illinois	Underwood	Lauren A.	Dem
Indiana	Carson	Andre D.	Dem	Y
Indiana	Visclosky	Peter J.	Dem
Iowa	Axne	Cindy	Dem
Iowa	Finkenauer	Abby	Dem
Iowa	Loebsack	David Wayne “Dave”	Dem
Kansas	Davids	Sharice	Dem
Kentucky	Yarmuth	John A.	Dem	Y
Louisiana	Richmond	Cedric L.	Dem	Y	🔺
Maine	Golden	Jared F.	Dem
Maine	Pingree	Chellie M.	Dem	Y
Maryland	Brown	Anthony Gregory	Dem
Maryland	Cummings	Elijah E.	Dem
Maryland	Hoyer	Steny Hamilton	Dem
Maryland	Raskin	Jamin B. “Jamie”	Dem	Y	🔺
Maryland	Ruppersberger III	Charles Albert Dutch “C.A. Dutch”	Dem
Maryland	Sarbanes	John Peter Spyros	Dem
Maryland	Trone	David	Dem
Massachusetts	Clark	Katherine M.	Dem	Y	(1)
Massachusetts	Keating	William Richard “Bill”	Dem
Massachusetts	Kennedy III	Joseph Patrick “Joe”	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Lynch	Stephen F.	Dem
Massachusetts	McGovern	James P. “Jim”	Dem	Y	(5)
Massachusetts	Moulton	Seth W.	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Neal	Richard E.	Dem
Massachusetts	Pressley	Ayanna S.	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Trahan	Lori Loureiro	Dem	Y
Michigan	Dingell	Debbie	Dem
Michigan	Kildee	Daniel T. “Dan”	Dem	Y
Michigan	Lawrence	Brenda Lulenar	Dem	Y
Michigan	Levin	Andy	Dem	Y
Michigan	Slotkin	Elissa	Dem
Michigan	Stevens	Haley	Dem
Michigan	Tlaib	Rashida	Dem	Y
Minnesota	Craig	Angela Dawn “Angie”	Dem
Minnesota	McCollum	Betty	Dem	Y
Minnesota	Omar	Ilhan	Dem	Y
Minnesota	Peterson	Collin Clark	Dem
Minnesota	Phillips	Dean	Dem
Mississippi	Thompson	Bennie G.	Dem	Y	(8)
Missouri	Clay Jr.	William Lacy	Dem	Y
Missouri	Cleaver II	Emanuel	Dem	Y
Nevada	Horsford	Steven Alexzander	Dem
Nevada	Lee	Susan Kelley “Susie”	Dem
Nevada	Titus	Alice Costandina “Dina”	Dem	Y
New Hampshire	Kuster	Ann McLane “Annie”	Dem	Y
New Hampshire	Pappas	Christopher C. “Chris”	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Gottheimer	Joshua S. “Josh”	Dem
New Jersey	Kim	Andrew “Andy”	Dem
New Jersey	Malinowski	Tom	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Norcross	Donald W.	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Pallone Jr.	Frank	Dem
New Jersey	Pascrell Jr.	William J. “Bill”	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Payne Jr.	Donald M.	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Sherrill	Rebecca Michelle “Mikie”	Dem
New Jersey	Sires	Albio	Dem
New Jersey	Van Drew	Jeff	Dem
New Jersey	Watson Coleman	Bonnie	Dem	Y
New Mexico	Haaland	Debra A. “Deb”	Dem
New Mexico	Lujan	Ben Ray	Dem
New Mexico	Torres Small	Xochitl	Dem
New York	Brindisi	Anthony J.	Dem
New York	Clarke	Yvette D.	Dem	Y
New York	Delgado	Antonio	Dem
New York	Engel	Eliot Lance	Dem	Y	(3)
New York	Espaillat	Adriano	Dem	Y
New York	Higgins	Brian M.	Dem	Y
New York	Jeffries	Hakeem S.	Dem
New York	Lowey	Nita M.	Dem	Y	(4)
New York	Maloney	Carolyn Bosher	Dem	Y
New York	Maloney	Sean Patrick	Dem
New York	Meeks	Gregory Weldon	Dem
New York	Meng	Grace	Dem	Y
New York	Morelle	Joseph D. “Joe”	Dem
New York	Nadler	Jerrold Lewis “Jerry”	Dem
New York	Ocasio-Cortez	Alexandria	Dem	Y
New York	Rice	Kathleen M.	Dem	Y
New York	Rose	Max N.	Dem
New York	Serrano	Jose Enrique	Dem	Y
New York	Suozzi	Thomas R. “Tom”	Dem
New York	Tonko	Paul David	Dem	Y
New York	Velázquez	Nydia Margarita	Dem	Y	(9)
North Carolina	Adams	Alma Shealey	Dem	Y
North Carolina	Butterfield Jr.	George Kenneth “G. K.”	Dem	Y
North Carolina	Price	David Eugene	Dem
Ohio	Beatty	Joyce B.	Dem	Y
Ohio	Fudge	Marcia L.	Dem	Y
Ohio	Kaptur	Marcia Carolyn “Marcy”	Dem
Ohio	Ryan	Timothy J. “Tim”	Dem	Y
Oklahoma	Horn	Kendra	Dem
Oregon	Blumenauer	Earl	Dem	Y
Oregon	Bonamici	Suzanne M.	Dem	Y
Oregon	DeFazio	Peter Anthony “Pete”	Dem
Oregon	Schrader	Walter Kurt “Kurt”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Boyle	Brendan F.	Dem	Y
Pennsylvania	Cartwright	Matthew Alton “Matt”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Dean Cunnane	Madeleine	Dem	Y	🔺
Pennsylvania	Doyle	Michael F. “Mike”	Dem	Y
Pennsylvania	Evans	Dwight	Dem	Y
Pennsylvania	Houlahan	Christina Jampoler “Chrissy”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Lamb	Conor James	Dem
Pennsylvania	Scanlon	Mary Gay	Dem	Y	🔺
Pennsylvania	Wild	Susan Ellis	Dem
Rhode Island	Cicilline	David N.	Dem	Y	🔺
Rhode Island	Langevin	James R. “Jim”	Dem
South Carolina	Clyburn	James Enos “Jim”	Dem
South Carolina	Cunningham	Joseph K. “Joe”	Dem
Tennessee	Cohen	Stephen Ira “Steve”	Dem	Y	🔺
Tennessee	Cooper	James H. S. “Jim”	Dem
Texas	Allred	Colin	Dem
Texas	Castro	Joaquin	Dem	Y
Texas	Cuellar	Henry R.	Dem
Texas	Doggett II	Lloyd Alton	Dem	Y
Texas	Escobar	Veronica	Dem	Y	🔺
Texas	Fletcher	Elizabeth Pannill “Lizzie”	Dem
Texas	Garcia	Sylvia R.	Dem
Texas	Gonzalez	Vicente	Dem
Texas	Green	Alexander “Al”	Dem	Y
Texas	Jackson Lee	Sheila	Dem	Y	🔺
Texas	Johnson	Eddie Bernice	Dem
Texas	Veasey	Marc Allison	Dem
Texas	Vela	Filemon B.	Dem	Y
Utah	McAdams	Ben	Dem
Vermont	Welch	Peter F.	Dem	Y
Virginia	Beyer Jr.	Donald Sternoff “Don”	Dem	Y
Virginia	Connolly	Gerald Edward “Gerry”	Dem
Virginia	Luria	Elaine G.	Dem
Virginia	McEachin	Aston Donald “Donald”	Dem
Virginia	Scott	Robert Cortez “Bobby”	Dem
Virginia	Spanberger	Abigail A.	Dem
Virginia	Wexton	Jennifer T.	Dem	Y
Washington	Del Bene	Suzan Kay	Dem	Y
Washington	Heck	Dennis “Denny”	Dem	Y
Washington	Jayapal	Pramila	Dem	Y	🔺
Washington	Kilmer	Derek	Dem	Y
Washington	Larsen	Richard Ray “Rick”	Dem	Y
Washington	Schrier	Kim	Dem	Y
Washington	Smith	David Adam “Adam”	Dem	Y	(6)
Wisconsin	Kind	Ronald James “Ron”	Dem
Wisconsin	Moore	Gwendolynne S. “Gwen”	Dem	Y
Wisconsin	Pocan	Mark	Dem	Y

Alabama	Aderholt	Robert Brown	GOP
Alabama	Brooks Jr.	Morris J. “Mo”	GOP
Alabama	Byrne	Bradley Roberts	GOP
Alabama	Palmer	Gary	GOP
Alabama	Roby	Martha	GOP
Alabama	Rogers	Michael Dennis “Mike”	GOP
Alaska	Young	Donald E. “Don”	GOP
Arizona	Biggs	Andy	GOP
Arizona	Gosar	Paul Anthony	GOP
Arizona	Lesko	Debbie	GOP
Arizona	Schweikert	David	GOP
Arkansas	Crawford	Eric Alan “Rick”	GOP
Arkansas	Hill	James French “French”	GOP
Arkansas	Westerman	Bruce	GOP
Arkansas	Womack	Stephen A. “Steve”	GOP
California	Calvert	Kenneth S. “Ken”	GOP
California	Cook	Paul	GOP
California	Hunter	Duncan Duane	GOP
California	LaMalfa	Doug	GOP
California	McCarthy	Kevin	GOP
California	McClintock	Thomas “Tom”	GOP
California	Nunes	Devin Gerald	GOP
Colorado	Buck	Kenneth R. “Ken”	GOP
Colorado	Lamborn	Douglas L. “Doug”	GOP
Colorado	Tipton	Scott Randall	GOP
Florida	Bilirakis	Gus Michael	GOP
Florida	Buchanan	Vernon “Vern”	GOP
Florida	Diaz-Balart	Mario	GOP
Florida	Dunn	Neal Patrick	GOP
Florida	Gaetz	Matt	GOP
Florida	Mast	Brian	GOP
Florida	Posey	William “Bill”	GOP
Florida	Rooney	Francis	GOP
Florida	Rutherford	John	GOP
Florida	Spano	Vincent Ross “Ross”	GOP
Florida	Steube	Greg W.	GOP
Florida	Waltz	Michael “Mike”	GOP
Florida	Webster	Daniel “Dan”	GOP
Florida	Yoho	Theodore Scott “Ted”	GOP
Georgia	Allen	Richard Wallen “Rick”	GOP
Georgia	Carter	Earl Leroy “Buddy”	GOP
Georgia	Collins	Douglas Allen “Doug”	GOP
Georgia	Ferguson IV	Anderson Drew “Drew”	GOP
Georgia	Graves Jr.	John Thomas “Tom”	GOP
Georgia	Hice	Jody B.	GOP
Georgia	Loudermilk	Barry D.	GOP
Georgia	Scott	James Austin “Austin”	GOP
Georgia	Woodall III	William Robert “Rob”	GOP
Idaho	Fulcher	Russ	GOP
Idaho	Simpson	Michael Keith “Mike”	GOP
Illinois	Bost	Michael J. “Mike”	GOP
Illinois	Davis	Rodney L.	GOP
Illinois	Kinzinger	Adam	GOP
Illinois	LaHood	Darin McKay	GOP
Illinois	Shimkus	John M.	GOP
Indiana	Baird	James R. “Jim”	GOP
Indiana	Banks	James E. “Jim”	GOP
Indiana	Brooks	Susan W.	GOP
Indiana	Bucshon	Larry D.	GOP
Indiana	Hollingsworth III	Joseph A. “Trey”	GOP
Indiana	Pence	Gregory J. “Greg”	GOP
Indiana	Walorski	Jackie Swihart	GOP	see comment
Iowa	King	Steven A. “Steve”	GOP
Kansas	Estes	Ron	GOP
Kansas	Marshall	Roger W.	GOP
Kansas	Watkins	Steve	GOP
Kentucky	Barr	Garland “Andy”	GOP
Kentucky	Comer	James R.	GOP
Kentucky	Guthrie	Steven Brett “Brett”	GOP
Kentucky	Massie	Thomas H.	GOP
Kentucky	Rogers	Harold Dallas “Hal”	GOP
Louisiana	Abraham Jr.	Ralph Lee	GOP
Louisiana	Graves	Garret	GOP
Louisiana	Higgins	Clay	GOP
Louisiana	Johnson	James Michael “Mike”	GOP
Louisiana	Scalise	Stephen J. “Steve”	GOP
Maryland	Harris	Andrew P. “Andy”	GOP
Michigan	Amash	Justin	IND	Y
Michigan	Bergman	John W. “Jack”	GOP
Michigan	Huizenga	William P. “Bill”	GOP
Michigan	Mitchell III	Paul	GOP
Michigan	Moolenaar	John	GOP
Michigan	Upton	Frederick Stephen “Fred”	GOP
Michigan	Walberg	Timothy L. “Tim”	GOP
Minnesota	Emmer Jr.	Thomas Earl “Tom”	GOP
Minnesota	Hagedorn	James “Jim”	GOP
Minnesota	Stauber	Peter Allen “Pete”	GOP
Minnesota	Stauber	Peter Allen “Pete”	GOP
Mississippi	Guest	Michael Patrick	GOP
Mississippi	Kelly	John Trent “Trent”	GOP
Mississippi	Palazzo	Steven McCarty	GOP
Missouri	Graves Jr.	Samuel B. “Sam”	GOP
Missouri	Hartzler	Vicky Jo	GOP
Missouri	Long	Billy	GOP
Missouri	Luetkemeyer	W. Blaine	GOP
Missouri	Smith	Jason T.	GOP
Missouri	Wagner	Ann L.	GOP
Montana	Gianforte	Greg	GOP
Nebraska	Bacon	Donald John “Don”	GOP
Nebraska	Fortenberry	Jeffrey Lane “Jeff”	GOP
Nebraska	Smith	Adrian M.	GOP
Nevada	Amodei	Mark Eugene	GOP
New Jersey	Smith	Christopher Henry “Chris”	GOP
New York	Collins	Christopher Carl “Chris”	GOP
New York	Katko	John M.	GOP
New York	King	Peter T. “Pete”	GOP
New York	Reed II	Thomas W. “Tom”	GOP
New York	Stefanik	Elise M.	GOP
New York	Zeldin	Lee Michael	GOP
North Carolina	Budd	Theodore Paul “Ted”	GOP
North Carolina	Foxx	Virginia Ann	GOP
North Carolina	Holding	George Edward Bell	GOP
North Carolina	Hudson Jr.	Richard Lane	GOP
North Carolina	McHenry	Patrick Timothy	GOP
North Carolina	Meadows	Mark Randal	GOP
North Carolina	Rouzer	David Cheston	GOP
North Carolina	Walker	Bradley Mark “Mark”	GOP
North Dakota	Armstrong	Kelly M.	GOP
Ohio	Balderson	Troy	GOP
Ohio	Chabot	Steven J. “Steve”	GOP
Ohio	Davidson	Warren	GOP
Ohio	Gibbs	Robert Brian “Bob”	GOP
Ohio	Gonzalez	Anthony E.	GOP
Ohio	Johnson	Bill	GOP
Ohio	Jordan	James D. “Jim”	GOP
Ohio	Joyce	David P. “Dave”	GOP
Ohio	Latta	Robert Edward “Bob”	GOP
Ohio	Stivers	Steve E.	GOP
Ohio	Turner	Michael R. “Mike”	GOP
Ohio	Wenstrup	Brad R.	GOP
Oklahoma	Cole	Thomas Jeffery “Tom”	GOP
Oklahoma	Hern	Kevin R.	GOP
Oklahoma	Lucas	Frank D.	GOP
Oklahoma	Mullin	Markwayne	GOP
Oregon	Walden	Gregory Paul “Greg”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Fitzpatrick	Brian K.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Joyce	John	GOP
Pennsylvania	Kelly Jr.	George J. “Mike”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Marino	Thomas Anthony “Tom”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Meuser	Daniel P. “Dan”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Perry	Scott G.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Reschenthaler	Guy L.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Smucker	Lloyd K.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Thompson	Glenn William “G.T.”	GOP
South Carolina	Duncan	Jeffrey D. “Jeff”	GOP
South Carolina	Norman Jr.	Ralph W.	GOP
South Carolina	Rice Jr.	Hugh T. “Tom”	GOP
South Carolina	Timmons IV	William R.	GOP
South Carolina	Wilson	Addison Graves “Joe”	GOP
South Dakota	Johnson	Dustin “Dusty”	GOP
Tennessee	Burchett	Tim	GOP
Tennessee	DesJarlais	Scott Eugene	GOP
Tennessee	Fleischmann	Charles J. “Chuck”	GOP
Tennessee	Green	Mark E.	GOP
Tennessee	Kustoff	David	GOP
Tennessee	Roe	David Philip “Phil”	GOP
Tennessee	Rose	John W.	GOP
Texas	Arrington	Jodey Cook	GOP
Texas	Babin	Brian	GOP
Texas	Brady	Kevin Patrick	GOP
Texas	Burgess	Michael C.	GOP
Texas	Carter	John Rice	GOP
Texas	Cloud	Michael J.	GOP
Texas	Conaway	K. Michael “Mike”	GOP
Texas	Crenshaw	Daniel “Dan”	GOP
Texas	Flores	William “Bill”	GOP
Texas	Gohmert Jr.	Louis B. “Louie”	GOP
Texas	Gooden	Lance	GOP
Texas	Granger	Kay N.	GOP
Texas	Hurd	William “Will”	GOP
Texas	Marchant	Kenny Ewell	GOP
Texas	McCaul	Michael T.	GOP
Texas	Olson	Peter Graham “Pete”	GOP
Texas	Ratcliffe	John Lee	GOP
Texas	Roy	Chip	GOP
Texas	Taylor	Nicholas V. “Van”	GOP
Texas	Thornberry	William McClellan “Mac”	GOP
Texas	Weber	Randy	GOP
Texas	Williams	Roger	GOP
Texas	Wright	Ron	GOP
Utah	Bishop	Robert William “Rob”	GOP
Utah	Curtis	John	GOP
Utah	Stewart	Chris	GOP
Virginia	Cline	Benjamin Lee “Ben”	GOP
Virginia	Griffith	H. Morgan “Morgan”	GOP
Virginia	Riggleman III	Denver Lee	GOP
Virginia	Wittman	Robert J. “Rob”	GOP
Washington	Herrera Beutler	Jaime Lynn	GOP
Washington	McMorris Rodgers	Cathy Ann	GOP
Washington	Newhouse	Daniel Milton “Dan”	GOP
West Virginia	McKinley	David Bennett	GOP
West Virginia	Miller	Carol Devine	GOP
West Virginia	Mooney	Alexander Xavier “Alex”	GOP
Wisconsin	Duffy	Sean P.	GOP
Wisconsin	Gallagher	Michael John “Mike”	GOP
Wisconsin	Grothman	Glenn S.	GOP
Wisconsin	Sensenbrenner Jr.	Frank James “Jim”	GOP
Wisconsin	Steil	Bryan George	GOP
Wyoming	Cheney	Elizabeth “Liz”	GOP

North Carolina	Jones Jr. (RIP)	Walter B.	GOP		Open
North Carolina			GOP		Vacant Office

Emphasis indicates those who have committed to supporting an inquiry since the last whip update.

(1) Vice Chair, House Democratic Caucus

(2) Chair, House Ethics Committee

(3) Chair, House Foreign Affairs Committee

(4) Chair, House Appropriations Committee

(5) Chair, House Rules Committee

(6) Chair, House Armed Services Committee

(7) Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

(8) Chair, House Homeland Security Committee

(9) Chair, House Small Business Committee

Something in the Water: GOP Rep. Mitchell Bows out in Michigan

July 25, 2019/81 Comments/in Congress, Trump Administration /by Rayne

[Please check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne]

Rep. Paul Mitchell of Michigan’s 10th congressional district announced Wednesday he would not seek re-election.

He explained to Politico, “You look at the rhetoric and vitriol, it overwhelms policy, politics becomes the norm. Everything’s about politics. Everything’s about an election. And at some point of time, that’s not why I came here.”

Mitchell also said “A career in Washington was never my objective,” wanting to focus on issues while in office. He had also criticized the racist remarks made about the House Democrats’ freshman “squad” which includes fellow Michigander Rashida Tlaib. Tlaib’s 13th congressional district is on the other side of Detroit from Mitchell’s.

In Mitchell’s case more time with family is a key reason for leaving; he has a child with special needs at home in Michigan.

~ ~ ~

Here’s where it gets interesting. Really can’t blame Mitchell for wanting to get out of the cesspool before it gets any worse, especially when his family needs him at home.

But were there other reasons for him leaving? Recall that The New York Times ran a piece on Monday, These Michigan Voters Show How Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Attack May Help Him.

It was a crappy piece in that it only spoke with white people, and most appeared to be in MI-10. Granted, MI-10 is very rural, very Republican (R+13) , and very white (like 93% white), but the article painted an image of a district which was very racist.

Mitchell had been asked for his opinion about Trump’s ‘Go Back’ remarks:

Even so, Representative Paul Mitchell, the conservative Republican who represents the Port Huron area, struck a note of caution. “I do believe this strategy will be damaging to this election,” Mr. Mitchell said in a telephone interview. He has asked for a meeting with the president, hoping to add his voice to other Republicans who have urged Mr. Trump to restrain himself.

All of the women whom Mr. Trump told to “go back” to their countries — Ms. Tlaib and Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachusetts — are United States citizens, and only one, Ms. Omar, was born outside the country, in Somalia.

“I was appalled by the chanting ‘send her back,’” Mr. Mitchell said of the crowd at Mr. Trump’s rally Wednesday in North Carolina, where the chant was directed at Ms. Omar. For Mr. Mitchell, the message struck close to home. “My youngest son was born in Russia,” he said. “We adopted him. He’s an American.”

Mitchell also felt Trump’s racist remarks would spur minority voter turnout, which seems like an odd thing to worry about in a district that’s so very white.

Did the NYT get this wrong, perhaps talking to an insufficiency of MI-10 voters only to come away with the sentiment that Trump’s xenophobia could be a winner?

Or did Mitchell feel he was unable to reconcile his personal beliefs with that of his constituents?

There’s one other darker possibility. Did the GOP ask Mitchell to step down and let a pro-Trump white nationalist run for MI-10 in order to assure Trump carries the district in 2020?

Stranger things have happened.

~ ~ ~

A couple more things to keep in mind about MI-10:

The district is extremely rural — it has approximately 705,000 residents but one of the largest areas of Michigan’s districts. It’s also inside the reach of a Sinclair TV station, received more reliably than internet across the district.

The city of Flint’s new water pipeline runs through the middle of the district from Flint to Lake Huron. Two drivers pushing the pipeline’s development and subsequently forcing Flint off Detroit’s water system were the bank(s) funding the pipeline and development of fracking near the water pipeline in MI-10. Fracking needs more water than can be obtained by simply drilling wells.

Enbridge’s Line 5 also runs through the district. Michiganders want the pipeline shut down because it runs under water through the straits between lakes Michigan and Huron, posing a massive risk to these Great Lakes should the aged pipe fail.

How these factors feature in Mitchell’s decision and the 2020 race is anybody’s guess at this point but they shouldn’t be disregarded.

Adder: Ran across this article in MetroTimes published here in Michigan. Seems John James, black candidate running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Gary Peters, has removed all references to Trump from his social media sites.

Hmm.

HEARING THREAD: Special Counsel Robert Mueller

July 24, 2019/282 Comments/in Mueller Probe, Trump Administration /by Rayne

[Check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne]

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before two different House committees today. This post is dedicated to these hearings. Please take any other topics to the open thread.

Hearing schedule:

• 8:30 a.m. ET – House Judiciary Committee (HJC) Hearing

Link to C-SPAN streaming

• 12:00 p.m. ET – House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Hearing

Link to C-SPAN streaming

Who to follow:

https://twitter.com/emptywheel (of course)

https://twitter.com/bmaz (naturally)

https://twitter.com/BarbMcQuade – will be on MSNBC to cover at least one of these hearings

https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman – BuzzFeedNews

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand – Politico

https://twitter.com/BBuchman_CNS – CourthouseNews

https://twitter.com/jentaub – (late adder – she’s live tweeting a numbered thread)

Apart from our team, here’s a list containing these and other folks who cover Trump-Russia at https://twitter.com/raynetoday/lists/trump-russia.

According to late Tuesday evening reports, Aaron Zebley, former deputy to Mueller, will be sworn in and appear alongside Mueller during at least one of the House committee hearings. (I see differing reports that Zebley will appear before the Judiciary, Intelligence, or both committees.)

The right-wing/Trump supporters are completely freaking out about Zebley’s appearance, blabbering he “was an attorney for Justin Cooper, the IT staffer who set up #HillaryClinton’s private email server & the aide who destroyed Clinton’s old Blackberry phones with a hammer.” (source on Twitter)

The likely loudest GOP voices on the House Judiciary Committee: Doug Collins (ranking minority member, GA-9); Louis Gohmert (TX-1); Jim Jordan (OH-4); Matt Gaetz (FL-1). If past HJC hearings are predictive, expect lots of hot-headed pontificating and few rational questions. Hard to say who will be the worst of the lot but Gaetz has the foolhardiness of youth and past approval from Trump to goad him on. Jordan will focus on “insufficient evidence” to sow fear, uncertainty and doubt about the Special Counsel’s report and the investigation.

As for the HPSCI, the GOP’s most problematic participant will be Devin Nunes (CA-22) who is the ranking minority member. He’s been meeting with Trump this week about a replacement for Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats (who Trump wants to jettison for being too determined to protect the country). At least the explanation offered is Coats’ replacement; it’s possible that Nunes has been meeting with Trump about Mueller’s appearance before the HPSCI.

Content here may be subject to updates.

Again, this post is dedicated to these hearings. Please take any other topics to the open thread.

The Cohen Material Just Released By The Court

July 18, 2019/116 Comments/in Department of Justice, Law, Mueller Probe, Trump Administration /by bmaz

Okay, as you may recall, the Judge William Pauley in the Southern District of New York had indicated he would release additional materials from the Cohen case there. As some background, here is our friend Adam Klasfeld of Courthouse News (if you are on Twitter and not following Adam, you are doing it wrong). Here is a Twitter thread Adam did as background.

Here is a blurb from his original story on this:

The first time a tranche of search warrants against former Trump fixer Michael Cohen became public, U.S. prosecutors aggressively redacted those materials to protect what was then an ongoing campaign-finance probe.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, stops to talk to a member of the press on May 4, 2019, in New York. Cohen reported to a federal prison on May 6 to begin serving a three-year sentence for campaign-finance violations, tax evasion, bank fraud and lying to Congress. AP Photo/Jonathan Carroll)
Announcing that investigation’s end, a judge ordered prosecutors on Wednesday to quickly disclose new information about how Cohen paid two women to silence their stories about supposed affairs with President Donald Trump.

“The campaign finance violations discussed in the materials are a matter of national importance,” U.S. District Judge William H Pauley III wrote. “Now that the government’s investigation into those violations has concluded, it is time that every American has an opportunity to scrutinize the materials.”

That moment is now. And, without further adieu, here are the newly released materials:

Okay folks, this is a working thread. I have gotten it up as fast as possible, but there was a LOT of documents to download, and then upload. Have at it. There are many fascinating things in there, but many were known already. It is the newly unredacted stuff that is important. Happy hunting!

The Mysterious Rapid Reverse Veep with a Press Backflip

July 3, 2019/161 Comments/in Domestic Policy, Trump Administration /by Rayne

[NB: Check the byline, thanks! /~Rayne]

Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to travel to New Hampshire yesterday. That didn’t happen.

Source close to VP tells me:
“Something came up and the VP had to be back at the White House. It is not a cause for alarm. “. We await more information on @vp abrupt change of travel plans that canceled or postponed NH event.

— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) July 2, 2019

Nearly 24 hours later this still smells really fishy.

Pence was scheduled to speak at 1:20 p.m. EDT at an addiction treatment center about the opioid crisis. Prepared remarks sounded less like an attack on the Sackler family, responsible for manufacturing opioids in the U.S., and more like an excuse for the crimes against humanity perpetrated along the Mexican border (because so many families with babies must surely be carrying fentanyl into the country).

Details are sketchy about when and how Pence’s trip was canceled. There were reports that Air Force 2 was already in the air and called back mid-flight; some of these reports were based on feedback from Pence’s aide Randy Gentry:

Pence Aide Randy Gentry: “Air Force 2 was heading this way. There’s been an emergency call back. The Vice President was asked to return to Washington so at this time we’re going to cancel today’s event.” https://t.co/eBdX6GOBMJ

— Alison King NBC10 Boston (@AlisonNBCBoston) July 2, 2019

White House spokesman Judd Deere told AP that “Something came up and the VP needed to be in D.C.,” “there is no cause for alarm.”

Two more anonymous White House officials told AP that the matter was not national security-related or related to a health issue.

Whatever happened caught the Veep’s staff by surprise based on their flip-flopping messages:

Pence’s COS Marc Short told @meridithmcgraw that the Vice President was on the plane but it didn’t take off. Then he turned around, back to the White House. He told her we’ll find out “in a few weeks” what happened.

— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) July 2, 2019

What could have happened at the White House to cancel Pence’s speech on such short notice — the room in which he was to speak was already packed, waiting his arrival — and subsequent confusing press handling?

Some reports noted that Putin had a cancellation of his own nearly simultaneously with Pence, causing a lot of idle speculation and possibly some disinformation.

A fire aboard a Russian research submarine killed 14 aboard the vessel. But the timing of the actual fire and Pence’s reversal don’t sync. The fire was on July 1 and Putin offered remarks about the fatal event yesterday according to the U.S. Naval Institute news outlet.

Yet others attributed the problem to a local problem in New Hampshire after reports of gunfire at Pease Air National Guard Base, located a circuitous 50 miles northeast from where Pence was to speak and 50 miles east of the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport where Pence was scheduled to arrive before his engagement at Granite Recovery Center.

None of this adds up and all stinks of manufactured fog. We’ll have to hope the press remembers to follow up with Pence’s chief of staff in a couple weeks.

There was one other key event yesterday that did not affect Pence directly but could easily have triggered a malignant narcissist’s meltdown.

Sometime after 11:00 a.m. yesterday news outlets reported the House Ways and Means Committee had filed suit against the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service to obtain Trump’s tax returns.

Complaint via ABC News on Scribd

I imagine somebody in the Oval Office is squirming about Congress crossing the red line.

Another tetchy subject may be the Second Circuit’s order yesterday unsealing the summary judgment record in the Jeffrey Epstein case; additional sealed materials are now subject to a particularized review for release to public.

NEW: As expected, the Second Circuit orders the unsealing of a tranche of files related to wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his underage victims.

Doc, h/t @MikeScarcella: https://t.co/SmM3KGa3fL

Background from the arguments via @CourthouseNews: https://t.co/kxWdcYVL1z

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 3, 2019

Is somebody worried their name will come up in the unsealing process?

What other events might have created enough havoc in the White House that forced Pence to reverse his trip and his staff to perform communications contortions with the reason to be known “in a few weeks”?

This is an open thread.

Graphic: Quino Al via Unsplash (mod by Rayne)

Whip It Good: Impeachment Inquiry — Do You Even Math? [UPDATED]

July 1, 2019/119 Comments/in Congress, Impeachment, Trump Administration /by Rayne

[NB: Check the byline, thanks. Update at bottom of post. /~Rayne]

You may have been following the impeachment inquiry whip count posted here last week.

You may also notice though we agree that an impeachment inquiry is necessary, not everybody at this site agrees how to go about it.

All the shouting and the namecalling won’t change this fact: With 433 active House seats it will take 218 votes (allowing 1 safety vote) to pass a resolution to begin an impeachment inquiry; we are now at 85 votes or 39% of the necessary votes.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could try to put this up for a vote right now but she’d lose. It’d be obvious to that corrupt orange monster and his evil minions there was absolutely no Congressional check on his power. Trump, his minions and sponsors would perceive this failure as a permission slip to continue their crime spree, possibly ramping up to even worse.

One thing can change this dynamic.

You.

You can raise hell with your intransigent representative if they are a Democrat who has not yet offered their support for an impeachment inquiry. You can still raise hell with your GOP representative just so they know we are still expecting them to perform to the letter of their oath of office.

You can also identify a primary candidate running against the most resistent representatives, make a donation to them, volunteer to help their campaign, and then call your intransigent rep and let them know you are going to ensure they are primaried because they are failing their oath of office.

You can share Law Works’ production of The Investigation recorded last week if friends and family haven’t read the Mueller report and don’t understand that Trump obstructed justice. Now bmaz thinks this production was a stunt but treat it as a podcast: talk a friend or family member into a long car ride over the holiday and weekend, and play The Investigation while you’re on the road. Talk about the report and the obstruction — and then persuade them to help make calls.

About those rallies outside media offices: we could have rallies outside local offices of members of Congress, but there’s no guarantee media will treat these as newsworthy. They didn’t cover any of MoveOn’s rallies this month for example. So hold them at media offices, like outside the biggest radio or television stations in your market. Make it impossible to avoid coverage. I’d like to tell you to avoid the Sinclair-owned ones but if the local station picks up the story, it’s a double win. If you organize one with a group be sure to prepare clear, succinct talking points and have a designated spokesperson deliver them.

You can wallpaper your municipality with home printed materials to drum up more support. Feel free to use this graphic:

Post it at the library, grocery store, coffee shop, wherever there’s a bulletin board open for public use.

Is this an old school approach? Sure, but let’s face it — the new school efforts aren’t breaking through.

It’s up to you. And you, and you.

Let’s roll.

Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Updated whip count follows below; share in comments any new announcements by House members throwing support behind an impeachment inquiry.

A word to leaders of certain activist organizations who’ve been dogging Nancy Pelosi: it’s YOUR organizational leadership failing this country if you haven’t persistently encouraged your members to focus on getting the 218 House votes needed. Harassing Pelosi doesn’t make it likely the outstanding 133 vots will turn up; it makes it more likely they will hold out longer to avoid the harassment they’ve seen aimed at Pelosi. Jesus Christ, use your fucking brains. No dog is going to willingly show up for a whipping they’ve seen another dog take; they’ll run and hide.

Carrots are good as well as sticks; while your organization badgers Pelosi for fundraising now, keep in mind the entire House must raise money to run in 2020. Reward the representatives who are committing to voting for an impeachment inquiry with donations.

This is an open thread.

UPDATE — 1:00 p.m. 02-JUL-2019 —

Updated spreadsheet with count. Note that 16 of 25 Democratic House Judiciary Committee members are now in support of an inquiry since last week — that’s 67%.

Still zero GOP support save for Justin Amash; meanwhile the RNC is dishing out tickets for a non-campaign campaign event using taxpayer funded resources limiting access to a taxpayer-funded Fourth of July holiday. Surprised none of these spineless leeches are sucking up to Moscow for the holiday.

State	Last	First, Middle, Nickname	Party Affiliation	Impeachment Inquiry Y/N	House Judiciary Committee
Alabama	Sewell	Terrycina Andrea “Terri”	Dem
Arizona	Gallego	Ruben	Dem
Arizona	Grijalva	Raul M.	Dem	Y
Arizona	Kirkpatrick	Ann	Dem
Arizona	O’Halleran	Tom	Dem
Arizona	Stanton	Greg	Dem	Y	🔺
California	Aguilar	Pete	Dem
California	Barragán	Nanette Diaz	Dem	Y
California	Bass	Karen R.	Dem
California	Bera	Amerish “Ami”	Dem
California	Brownley	Julia	Dem
California	Cardenas	Tony	Dem	Y
California	Carbajal	Salud O.	Dem
California	Chu	Judy	Dem
California	Cisneros	Gilbert “Gil”	Dem
California	Correa	Jose Luis “Lou”	Dem
California	Costa	Jim	Dem
California	Cox	Terrance John “TJ”	Dem
California	Davis	Susan A.	Dem
California	DeSaulnier	Mark	Dem	Y
California	Eshoo	Anna G.	Dem
California	Garamendi	John Raymond	Dem
California	Gomez	Jimmy	Dem	Y
California	Harder	Josh	Dem
California	Hill	Katherine Lauren “Katie”	Dem
California	Huffman	Jared W.	Dem	Y
California	Khanna	Rohit “Ro”	Dem
California	Lee	Barbara	Dem	Y
California	Levin	Mike	Dem
California	Lieu	Ted W.	Dem	Y	🔺
California	Lofgren	Zoe	Dem	see comment
California	Lowenthal	Alan S.	Dem	Y
California	Matsui	Doris K.	Dem
California	McNerney	Gerald Mark “Jerry”	Dem
California	Napolitano	Grace Flores	Dem	Y
California	Panetta	James Varni “Jimmy”	Dem
California	Pelosi	Nancy	Dem
California	Peters	Scott	Dem	Y
California	Porter	Katherine “Katie”	Dem	Y
California	Rouda Jr.	Harley E.	Dem	Y
California	Roybal-Allard	Lucille	Dem
California	Ruiz	Raul	Dem
California	Sanchez	Linda T.	Dem
California	Schiff	Adam B.	Dem
California	Sherman	Brad	Dem	Y
California	Speier	Jackie	Dem	Y
California	Swalwell	Eric Michael	Dem	Y	🔺
California	Takano	Mark A.	Dem	see comment
California	Thompson	C. Michael “Mike”	Dem
California	Torres	Norma J.	Dem	Y
California	Vargas	Juan C.	Dem	Y
California	Waters	Maxine	Dem	Y
Colorado	Crow	Jason	Dem
Colorado	DeGette	Diana L.	Dem	Y
Colorado	Neguse	Joseph “Joe”	Dem	Y	🔺
Colorado	Perlmutter	Edwin G. “Ed”	Dem
Connecticut	Courtney	Joseph D. “Joe”	Dem
Connecticut	DeLauro	Rosa L.	Dem
Connecticut	Hayes	Jahana	Dem
Connecticut	Himes	Jim	Dem	Y
Connecticut	Larson	John B.	Dem
Delaware	Rochester	Lisa Blunt	Dem
Florida	Castor	Katherine Anne “Kathy”	Dem
Florida	Crist	Charlie Joseph	Dem
Florida	Demings	Valdez “Val”	Dem	Y	🔺
Florida	Deutch	Theodore Eliot “Ted”	Dem
Florida	Frankel	Lois J.	Dem
Florida	Hastings	Alcee L.	Dem
Florida	Lawson Jr.	Alfred “Al”	Dem
Florida	Mucarsel-Powell	Debbie	Dem	Y	🔺
Florida	Murphy	Stephanie	Dem
Florida	Shalala	Donna Elvira	Dem
Florida	Soto	Darren	Dem
Florida	Wasserman Schultz	Debbie	Dem
Florida	Wilson	Frederica S.	Dem
Georgia	Bishop Jr.	Sanford Dixon	Dem
Georgia	Johnson Jr.	Henry C. “Hank”	Dem
Georgia	Lewis	John R.	Dem
Georgia	McBath	Lucia Kay “Lucy”	Dem
Georgia	Scott	David Albert	Dem
Hawaii	Case	Edward E. “Ed”	Dem
Hawaii	Gabbard	Tulsi	Dem
Illinois	Bustos	Cheri	Dem
Illinois	Casten	Sean	Dem	Y
Illinois	Davis	Danny K.	Dem	Y
Illinois	Foster	G. William “Bill”	Dem
Illinois	Garcia	Jesus G. “Chuy”	Dem	Y
Illinois	Kelly	Robin L.	Dem	Y
Illinois	Krishnamoorthi	S. Raja	Dem
Illinois	Lipinski	Daniel William “Dan”	Dem
Illinois	Quigley	Mike	Dem	Y
Illinois	Rush	Bobby Lee	Dem	Y
Illinois	Schakowsky	Janice D. “Jan”	Dem	Y
Illinois	Schneider	Bradley Scott “Brad”	Dem
Illinois	Underwood	Lauren A.	Dem
Indiana	Carson	Andre D.	Dem
Indiana	Visclosky	Peter J.	Dem
Iowa	Axne	Cindy	Dem
Iowa	Finkenauer	Abby	Dem
Iowa	Loebsack	David Wayne “Dave”	Dem
Kansas	Davids	Sharice	Dem
Kentucky	Yarmuth	John A.	Dem	Y
Louisiana	Richmond	Cedric L.	Dem	Y	🔺
Maine	Golden	Jared F.	Dem
Maine	Pingree	Chellie M.	Dem	Y
Maryland	Brown	Anthony Gregory	Dem
Maryland	Cummings	Elijah E.	Dem
Maryland	Hoyer	Steny Hamilton	Dem
Maryland	Raskin	Jamin B. “Jamie”	Dem	Y	🔺
Maryland	Ruppersberger III	Charles Albert Dutch “C.A. Dutch”	Dem
Maryland	Sarbanes	John Peter Spyros	Dem
Maryland	Trone	David	Dem
Massachusetts	Clark	Katherine M.	Dem
Massachusetts	Keating	William Richard “Bill”	Dem
Massachusetts	Kennedy III	Joseph Patrick “Joe”	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Lynch	Stephen F.	Dem
Massachusetts	McGovern	James P. “Jim”	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Moulton	Seth W.	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Neal	Richard E.	Dem
Massachusetts	Pressley	Ayanna S.	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Trahan	Lori Loureiro	Dem
Michigan	Dingell	Debbie	Dem
Michigan	Kildee	Daniel T. “Dan”	Dem	Y
Michigan	Lawrence	Brenda Lulenar	Dem	Y
Michigan	Levin	Andy	Dem	Y
Michigan	Slotkin	Elissa	Dem
Michigan	Stevens	Haley	Dem
Michigan	Tlaib	Rashida	Dem	Y
Minnesota	Craig	Angela Dawn “Angie”	Dem
Minnesota	McCollum	Betty	Dem	Y
Minnesota	Omar	Ilhan	Dem	Y
Minnesota	Peterson	Collin Clark	Dem
Minnesota	Phillips	Dean	Dem
Mississippi	Thompson	Bennie G.	Dem	Y
Missouri	Clay Jr.	William Lacy	Dem	Y
Missouri	Cleaver II	Emanuel	Dem
Nevada	Horsford	Steven Alexzander	Dem
Nevada	Lee	Susan Kelley “Susie”	Dem
Nevada	Titus	Alice Costandina “Dina”	Dem
New Hampshire	Kuster	Ann McLane “Annie”	Dem
New Hampshire	Pappas	Christopher C. “Chris”	Dem
New Jersey	Gottheimer	Joshua S. “Josh”	Dem
New Jersey	Kim	Andrew “Andy”	Dem
New Jersey	Malinowski	Tom	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Norcross	Donald W.	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Pallone Jr.	Frank	Dem
New Jersey	Pascrell Jr.	William J. “Bill”	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Payne Jr.	Donald M.	Dem
New Jersey	Sherrill	Rebecca Michelle “Mikie”	Dem
New Jersey	Sires	Albio	Dem
New Jersey	Van Drew	Jeff	Dem
New Jersey	Watson Coleman	Bonnie	Dem
New Mexico	Haaland	Debra A. “Deb”	Dem
New Mexico	Lujan	Ben Ray	Dem
New Mexico	Torres Small	Xochitl	Dem
New York	Brindisi	Anthony J.	Dem
New York	Clarke	Yvette D.	Dem	Y
New York	Delgado	Antonio	Dem
New York	Engel	Eliot Lance	Dem
New York	Espaillat	Adriano	Dem	Y
New York	Higgins	Brian M.	Dem	Y see comment
New York	Jeffries	Hakeem S.	Dem
New York	Lowey	Nita M.	Dem
New York	Maloney	Carolyn Bosher	Dem	Y
New York	Maloney	Sean Patrick	Dem
New York	Meeks	Gregory Weldon	Dem
New York	Meng	Grace	Dem
New York	Morelle	Joseph D. “Joe”	Dem
New York	Nadler	Jerrold Lewis “Jerry”	Dem
New York	Ocasio-Cortez	Alexandria	Dem	Y
New York	Rice	Kathleen M.	Dem	Y
New York	Rose	Max N.	Dem
New York	Serrano	Jose Enrique	Dem
New York	Suozzi	Thomas R. “Tom”	Dem
New York	Tonko	Paul David	Dem	Y
New York	Velázquez	Nydia Margarita	Dem	Y
North Carolina	Adams	Alma Shealey	Dem	Y
North Carolina	Butterfield Jr.	George Kenneth “G. K.”	Dem	Y
North Carolina	Price	David Eugene	Dem
Ohio	Beatty	Joyce B.	Dem	Y
Ohio	Fudge	Marcia L.	Dem	Y
Ohio	Kaptur	Marcia Carolyn “Marcy”	Dem
Ohio	Ryan	Timothy J. “Tim”	Dem	Y
Oklahoma	Horn	Kendra	Dem
Oregon	Blumenauer	Earl	Dem	Y
Oregon	Bonamici	Suzanne M.	Dem	Y
Oregon	DeFazio	Peter Anthony “Pete”	Dem
Oregon	Schrader	Walter Kurt “Kurt”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Boyle	Brendan F.	Dem	Y
Pennsylvania	Cartwright	Matthew Alton “Matt”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Dean Cunnane	Madeleine	Dem	Y	🔺
Pennsylvania	Doyle	Michael F. “Mike”	Dem	Y
Pennsylvania	Evans	Dwight	Dem	Y
Pennsylvania	Houlahan	Christina Jampoler “Chrissy”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Lamb	Conor James	Dem
Pennsylvania	Scanlon	Mary Gay	Dem	Y	🔺
Pennsylvania	Wild	Susan Ellis	Dem
Rhode Island	Cicilline	David N.	Dem	Y	🔺
Rhode Island	Langevin	James R. “Jim”	Dem
South Carolina	Clyburn	James Enos “Jim”	Dem
South Carolina	Cunningham	Joseph K. “Joe”	Dem
Tennessee	Cohen	Stephen Ira “Steve”	Dem	Y	🔺
Tennessee	Cooper	James H. S. “Jim”	Dem
Texas	Allred	Colin	Dem
Texas	Castro	Joaquin	Dem	Y
Texas	Cuellar	Henry R.	Dem
Texas	Doggett II	Lloyd Alton	Dem	Y
Texas	Escobar	Veronica	Dem	Y	🔺
Texas	Fletcher	Elizabeth Pannill “Lizzie”	Dem
Texas	Garcia	Sylvia R.	Dem
Texas	Gonzalez	Vicente	Dem
Texas	Green	Alexander “Al”	Dem	Y
Texas	Jackson Lee	Sheila	Dem	Y	🔺
Texas	Johnson	Eddie Bernice	Dem
Texas	Veasey	Marc Allison	Dem
Texas	Vela	Filemon B.	Dem	Y
Utah	McAdams	Ben	Dem
Vermont	Welch	Peter F.	Dem
Virginia	Beyer Jr.	Donald Sternoff “Don”	Dem	Y
Virginia	Connolly	Gerald Edward “Gerry”	Dem
Virginia	Luria	Elaine G.	Dem
Virginia	McEachin	Aston Donald “Donald”	Dem
Virginia	Scott	Robert Cortez “Bobby”	Dem
Virginia	Spanberger	Abigail A.	Dem
Virginia	Wexton	Jennifer T.	Dem
Washington	DelBene	Suzan Kay	Dem	see comment
Washington	Heck	Dennis “Denny”	Dem
Washington	Jayapal	Pramila	Dem	Y	🔺
Washington	Kilmer	Derek	Dem
Washington	Larsen	Richard Ray “Rick”	Dem
Washington	Schrier	Kim	Dem
Washington	Smith	David Adam “Adam”	Dem	Y
Wisconsin	Kind	Ronald James “Ron”	Dem
Wisconsin	Moore	Gwendolynne S. “Gwen”	Dem	Y
Wisconsin	Pocan	Mark	Dem	Y

Alabama	Aderholt	Robert Brown	GOP
Alabama	Brooks Jr.	Morris J. “Mo”	GOP
Alabama	Byrne	Bradley Roberts	GOP
Alabama	Palmer	Gary	GOP
Alabama	Roby	Martha	GOP
Alabama	Rogers	Michael Dennis “Mike”	GOP
Alaska	Young	Donald E. “Don”	GOP
Arizona	Biggs	Andy	GOP
Arizona	Gosar	Paul Anthony	GOP
Arizona	Lesko	Debbie	GOP
Arizona	Schweikert	David	GOP
Arkansas	Crawford	Eric Alan “Rick”	GOP
Arkansas	Hill	James French “French”	GOP
Arkansas	Westerman	Bruce	GOP
Arkansas	Womack	Stephen A. “Steve”	GOP
California	Calvert	Kenneth S. “Ken”	GOP
California	Cook	Paul	GOP
California	Hunter	Duncan Duane	GOP
California	LaMalfa	Doug	GOP
California	McCarthy	Kevin	GOP
California	McClintock	Thomas “Tom”	GOP
California	Nunes	Devin Gerald	GOP
Colorado	Buck	Kenneth R. “Ken”	GOP
Colorado	Lamborn	Douglas L. “Doug”	GOP
Colorado	Tipton	Scott Randall	GOP
Florida	Bilirakis	Gus Michael	GOP
Florida	Buchanan	Vernon “Vern”	GOP
Florida	Diaz-Balart	Mario	GOP
Florida	Dunn	Neal Patrick	GOP
Florida	Gaetz	Matt	GOP
Florida	Mast	Brian	GOP
Florida	Posey	William “Bill”	GOP
Florida	Rooney	Francis	GOP
Florida	Rutherford	John	GOP
Florida	Spano	Vincent Ross “Ross”	GOP
Florida	Steube	Greg W.	GOP
Florida	Waltz	Michael “Mike”	GOP
Florida	Webster	Daniel “Dan”	GOP
Florida	Yoho	Theodore Scott “Ted”	GOP
Georgia	Allen	Richard Wallen “Rick”	GOP
Georgia	Carter	Earl Leroy “Buddy”	GOP
Georgia	Collins	Douglas Allen “Doug”	GOP
Georgia	Ferguson IV	Anderson Drew “Drew”	GOP
Georgia	Graves Jr.	John Thomas “Tom”	GOP
Georgia	Hice	Jody B.	GOP
Georgia	Loudermilk	Barry D.	GOP
Georgia	Scott	James Austin “Austin”	GOP
Georgia	Woodall III	William Robert “Rob”	GOP
Idaho	Fulcher	Russ	GOP
Idaho	Simpson	Michael Keith “Mike”	GOP
Illinois	Bost	Michael J. “Mike”	GOP
Illinois	Davis	Rodney L.	GOP
Illinois	Kinzinger	Adam	GOP
Illinois	LaHood	Darin McKay	GOP
Illinois	Shimkus	John M.	GOP
Indiana	Baird	James R. “Jim”	GOP
Indiana	Banks	James E. “Jim”	GOP
Indiana	Brooks	Susan W.	GOP
Indiana	Bucshon	Larry D.	GOP
Indiana	Hollingsworth III	Joseph A. “Trey”	GOP
Indiana	Pence	Gregory J. “Greg”	GOP
Indiana	Walorski	Jackie Swihart	GOP	see comment
Iowa	King	Steven A. “Steve”	GOP
Kansas	Estes	Ron	GOP
Kansas	Marshall	Roger W.	GOP
Kansas	Watkins	Steve	GOP
Kentucky	Barr	Garland “Andy”	GOP
Kentucky	Comer	James R.	GOP
Kentucky	Guthrie	Steven Brett “Brett”	GOP
Kentucky	Massie	Thomas H.	GOP
Kentucky	Rogers	Harold Dallas “Hal”	GOP
Louisiana	Abraham Jr.	Ralph Lee	GOP
Louisiana	Graves	Garret	GOP
Louisiana	Higgins	Clay	GOP
Louisiana	Johnson	James Michael “Mike”	GOP
Louisiana	Scalise	Stephen J. “Steve”	GOP
Maryland	Harris	Andrew P. “Andy”	GOP
Michigan	Amash	Justin	GOP	Y
Michigan	Bergman	John W. “Jack”	GOP
Michigan	Huizenga	William P. “Bill”	GOP
Michigan	Mitchell III	Paul	GOP
Michigan	Moolenaar	John	GOP
Michigan	Upton	Frederick Stephen “Fred”	GOP
Michigan	Walberg	Timothy L. “Tim”	GOP
Minnesota	Emmer Jr.	Thomas Earl “Tom”	GOP
Minnesota	Hagedorn	James “Jim”	GOP
Minnesota	Stauber	Peter Allen “Pete”	GOP
Minnesota	Stauber	Peter Allen “Pete”	GOP
Mississippi	Guest	Michael Patrick	GOP
Mississippi	Kelly	John Trent “Trent”	GOP
Mississippi	Palazzo	Steven McCarty	GOP
Missouri	Graves Jr.	Samuel B. “Sam”	GOP
Missouri	Hartzler	Vicky Jo	GOP
Missouri	Long	Billy	GOP
Missouri	Luetkemeyer	W. Blaine	GOP
Missouri	Smith	Jason T.	GOP
Missouri	Wagner	Ann L.	GOP
Montana	Gianforte	Greg	GOP
Nebraska	Bacon	Donald John “Don”	GOP
Nebraska	Fortenberry	Jeffrey Lane “Jeff”	GOP
Nebraska	Smith	Adrian M.	GOP
Nevada	Amodei	Mark Eugene	GOP
New Jersey	Smith	Christopher Henry “Chris”	GOP
New York	Collins	Christopher Carl “Chris”	GOP
New York	Katko	John M.	GOP
New York	King	Peter T. “Pete”	GOP
New York	Reed II	Thomas W. “Tom”	GOP
New York	Stefanik	Elise M.	GOP
New York	Zeldin	Lee Michael	GOP
North Carolina	Budd	Theodore Paul “Ted”	GOP
North Carolina	Foxx	Virginia Ann	GOP
North Carolina	Holding	George Edward Bell	GOP
North Carolina	Hudson Jr.	Richard Lane	GOP
North Carolina	McHenry	Patrick Timothy	GOP
North Carolina	Meadows	Mark Randal	GOP
North Carolina	Rouzer	David Cheston	GOP
North Carolina	Walker	Bradley Mark “Mark”	GOP
North Dakota	Armstrong	Kelly M.	GOP
Ohio	Balderson	Troy	GOP
Ohio	Chabot	Steven J. “Steve”	GOP
Ohio	Davidson	Warren	GOP
Ohio	Gibbs	Robert Brian “Bob”	GOP
Ohio	Gonzalez	Anthony E.	GOP
Ohio	Johnson	Bill	GOP
Ohio	Jordan	James D. “Jim”	GOP
Ohio	Joyce	David P. “Dave”	GOP
Ohio	Latta	Robert Edward “Bob”	GOP
Ohio	Stivers	Steve E.	GOP
Ohio	Turner	Michael R. “Mike”	GOP
Ohio	Wenstrup	Brad R.	GOP
Oklahoma	Cole	Thomas Jeffery “Tom”	GOP
Oklahoma	Hern	Kevin R.	GOP
Oklahoma	Lucas	Frank D.	GOP
Oklahoma	Mullin	Markwayne	GOP
Oregon	Walden	Gregory Paul “Greg”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Fitzpatrick	Brian K.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Joyce	John	GOP
Pennsylvania	Kelly Jr.	George J. “Mike”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Marino	Thomas Anthony “Tom”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Meuser	Daniel P. “Dan”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Perry	Scott G.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Reschenthaler	Guy L.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Smucker	Lloyd K.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Thompson	Glenn William “G.T.”	GOP
South Carolina	Duncan	Jeffrey D. “Jeff”	GOP
South Carolina	Norman Jr.	Ralph W.	GOP
South Carolina	Rice Jr.	Hugh T. “Tom”	GOP
South Carolina	Timmons IV	William R.	GOP
South Carolina	Wilson	Addison Graves “Joe”	GOP
South Dakota	Johnson	Dustin “Dusty”	GOP
Tennessee	Burchett	Tim	GOP
Tennessee	DesJarlais	Scott Eugene	GOP
Tennessee	Fleischmann	Charles J. “Chuck”	GOP
Tennessee	Green	Mark E.	GOP
Tennessee	Kustoff	David	GOP
Tennessee	Roe	David Philip “Phil”	GOP
Tennessee	Rose	John W.	GOP
Texas	Arrington	Jodey Cook	GOP
Texas	Babin	Brian	GOP
Texas	Brady	Kevin Patrick	GOP
Texas	Burgess	Michael C.	GOP
Texas	Carter	John Rice	GOP
Texas	Cloud	Michael J.	GOP
Texas	Conaway	K. Michael “Mike”	GOP
Texas	Crenshaw	Daniel “Dan”	GOP
Texas	Flores	William “Bill”	GOP
Texas	Gohmert Jr.	Louis B. “Louie”	GOP
Texas	Gooden	Lance	GOP
Texas	Granger	Kay N.	GOP
Texas	Hurd	William “Will”	GOP
Texas	Marchant	Kenny Ewell	GOP
Texas	McCaul	Michael T.	GOP
Texas	Olson	Peter Graham “Pete”	GOP
Texas	Ratcliffe	John Lee	GOP
Texas	Roy	Chip	GOP
Texas	Taylor	Nicholas V. “Van”	GOP
Texas	Thornberry	William McClellan “Mac”	GOP
Texas	Weber	Randy	GOP
Texas	Williams	Roger	GOP
Texas	Wright	Ron	GOP
Utah	Bishop	Robert William “Rob”	GOP
Utah	Curtis	John	GOP
Utah	Stewart	Chris	GOP
Virginia	Cline	Benjamin Lee “Ben”	GOP
Virginia	Griffith	H. Morgan “Morgan”	GOP
Virginia	Riggleman III	Denver Lee	GOP
Virginia	Wittman	Robert J. “Rob”	GOP
Washington	Herrera Beutler	Jaime Lynn	GOP
Washington	McMorris Rodgers	Cathy Ann	GOP
Washington	Newhouse	Daniel Milton “Dan”	GOP
West Virginia	McKinley	David Bennett	GOP
West Virginia	Miller	Carol Devine	GOP
West Virginia	Mooney	Alexander Xavier “Alex”	GOP
Wisconsin	Duffy	Sean P.	GOP
Wisconsin	Gallagher	Michael John “Mike”	GOP
Wisconsin	Grothman	Glenn S.	GOP
Wisconsin	Sensenbrenner Jr.	Frank James “Jim”	GOP
Wisconsin	Steil	Bryan George	GOP
Wyoming	Cheney	Elizabeth “Liz”	GOP

North Carolina	Jones Jr. (RIP)	Walter B.	GOP		Open
North Carolina			GOP		Vacant Office

Livestream Tonight: The Investigation — Mueller Report in 10 Acts [UPDATE]

June 24, 2019/197 Comments/in Culture, Trump Administration /by Rayne

[NB: As always, check the byline. Thanks! /~Rayne]

Tonight only at 9:00 p.m. EDT (sorry, Rachel Maddow) the (nonprofit-?) organization Law Works will stream a live play based on the Mueller Report.

Read about the program at Variety, which calls this a “star-studded” “live reading” of the report.

This is one way to educate a portion of the public who can’t or won’t read the Special Counsel’s report. One might wonder if members of Congress might give this a shot or if they will continue to avoid the truth about the Trump campaign and administration.

If you happen to stream this Law Works’ production, share your thoughts here.

This is an open thread.

UPDATE — 9:15 p.m. EDT —

Running into 500-502 errors at Law Works’ site. Streams a little jerky through their Twitter account.

[HAPPENING NOW] Watch #TheInvestigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts streaming LIVE right now:https://t.co/59WqWBNcpP #MuellerReport https://t.co/NXgE0ojxwi

— Law Works (@LawWorksAction) June 25, 2019

To The Phones: Stop the Gulf of Tonkin, Iran Edition

June 21, 2019/173 Comments/in Congress, Foreign Policy, Trump Administration /by Rayne

[NB: Check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne]

Some crazy bullshit happened last evening, probably while our fearless Agent Orange Chaos was under the influence of anti-anxiety medication/two scoops/Hannity’s fluffery:

President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions https://t.co/Icup7tUDl9

— NYT At War (@NYTimesAtWar) June 21, 2019

This is like a half-assed Gulf of Tonkin event, a deliberately staged precursor to war. The Gulf of Tonkin was the rationale for the Vietnam War which resulted in 58,318 dead and 303,644 wounded U.S. military personnel and nearly 4,000,000 total dead, along with billions in defense expenditures.

It’s not like we haven’t seen other similar bullshit lies leading us into war, and some of the key lies propelled by the same news outlet quoted above, written by NYT’s Judith Miller. NYT has clearly prepped itself for more of the same — just look at the specialty Twitter account it set up called “NYTimesAtWar.”

We’re being dragged into a wholly unnecessary war because other non-US factions want to use our military for their ends. We have total shit for soft power right now because Trump doesn’t believe in diplomacy unless he’s conducting it with some other Big Authoritarian Man[™]. He will definitely trash anything the previous administration negotiated as part of the JCPOA (read: something a black man did). Trump’s also pliable depending on when he’s approached and by whom — like this propaganda by Fox News yesterday catching him first thing in the morning when he watches television, conditioning his responses for the day:

This is what Donald Trump saw on Fox and Friends this morning. If it does not concern you, it should. pic.twitter.com/gg445ncTr9

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 20, 2019

And again today, after the attack last night was canceled, Fox News is again beating the drum for war and tacitly questioning Trump’s manhood:

Brian Kilmeade: “They blow up 4 tankers and we do nothing. When they blow up our drone that costs $130 million and we do nothing. We know it’s not going to end there. So at some point, in the Middle East, no action looks like weakness, and weakness begets more attacks.” pic.twitter.com/fL6kLVnLeO

— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) June 21, 2019

Who else was working on Trump’s head all day yesterday, pushing this bullshit narrative based on manufactured evidence?

Thankfully the House has finally voted this Wednesday to end the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) which has been used to support all manner of military action against real and claimed terrorist threats:

The House of Representatives voted today to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). Presidents have used the AUMF to justify never-ending wars that lack Congressional approval.

This is the first time in nearly 18 years that a chamber of Congress has repealed this law. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee (CA), was included in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 2968). Designed to take effect eight months after being signed, Congress would need to pass a new AUMF or the administration would need to remove military personnel from current conflicts during that time.

Prescient timing, or no? Whatever the case, if factions within the Trump administration were going to rely on the 2001 AUMF to execute their attacks on Iran, the support is gone in the House.

This is where YOU come in. The Senate hasn’t voted on the Defense Appropriations Act including the rescindment of the 2001 AUMF; it could be stalled once again on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s desk. Stalled or not, the Senate needs to hear from its constituents about this absurd run up to war — denounce this incompetent attempt at launching war without adequate Congressional approval and ask for an investigation into whatever happened last evening to launch an attack without a legitimate AUMF and then reversed the attack mid-flight. This behavior is irrational and only more likely to trigger events the American people have no desire to see happen.

If you need another briefing and a script for making your calls to your senators, visit @Celeste_pewter’s TinyLetter page.

Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Do call your House reps and praise them if they supported the rescindment and admonish them if they didn’t. They need to know constituents are paying close attention.

The really scary/aggravating part of last night’s near-miss was that fossil fuel corporations can’t be happy about this. If they aren’t happy and they weren’t consulted, who’s running our foreign policy besides a guy responsible in no small part for hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths in the Iraq War and another Christianist doofus too stupid to realize he’s being used as a pawn by other non-Christian geopolitical forces?

This is an open thread.

Whip It Good: Impeachment Inquiry Edition [UPDATED-7]

June 17, 2019/120 Comments/in Congress, Impeachment, Trump Administration /by Rayne

[NB: Check the byline, thanks! Updates at the very bottom. /~Rayne]

CNN published a report this weekend tallying the House Democrats who have already expressed support in one way or another for an impeachment inquiry. The head count stood at 63 out of 235 Democrats on Saturday, along with lone Republican Justin Amash (R-MI).

There are many possible reasons why House Democrats haven’t yet expressed support for a Constitutionally empowered inquiry, not the least of which is simple chickenshit worry about polling for the 2020 race. I say chickenshit because 2018 was a huge wave and the reasons which drove that wave have not subsided. They have only increased in intensity.

Can you think of anyone in your circle of friends and family whose taxes have gone down since the Trump tax bill passed? Can you think of anyone who’s found their grocery bill or their rent has gone down? What about medical bills — has anyone you know experienced a drop in prescription drug costs or health care insurance premiums?

And what of other matters like personal privacy or the ability to vote? Have those matters improved for the average Americans you know?

Now we can add more rural Americans to the discontented having been ignored while their states have been inundated, just as coastal residents in hurricane-damaged states have also gone without timely attention and aid.

The blue wave will continue. Its power needs to be focused. We have some time to address that. But we also need to develop that focus with more effective investigations into the Trump administration’s public corruption and abuses of power as well as obstruction of justice and oversight. An impeachment inquiry will provide the teeth necessary to obtain evidence and testimony, and it’s well past time to get the House Dems on board.

Here’s the whip list below — I will update it as I see reports in the media.

Your job as a citizen is to exercise your civic duty and contact your representative to find out where they stand on an impeachment inquiry, and to convey your opinion supporting one.

Do share your results in comments; we’ll watch to see how long it takes for the media to catch up with any changes in this whip count.

Let’s roll, people. Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121

State	Last	First, Middle, Nickname	Party Affiliation	Impeachment Inquiry Y/N	House Judiciary Committee
Alabama	Sewell	Terrycina Andrea “Terri”	Dem
Arizona	Gallego	Ruben	Dem
Arizona	Grijalva	Raul M.	Dem	Y
Arizona	Kirkpatrick	Ann	Dem
Arizona	O’Halleran	Tom	Dem
Arizona	Stanton	Greg	Dem	Y	🔺
California	Aguilar	Pete	Dem
California	Barragán	Nanette Diaz	Dem	Y
California	Bass	Karen R.	Dem
California	Bera	Amerish “Ami”	Dem
California	Brownley	Julia	Dem
California	Cardenas	Tony	Dem	Y
California	Carbajal	Salud O.	Dem
California	Chu	Judy	Dem
California	Cisneros	Gilbert “Gil”	Dem
California	Correa	Jose Luis “Lou”	Dem
California	Costa	Jim	Dem
California	Cox	Terrance John “TJ”	Dem
California	Davis	Susan A.	Dem
California	DeSaulnier	Mark	Dem	Y
California	Eshoo	Anna G.	Dem
California	Garamendi	John Raymond	Dem
California	Gomez	Jimmy	Dem
California	Harder	Josh	Dem
California	Hill	Katherine Lauren “Katie”	Dem
California	Huffman	Jared W.	Dem	Y
California	Khanna	Rohit “Ro”	Dem
California	Lee	Barbara	Dem	Y
California	Levin	Mike	Dem
California	Lieu	Ted W.	Dem	Y	🔺
California	Lofgren	Zoe	Dem	see comment
California	Lowenthal	Alan S.	Dem	Y
California	Matsui	Doris K.	Dem
California	McNerney	Gerald Mark “Jerry”	Dem
California	Napolitano	Grace Flores	Dem	Y
California	Panetta	James Varni “Jimmy”	Dem
California	Pelosi	Nancy	Dem
California	Peters	Scott	Dem
California	Porter	Katherine “Katie”	Dem	Y
California	Rouda Jr.	Harley E.	Dem	[1]
California	Roybal-Allard	Lucille	Dem
California	Ruiz	Raul	Dem
California	Sanchez	Linda T.	Dem
California	Schiff	Adam B.	Dem
California	Sherman	Brad	Dem	Y
California	Speier	Jackie	Dem	Y
California	Swalwell	Eric Michael	Dem	Y	🔺
California	Takano	Mark A.	Dem	see comment
California	Thompson	C. Michael “Mike”	Dem
California	Torres	Norma J.	Dem	Y
California	Vargas	Juan C.	Dem	Y
California	Waters	Maxine	Dem	Y
Colorado	Crow	Jason	Dem
Colorado	DeGette	Diana L.	Dem	Y
Colorado	Neguse	Joseph “Joe”	Dem	Y	🔺
Colorado	Perlmutter	Edwin G. “Ed”	Dem
Connecticut	Courtney	Joseph D. “Joe”	Dem
Connecticut	DeLauro	Rosa L.	Dem
Connecticut	Hayes	Jahana	Dem
Connecticut	Himes	Jim	Dem
Connecticut	Larson	John B.	Dem
Delaware	Rochester	Lisa Blunt	Dem
Florida	Castor	Katherine Anne “Kathy”	Dem
Florida	Crist	Charlie Joseph	Dem
Florida	Demings	Valdez “Val”	Dem	Y	🔺
Florida	Deutch	Theodore Eliot “Ted”	Dem
Florida	Frankel	Lois J.	Dem
Florida	Hastings	Alcee L.	Dem
Florida	Lawson Jr.	Alfred “Al”	Dem
Florida	Mucarsel-Powell	Debbie	Dem	Y	🔺
Florida	Murphy	Stephanie	Dem
Florida	Shalala	Donna Elvira	Dem
Florida	Soto	Darren	Dem
Florida	Wasserman Schultz	Debbie	Dem
Florida	Wilson	Frederica S.	Dem
Georgia	Bishop Jr.	Sanford Dixon	Dem
Georgia	Johnson Jr.	Henry C. “Hank”	Dem
Georgia	Lewis	John R.	Dem
Georgia	McBath	Lucia Kay “Lucy”	Dem
Georgia	Scott	David Albert	Dem
Hawaii	Case	Edward E. “Ed”	Dem
Hawaii	Gabbard	Tulsi	Dem
Illinois	Bustos	Cheri	Dem
Illinois	Casten	Sean	Dem	Y
Illinois	Davis	Danny K.	Dem	Y
Illinois	Foster	G. William “Bill”	Dem
Illinois	Garcia	Jesus G. “Chuy”	Dem	Y
Illinois	Kelly	Robin L.	Dem	Y
Illinois	Krishnamoorthi	S. Raja	Dem
Illinois	Lipinski	Daniel William “Dan”	Dem
Illinois	Quigley	Mike	Dem	Y
Illinois	Rush	Bobby Lee	Dem	Y
Illinois	Schakowsky	Janice D. “Jan”	Dem
Illinois	Schneider	Bradley Scott “Brad”	Dem
Illinois	Underwood	Lauren A.	Dem
Indiana	Carson	Andre D.	Dem
Indiana	Visclosky	Peter J.	Dem
Iowa	Axne	Cindy	Dem
Iowa	Finkenauer	Abby	Dem
Iowa	Loebsack	David Wayne “Dave”	Dem
Kansas	Davids	Sharice	Dem
Kentucky	Yarmuth	John A.	Dem	Y
Louisiana	Richmond	Cedric L.	Dem	Y	🔺
Maine	Golden	Jared F.	Dem
Maine	Pingree	Chellie M.	Dem	Y
Maryland	Brown	Anthony Gregory	Dem
Maryland	Cummings	Elijah E.	Dem
Maryland	Hoyer	Steny Hamilton	Dem
Maryland	Raskin	Jamin B. “Jamie”	Dem	Y	🔺
Maryland	Ruppersberger III	Charles Albert Dutch “C.A. Dutch”	Dem
Maryland	Sarbanes	John Peter Spyros	Dem
Maryland	Trone	David	Dem
Massachusetts	Clark	Katherine M.	Dem
Massachusetts	Keating	William Richard “Bill”	Dem
Massachusetts	Kennedy III	Joseph Patrick “Joe”	Dem
Massachusetts	Lynch	Stephen F.	Dem
Massachusetts	McGovern	James P. “Jim”	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Moulton	Seth W.	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Neal	Richard E.	Dem
Massachusetts	Pressley	Ayanna S.	Dem	Y
Massachusetts	Trahan	Lori Loureiro	Dem
Michigan	Dingell	Debbie	Dem
Michigan	Kildee	Daniel T. “Dan”	Dem	Y
Michigan	Lawrence	Brenda Lulenar	Dem	Y
Michigan	Levin	Andy	Dem	Y
Michigan	Slotkin	Elissa	Dem
Michigan	Stevens	Haley	Dem
Michigan	Tlaib	Rashida	Dem	Y
Minnesota	Craig	Angela Dawn “Angie”	Dem
Minnesota	McCollum	Betty	Dem	Y
Minnesota	Omar	Ilhan	Dem	Y
Minnesota	Peterson	Collin Clark	Dem
Minnesota	Phillips	Dean	Dem
Mississippi	Thompson	Bennie G.	Dem	Y
Missouri	Clay Jr.	William Lacy	Dem	Y
Missouri	Cleaver II	Emanuel	Dem
Nevada	Horsford	Steven Alexzander	Dem
Nevada	Lee	Susan Kelley “Susie”	Dem
Nevada	Titus	Alice Costandina “Dina”	Dem
New Hampshire	Kuster	Ann McLane “Annie”	Dem
New Hampshire	Pappas	Christopher C. “Chris”	Dem
New Jersey	Gottheimer	Joshua S. “Josh”	Dem
New Jersey	Kim	Andrew “Andy”	Dem
New Jersey	Malinowski	Tom	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Norcross	Donald W.	Dem
New Jersey	Pallone Jr.	Frank	Dem
New Jersey	Pascrell Jr.	William J. “Bill”	Dem	Y
New Jersey	Payne Jr.	Donald M.	Dem
New Jersey	Sherrill	Rebecca Michelle “Mikie”	Dem
New Jersey	Sires	Albio	Dem
New Jersey	Van Drew	Jeff	Dem
New Jersey	Watson Coleman	Bonnie	Dem
New Mexico	Haaland	Debra A. “Deb”	Dem
New Mexico	Lujan	Ben Ray	Dem
New Mexico	Torres Small	Xochitl	Dem
New York	Brindisi	Anthony J.	Dem
New York	Clarke	Yvette D.	Dem	Y
New York	Delgado	Antonio	Dem
New York	Engel	Eliot Lance	Dem
New York	Espaillat	Adriano	Dem	Y
New York	Higgins	Brian M.	Dem	Y see comment
New York	Jeffries	Hakeem S.	Dem
New York	Lowey	Nita M.	Dem
New York	Maloney	Carolyn Bosher	Dem	Y
New York	Maloney	Sean Patrick	Dem
New York	Meeks	Gregory Weldon	Dem
New York	Meng	Grace	Dem
New York	Morelle	Joseph D. “Joe”	Dem
New York	Nadler	Jerrold Lewis “Jerry”	Dem
New York	Ocasio-Cortez	Alexandria	Dem	Y
New York	Rice	Kathleen M.	Dem	Y
New York	Rose	Max N.	Dem
New York	Serrano	Jose Enrique	Dem
New York	Suozzi	Thomas R. “Tom”	Dem
New York	Tonko	Paul David	Dem	Y
New York	Velázquez	Nydia Margarita	Dem	Y
North Carolina	Adams	Alma Shealey	Dem	Y
North Carolina	Butterfield Jr.	George Kenneth “G. K.”	Dem	Y
North Carolina	Price	David Eugene	Dem
Ohio	Beatty	Joyce B.	Dem
Ohio	Fudge	Marcia L.	Dem	Y
Ohio	Kaptur	Marcia Carolyn “Marcy”	Dem
Ohio	Ryan	Timothy J. “Tim”	Dem	Y
Oklahoma	Horn	Kendra	Dem
Oregon	Blumenauer	Earl	Dem	Y
Oregon	Bonamici	Suzanne M.	Dem	Y
Oregon	DeFazio	Peter Anthony “Pete”	Dem
Oregon	Schrader	Walter Kurt “Kurt”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Boyle	Brendan F.	Dem	Y
Pennsylvania	Cartwright	Matthew Alton “Matt”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Dean Cunnane	Madeleine	Dem	Y	🔺
Pennsylvania	Doyle	Michael F. “Mike”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Evans	Dwight	Dem	Y
Pennsylvania	Houlahan	Christina Jampoler “Chrissy”	Dem
Pennsylvania	Lamb	Conor James	Dem
Pennsylvania	Scanlon	Mary Gay	Dem	Y	🔺
Pennsylvania	Wild	Susan Ellis	Dem
Rhode Island	Cicilline	David N.	Dem	Y	🔺
Rhode Island	Langevin	James R. “Jim”	Dem
South Carolina	Clyburn	James Enos “Jim”	Dem
South Carolina	Cunningham	Joseph K. “Joe”	Dem
Tennessee	Cohen	Stephen Ira “Steve”	Dem	Y	🔺
Tennessee	Cooper	James H. S. “Jim”	Dem
Texas	Allred	Colin	Dem
Texas	Castro	Joaquin	Dem	Y
Texas	Cuellar	Henry R.	Dem
Texas	Doggett II	Lloyd Alton	Dem	Y
Texas	Escobar	Veronica	Dem	Y	🔺
Texas	Fletcher	Elizabeth Pannill “Lizzie”	Dem
Texas	Garcia	Sylvia R.	Dem
Texas	Gonzalez	Vicente	Dem
Texas	Green	Alexander “Al”	Dem	Y
Texas	Jackson Lee	Sheila	Dem	Y
Texas	Johnson	Eddie Bernice	Dem
Texas	Veasey	Marc Allison	Dem
Texas	Vela	Filemon B.	Dem	Y
Utah	McAdams	Ben	Dem
Vermont	Welch	Peter F.	Dem
Virginia	Beyer Jr.	Donald Sternoff “Don”	Dem	Y
Virginia	Connolly	Gerald Edward “Gerry”	Dem
Virginia	Luria	Elaine G.	Dem
Virginia	McEachin	Aston Donald “Donald”	Dem
Virginia	Scott	Robert Cortez “Bobby”	Dem
Virginia	Spanberger	Abigail A.	Dem
Virginia	Wexton	Jennifer T.	Dem
Washington	DelBene	Suzan Kay	Dem	see comment
Washington	Heck	Dennis “Denny”	Dem
Washington	Jayapal	Pramila	Dem	Y	🔺
Washington	Kilmer	Derek	Dem
Washington	Larsen	Richard Ray “Rick”	Dem
Washington	Schrier	Kim	Dem
Washington	Smith	David Adam “Adam”	Dem
Wisconsin	Kind	Ronald James “Ron”	Dem
Wisconsin	Moore	Gwendolynne S. “Gwen”	Dem	Y
Wisconsin	Pocan	Mark	Dem	Y

Alabama	Aderholt	Robert Brown	GOP
Alabama	Brooks Jr.	Morris J. “Mo”	GOP
Alabama	Byrne	Bradley Roberts	GOP
Alabama	Palmer	Gary	GOP
Alabama	Roby	Martha	GOP
Alabama	Rogers	Michael Dennis “Mike”	GOP
Alaska	Young	Donald E. “Don”	GOP
Arizona	Biggs	Andy	GOP
Arizona	Gosar	Paul Anthony	GOP
Arizona	Lesko	Debbie	GOP
Arizona	Schweikert	David	GOP
Arkansas	Crawford	Eric Alan “Rick”	GOP
Arkansas	Hill	James French “French”	GOP
Arkansas	Westerman	Bruce	GOP
Arkansas	Womack	Stephen A. “Steve”	GOP
California	Calvert	Kenneth S. “Ken”	GOP
California	Cook	Paul	GOP
California	Hunter	Duncan Duane	GOP
California	LaMalfa	Doug	GOP
California	McCarthy	Kevin	GOP
California	McClintock	Thomas “Tom”	GOP
California	Nunes	Devin Gerald	GOP
Colorado	Buck	Kenneth R. “Ken”	GOP
Colorado	Lamborn	Douglas L. “Doug”	GOP
Colorado	Tipton	Scott Randall	GOP
Florida	Bilirakis	Gus Michael	GOP
Florida	Buchanan	Vernon “Vern”	GOP
Florida	Diaz-Balart	Mario	GOP
Florida	Dunn	Neal Patrick	GOP
Florida	Gaetz	Matt	GOP
Florida	Mast	Brian	GOP
Florida	Posey	William “Bill”	GOP
Florida	Rooney	Francis	GOP
Florida	Rutherford	John	GOP
Florida	Spano	Vincent Ross “Ross”	GOP
Florida	Steube	Greg W.	GOP
Florida	Waltz	Michael “Mike”	GOP
Florida	Webster	Daniel “Dan”	GOP
Florida	Yoho	Theodore Scott “Ted”	GOP
Georgia	Allen	Richard Wallen “Rick”	GOP
Georgia	Carter	Earl Leroy “Buddy”	GOP
Georgia	Collins	Douglas Allen “Doug”	GOP
Georgia	Ferguson IV	Anderson Drew “Drew”	GOP
Georgia	Graves Jr.	John Thomas “Tom”	GOP
Georgia	Hice	Jody B.	GOP
Georgia	Loudermilk	Barry D.	GOP
Georgia	Scott	James Austin “Austin”	GOP
Georgia	Woodall III	William Robert “Rob”	GOP
Idaho	Fulcher	Russ	GOP
Idaho	Simpson	Michael Keith “Mike”	GOP
Illinois	Bost	Michael J. “Mike”	GOP
Illinois	Davis	Rodney L.	GOP
Illinois	Kinzinger	Adam	GOP
Illinois	LaHood	Darin McKay	GOP
Illinois	Shimkus	John M.	GOP
Indiana	Baird	James R. “Jim”	GOP
Indiana	Banks	James E. “Jim”	GOP
Indiana	Brooks	Susan W.	GOP
Indiana	Bucshon	Larry D.	GOP
Indiana	Hollingsworth III	Joseph A. “Trey”	GOP
Indiana	Pence	Gregory J. “Greg”	GOP
Indiana	Walorski	Jackie Swihart	GOP	see comment
Iowa	King	Steven A. “Steve”	GOP
Kansas	Estes	Ron	GOP
Kansas	Marshall	Roger W.	GOP
Kansas	Watkins	Steve	GOP
Kentucky	Barr	Garland “Andy”	GOP
Kentucky	Comer	James R.	GOP
Kentucky	Guthrie	Steven Brett “Brett”	GOP
Kentucky	Massie	Thomas H.	GOP
Kentucky	Rogers	Harold Dallas “Hal”	GOP
Louisiana	Abraham Jr.	Ralph Lee	GOP
Louisiana	Graves	Garret	GOP
Louisiana	Higgins	Clay	GOP
Louisiana	Johnson	James Michael “Mike”	GOP
Louisiana	Scalise	Stephen J. “Steve”	GOP
Maryland	Harris	Andrew P. “Andy”	GOP
Michigan	Amash	Justin	GOP	Y
Michigan	Bergman	John W. “Jack”	GOP
Michigan	Huizenga	William P. “Bill”	GOP
Michigan	Mitchell III	Paul	GOP
Michigan	Moolenaar	John	GOP
Michigan	Upton	Frederick Stephen “Fred”	GOP
Michigan	Walberg	Timothy L. “Tim”	GOP
Minnesota	Emmer Jr.	Thomas Earl “Tom”	GOP
Minnesota	Hagedorn	James “Jim”	GOP
Minnesota	Stauber	Peter Allen “Pete”	GOP
Minnesota	Stauber	Peter Allen “Pete”	GOP
Mississippi	Guest	Michael Patrick	GOP
Mississippi	Kelly	John Trent “Trent”	GOP
Mississippi	Palazzo	Steven McCarty	GOP
Missouri	Graves Jr.	Samuel B. “Sam”	GOP
Missouri	Hartzler	Vicky Jo	GOP
Missouri	Long	Billy	GOP
Missouri	Luetkemeyer	W. Blaine	GOP
Missouri	Smith	Jason T.	GOP
Missouri	Wagner	Ann L.	GOP
Montana	Gianforte	Greg	GOP
Nebraska	Bacon	Donald John “Don”	GOP
Nebraska	Fortenberry	Jeffrey Lane “Jeff”	GOP
Nebraska	Smith	Adrian M.	GOP
Nevada	Amodei	Mark Eugene	GOP
New Jersey	Smith	Christopher Henry “Chris”	GOP
New York	Collins	Christopher Carl “Chris”	GOP
New York	Katko	John M.	GOP
New York	King	Peter T. “Pete”	GOP
New York	Reed II	Thomas W. “Tom”	GOP
New York	Stefanik	Elise M.	GOP
New York	Zeldin	Lee Michael	GOP
North Carolina	Budd	Theodore Paul “Ted”	GOP
North Carolina	Foxx	Virginia Ann	GOP
North Carolina	Holding	George Edward Bell	GOP
North Carolina	Hudson Jr.	Richard Lane	GOP
North Carolina	McHenry	Patrick Timothy	GOP
North Carolina	Meadows	Mark Randal	GOP
North Carolina	Rouzer	David Cheston	GOP
North Carolina	Walker	Bradley Mark “Mark”	GOP
North Dakota	Armstrong	Kelly M.	GOP
Ohio	Balderson	Troy	GOP
Ohio	Chabot	Steven J. “Steve”	GOP
Ohio	Davidson	Warren	GOP
Ohio	Gibbs	Robert Brian “Bob”	GOP
Ohio	Gonzalez	Anthony E.	GOP
Ohio	Johnson	Bill	GOP
Ohio	Jordan	James D. “Jim”	GOP
Ohio	Joyce	David P. “Dave”	GOP
Ohio	Latta	Robert Edward “Bob”	GOP
Ohio	Stivers	Steve E.	GOP
Ohio	Turner	Michael R. “Mike”	GOP
Ohio	Wenstrup	Brad R.	GOP
Oklahoma	Cole	Thomas Jeffery “Tom”	GOP
Oklahoma	Hern	Kevin R.	GOP
Oklahoma	Lucas	Frank D.	GOP
Oklahoma	Mullin	Markwayne	GOP
Oregon	Walden	Gregory Paul “Greg”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Fitzpatrick	Brian K.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Joyce	John	GOP
Pennsylvania	Kelly Jr.	George J. “Mike”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Marino	Thomas Anthony “Tom”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Meuser	Daniel P. “Dan”	GOP
Pennsylvania	Perry	Scott G.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Reschenthaler	Guy L.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Smucker	Lloyd K.	GOP
Pennsylvania	Thompson	Glenn William “G.T.”	GOP
South Carolina	Duncan	Jeffrey D. “Jeff”	GOP
South Carolina	Norman Jr.	Ralph W.	GOP
South Carolina	Rice Jr.	Hugh T. “Tom”	GOP
South Carolina	Timmons IV	William R.	GOP
South Carolina	Wilson	Addison Graves “Joe”	GOP
South Dakota	Johnson	Dustin “Dusty”	GOP
Tennessee	Burchett	Tim	GOP
Tennessee	DesJarlais	Scott Eugene	GOP
Tennessee	Fleischmann	Charles J. “Chuck”	GOP
Tennessee	Green	Mark E.	GOP
Tennessee	Kustoff	David	GOP
Tennessee	Roe	David Philip “Phil”	GOP
Tennessee	Rose	John W.	GOP
Texas	Arrington	Jodey Cook	GOP
Texas	Babin	Brian	GOP
Texas	Brady	Kevin Patrick	GOP
Texas	Burgess	Michael C.	GOP
Texas	Carter	John Rice	GOP
Texas	Cloud	Michael J.	GOP
Texas	Conaway	K. Michael “Mike”	GOP
Texas	Crenshaw	Daniel “Dan”	GOP
Texas	Flores	William “Bill”	GOP
Texas	Gohmert Jr.	Louis B. “Louie”	GOP
Texas	Gooden	Lance	GOP
Texas	Granger	Kay N.	GOP
Texas	Hurd	William “Will”	GOP
Texas	Marchant	Kenny Ewell	GOP
Texas	McCaul	Michael T.	GOP
Texas	Olson	Peter Graham “Pete”	GOP
Texas	Ratcliffe	John Lee	GOP
Texas	Roy	Chip	GOP
Texas	Taylor	Nicholas V. “Van”	GOP
Texas	Thornberry	William McClellan “Mac”	GOP
Texas	Weber	Randy	GOP
Texas	Williams	Roger	GOP
Texas	Wright	Ron	GOP
Utah	Bishop	Robert William “Rob”	GOP
Utah	Curtis	John	GOP
Utah	Stewart	Chris	GOP
Virginia	Cline	Benjamin Lee “Ben”	GOP
Virginia	Griffith	H. Morgan “Morgan”	GOP
Virginia	Riggleman III	Denver Lee	GOP
Virginia	Wittman	Robert J. “Rob”	GOP
Washington	Herrera Beutler	Jaime Lynn	GOP
Washington	McMorris Rodgers	Cathy Ann	GOP
Washington	Newhouse	Daniel Milton “Dan”	GOP
West Virginia	McKinley	David Bennett	GOP
West Virginia	Miller	Carol Devine	GOP
West Virginia	Mooney	Alexander Xavier “Alex”	GOP
Wisconsin	Duffy	Sean P.	GOP
Wisconsin	Gallagher	Michael John “Mike”	GOP
Wisconsin	Grothman	Glenn S.	GOP
Wisconsin	Sensenbrenner Jr.	Frank James “Jim”	GOP
Wisconsin	Steil	Bryan George	GOP
Wyoming	Cheney	Elizabeth “Liz”	GOP

North Carolina	Jones Jr. (RIP)	Walter B.	GOP		Open
North Carolina			GOP		Vacant Office

Side note: Have you ever noticed how many members of Congress are Juniors or II/III/IV in their family?

None will be women.

UPDATED — 12:00 a.m. 18-JUN-2019 —

Rep. Katie Porter from CA-45, a moderately conservative district including Orange County, threw her support behind an impeachment inquiry.

I saw a mention of 67 Dems now supporting an inquiry but I only have 64. If you know of any other House members who have now said they support an impeachment inquiry, please let me know. Thanks.

UPDATED — 5:00 p.m. 19-JUN-2019 —

Thanks to community member harpie who shared a link to NBC’s latest whip count which showed 66 House Dems and 1 House GOP member supporting an impeachment inquiry. NBC’s list deviated from CNN’s in that NBC did not include Brenda Lulenar Lawrence (D-MI) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). Newly added supporters are in boldface.

[1] NBC also showed Harley Rouda as a Yes in a previous iteration but has now offered a correction:

CORRECTION (May 30, 2019, 1:25 p.m. ET): An earlier version of this article misstated the position of Rep. Harley Rouda, D-Calif., on beginning an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Rouda has said he supports an impeachment inquiry only if Trump does not comply with congressional subpoenas, not before.

Nice fence sitting, Rouda, hope your pants are adequately padded. Does this include obstruction by staff/ex-staff who refuse to comply with subpoenas or no? Anybody in Rouda’s district want to call and find out which side of the fence Rouda is on today after Hope Hicks refusal to cooperate with the House?

UPDATED — 5:00 p.m. 19-JUN-2019 —

Adding Brian Higgins (D-NY) as a Yes:

Obstruction of justice is an impeachable offense. The multiple instances laid out in the Mueller report necessitate that the House launch an impeachment inquiry. pic.twitter.com/Y6wERZyorS

— Brian Higgins (@RepBrianHiggins) June 19, 2019

UPDATED — 7:30 p.m. 20-JUN-2019 —

Community member harpie shares these latest additions to the Yes column:

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)

Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA)

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)

And community member P.J. Evans shares this link reporting Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) has also joined the Yes chorus.

Productive day on the Yes front. Wonder how much was because of Hope Hicks’ and White House intransigent responses to questioning. House GOP caucus is still fully behind the scofflaw-in-chief, save for Justin Amash (D-MI).

UPDATED — 7:45 a.m. 21-JUN-2019 —

I’ve made a change to the spreadsheet to indicate which members of the House Judiciary Dems support an impeachment inquiry. 13 out of 24 members currently do — that’s critical mass. Chair Jerry Nadler is a likely supporter given his submission of a resolution last year for impeachment, but as chair he may be obligated to hold back until he has reached some threshold internal to the committee. Here’s the breakdown:

House Judiciary Committee Democrats	🔺 = For Inquiry
Cedric Richmond, Louisiana	🔺
David Cicilline, Rhode Island	🔺
Eric Swalwell, California	🔺
Greg Stanton, Arizona	🔺
Jamie Raskin, Maryland	🔺
Joe Neguse, Colorado	🔺
Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania	🔺
Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania, Vice Chair	🔺
Pramila Jayapal, Washington	🔺
Steve Cohen, Tennessee	🔺
Ted Lieu, California	🔺
Val Demings, Florida	🔺
Veronica Escobar, Texas	🔺
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Florida	🔺
Hakeem Jeffries, New York
Hank Johnson, Georgia
Jerrold Nadler, New York, Chairman
Karen Bass, California
Lou Correa, California
Lucy McBath, Georgia
Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas
Sylvia Garcia, Texas
Ted Deutch, Florida
Zoe Lofgren, California

If your representative is one of the House Judiciary Committee Dems who have not yet thrown their support behind an impeachment inquiry, your calls matter the most right now. With all HJC Dems on board, Nadler has the political will power aligned to begin pursuit of an inquiry.

UPDATED — 1:30 p.m. 21-JUN-2019 —

Add another Yes on the board supporting impeachment inquiry:

INBOX: @LacyClayMO1 is cosponsoring resolution to impeach President Trump (https://t.co/xdG32vABSm) — and another resolution to launch an impeachment inquiry (https://t.co/M1TSE6J4n4): pic.twitter.com/KlZHyBt69b

— Jason Rosenbaum (@jrosenbaum) June 21, 2019

UPDATED — 5:50 p.m. 21-JUN-2019 —

Two more House Dems now support an impeachment inquiry — one of them is a House Judiciary member, too. That’s 14 of 24 or 58% of the committee now behind an inquiry.

Rep. Debbie Muscarsel-Powell (D-FL):

Read my thoughts on why I support opening an impeachment inquiry into the President >> https://t.co/RX8U85Wgoq pic.twitter.com/XIIJMAbnmw

— Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (@RepDMP) June 21, 2019

And Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) changed his position.

If you call your representative, please share the results of your call in comments. Thanks. If comments close here soon because the post gets knocked down by other content, I will put up a new Whip It post.

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Interesting links

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