DC Rep Warns House GOP: Don’t Mess With Local Laws

[Stephanie]

man oh man, how'd you like that for Representation. Good grief

SNIP:

District of Columbia Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton told Republicans Thursday to back off D.C. laws and stop using them to further political agendas.

Holmes Norton said there will be no hiding from their constituents if Republicans in the House try again to “infringe on the rights of D.C. residents” and block local laws.

“Today we issue a warning to members of the House who oppose the District’s right to democratic local self-government by trying to overturn our local laws,” Norton said at a Thursday press conference. “I will force a roll call vote on each and every rider that targets a D.C. local law.”

She said there have been significant attacks against D.C. laws, with the most recent being an unsuccessful attempt last week by House republicans to block a “non-discrimination” bill passed by city council.


The bill was meant to prohibit employers from discriminating against employees who choose to use birth control or get abortions, but some members of Congress were concerned it would force businesses to violate religious beliefs while hiring new employees.

Ultimately, the attempt to block the law failed, but House Republicans have vowed to continue fighting the law during the appropriations process. Since D.C. is a district controlled by the federal government, even though revenue is raised locally, all decisions must be approved by Congress.

all of it here:
DC Rep Warns House GOP Don t Mess With Local Laws The Daily Caller

 

[Stephanie]

snip:
Congresswoman Demonstrates 'Worst Parking Job Ever'


Abandon all hope, ye who happen to park anywhere near geometrically challenged-motorist Eleanor Holmes Norton. An HOH tipster watched in horror Wednesday as the 77-year-old D.C. delegate awkwardly forced her way into a wide-open spot in the carefully controlled corridor of New Jersey Avenue Northeast sandwiched between the Longworth and Cannon House Office buildings.

“If she parks like she should not be a member of Congress anymore,” one witness says.

Another exclaims, “Unbelievable!”

“If she leaves it like that that’s the worst parking job I’ve ever witnessed,” another chimes in.

A video at the site
Eleanor Holmes Norton s Parking Job Was Terrible The Daily Caller

 

[Agit8r]

Wait... conservatives believe in local self-governance, right?

Or... only when it is convenient

 

[HenryBHough]

Or she'll do what?

Start a riot?

What else do she got?

 

[TheOldSchool]

Taxation without representation is a tragedy. DC should not be congress' plaything.

 

[Katzndogz]

DC is under congressional jurisdiction in that it is a city that is not in any state.

 

[Stephanie]

Or she'll do what?

Start a riot?

What else do she got?

That party has become filled with nothing but nasty and Vicious people. and the women act as big a thug as the men in it

but their base see nothing wrong with them acting like Uncivil thugs. so we ALL get to live with it

 

[Stephanie]

Didn't take him long to fall into Lockstep with the progressive/commie party talking point/rhetoric. He started out so promising. We can all become one of Obama's Julia's instead.

SNIP:
Hard Work Is Bad, Says Cory Booker
Jim Treacher
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2:44 PM 05/07/2015


Why should people have to work long hours to improve their circumstances? I thought this was America?

There are only two ways to get ahead in life, people: Depend on the government to save you, or be born to rich parents. In Cory Booker’s case, he’s used the latter to put himself in a position to push for the former. Hey, it’s not his money.


Good work if you can get it. And the hours are pretty sweet.

(Hat tip: Twitchy)

ALL of it here:
Hard Work Is Bad Says Cory Booker The Daily Caller