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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,965
    Did she survey her community before casting the "we" vote?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,809
    mcgruff10 said:

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was the lone House Democrat to vote against a bill to reopen the government on Wednesday, a position she described as “a tough/nuanced call,” The Hill reported.

    The short-term measure included funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which Ocasio-Cortez explained in an Instagram story is opposed by many people she represents.

    “Most of our votes are pretty straightforward, but today was a tough/nuanced call,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “We didn’t vote with the party because one of the spending bills included ICE funding and our community felt strongly about not funding that.”

    Curious to what her and their constituents would like to do about illegal immigration?
  • cincybearcat
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    tempo_n_groove said:
    mcgruff10 said:

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was the lone House Democrat to vote against a bill to reopen the government on Wednesday, a position she described as “a tough/nuanced call,” The Hill reported.

    The short-term measure included funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which Ocasio-Cortez explained in an Instagram story is opposed by many people she represents.

    “Most of our votes are pretty straightforward, but today was a tough/nuanced call,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “We didn’t vote with the party because one of the spending bills included ICE funding and our community felt strongly about not funding that.”

    Curious to what her and their constituents would like to do about illegal immigration?
    Great...another person in congress/government unwilling to compromise.  Just what we needed.
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  • PJPOWER
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    cincybearcat said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    mcgruff10 said:

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was the lone House Democrat to vote against a bill to reopen the government on Wednesday, a position she described as “a tough/nuanced call,” The Hill reported.

    The short-term measure included funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which Ocasio-Cortez explained in an Instagram story is opposed by many people she represents.

    “Most of our votes are pretty straightforward, but today was a tough/nuanced call,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “We didn’t vote with the party because one of the spending bills included ICE funding and our community felt strongly about not funding that.”

    Curious to what her and their constituents would like to do about illegal immigration?
    Great...another person in congress/government unwilling to compromise.  Just what we needed.
    So now we can accuse her of holding the government hostage as well, right?
  • Meltdown99
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    tempo_n_groove said:
    mcgruff10 said:

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was the lone House Democrat to vote against a bill to reopen the government on Wednesday, a position she described as “a tough/nuanced call,” The Hill reported.

    The short-term measure included funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which Ocasio-Cortez explained in an Instagram story is opposed by many people she represents.

    “Most of our votes are pretty straightforward, but today was a tough/nuanced call,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “We didn’t vote with the party because one of the spending bills included ICE funding and our community felt strongly about not funding that.”

    Curious to what her and their constituents would like to do about illegal immigration?
    She wants to fund the government, but only parts of the government she likes.  I think we should quit funding tax collectors...lol
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  • PJPOWER
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    tempo_n_groove said:
    mcgruff10 said:

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was the lone House Democrat to vote against a bill to reopen the government on Wednesday, a position she described as “a tough/nuanced call,” The Hill reported.

    The short-term measure included funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which Ocasio-Cortez explained in an Instagram story is opposed by many people she represents.

    “Most of our votes are pretty straightforward, but today was a tough/nuanced call,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “We didn’t vote with the party because one of the spending bills included ICE funding and our community felt strongly about not funding that.”

    Curious to what her and their constituents would like to do about illegal immigration?
    In all fairness, by constituents, she was probably referring to the Teletubbies dancing around inside of her head...
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,965
    She's a one person "tea party" in my book.  
  • Halifax2TheMax
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    The devil is in the details but her head and her heart are in the right place. I’ve always wondered why the likes of Exxon/Mobil haven’t diversified their energy production.

    https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-markey-ocasio-cortez

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,809
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    The devil is in the details but her head and her heart are in the right place. I’ve always wondered why the likes of Exxon/Mobil haven’t diversified their energy production.

    https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-markey-ocasio-cortez

    I like her ideas, I really do but when she tries to explain them is where I get lost on her.

    She will be a wave of the future and I'd like to see younger people get elected so let's see.

    I may run next time.
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    The devil is in the details but her head and her heart are in the right place. I’ve always wondered why the likes of Exxon/Mobil haven’t diversified their energy production.

    https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-markey-ocasio-cortez

    I like her ideas, I really do but when she tries to explain them is where I get lost on her.

    She will be a wave of the future and I'd like to see younger people get elected so let's see.

    I may run next time.
    Do it... invite Ed to play a $20k per plate campaign fundraiser
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,959
    edited February 2019
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    The devil is in the details but her head and her heart are in the right place. I’ve always wondered why the likes of Exxon/Mobil haven’t diversified their energy production.

    https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-markey-ocasio-cortez

    I like her ideas, I really do but when she tries to explain them is where I get lost on her.

    She will be a wave of the future and I'd like to see younger people get elected so let's see.

    I may run next time.
    Only if she is learning from her present.  Pelosi continues to try and ....um.....coach her?  

    And I gotta admit, I'm not a Pelosi fan.  Don't agree with her on a lot of issues...but man is she riding high right now.  
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  • tempo_n_groove
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    cincybearcat said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    The devil is in the details but her head and her heart are in the right place. I’ve always wondered why the likes of Exxon/Mobil haven’t diversified their energy production.

    https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-markey-ocasio-cortez

    I like her ideas, I really do but when she tries to explain them is where I get lost on her.

    She will be a wave of the future and I'd like to see younger people get elected so let's see.

    I may run next time.
    Only if she is learning from her present.  Pelosi continues to try and ....um.....coach her?  

    And I gotta admit, I'm not a Pelosi fan.  Don't agree with her on a lot of issues...but man is she riding high right now.  
    Pelosi is doing all the right things right now that appeals to a lot of people.  

    She's "politickin"
  • cincybearcat
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    tempo_n_groove said:
    cincybearcat said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    The devil is in the details but her head and her heart are in the right place. I’ve always wondered why the likes of Exxon/Mobil haven’t diversified their energy production.

    https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-markey-ocasio-cortez

    I like her ideas, I really do but when she tries to explain them is where I get lost on her.

    She will be a wave of the future and I'd like to see younger people get elected so let's see.

    I may run next time.
    Only if she is learning from her present.  Pelosi continues to try and ....um.....coach her?  

    And I gotta admit, I'm not a Pelosi fan.  Don't agree with her on a lot of issues...but man is she riding high right now.  
    Pelosi is doing all the right things right now that appeals to a lot of people.  

    She's "politickin"
    She must have had a Tiger's blood infusion.  She's winning.

    AOC...not so much.
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,965
    Interesting that AOC turned down this appointment. Is it because it doesn't have legislative or subpoena power? Is it because Pelosi refused the "requirement" that no one on the committee may have taken energy contributions?  Ideological purity always makes me nervous.  Better to have a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. 

    https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/428916-pelosi-names-dems-to-new-climate-panel-but-not-aoc
  • cincybearcat
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    mrussel1 said:
    Interesting that AOC turned down this appointment. Is it because it doesn't have legislative or subpoena power? Is it because Pelosi refused the "requirement" that no one on the committee may have taken energy contributions?  Ideological purity always makes me nervous.  Better to have a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. 

    https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/428916-pelosi-names-dems-to-new-climate-panel-but-not-aoc
    Hmmm is this what you get when you elect a lobbyist? 

    She is not doing what I would hope a Congress person would do. Of course, the precedent was set by the republicans of not compromising on Obama agenda. But she seems to be following suit in the no compromise all or none bullshit line of thinking.
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  • oftenreading
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    cincybearcat said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Interesting that AOC turned down this appointment. Is it because it doesn't have legislative or subpoena power? Is it because Pelosi refused the "requirement" that no one on the committee may have taken energy contributions?  Ideological purity always makes me nervous.  Better to have a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. 

    https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/428916-pelosi-names-dems-to-new-climate-panel-but-not-aoc
    Hmmm is this what you get when you elect a lobbyist? 

    She is not doing what I would hope a Congress person would do. Of course, the precedent was set by the republicans of not compromising on Obama agenda. But she seems to be following suit in the no compromise all or none bullshit line of thinking.
    In what way is AOC a lobbyist?
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  • cincybearcat
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    oftenreading said:
    cincybearcat said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Interesting that AOC turned down this appointment. Is it because it doesn't have legislative or subpoena power? Is it because Pelosi refused the "requirement" that no one on the committee may have taken energy contributions?  Ideological purity always makes me nervous.  Better to have a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. 

    https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/428916-pelosi-names-dems-to-new-climate-panel-but-not-aoc
    Hmmm is this what you get when you elect a lobbyist? 

    She is not doing what I would hope a Congress person would do. Of course, the precedent was set by the republicans of not compromising on Obama agenda. But she seems to be following suit in the no compromise all or none bullshit line of thinking.
    In what way is AOC a lobbyist?
    She’s got an agenda and has been unwilling to compromise even in the early going. She seems like she has a lot to learn but it’s not trending in the right direction off the bat. Heck her own speaker continue to feel the need to smack her down. 
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    cincybearcat said:
    oftenreading said:
    cincybearcat said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Interesting that AOC turned down this appointment. Is it because it doesn't have legislative or subpoena power? Is it because Pelosi refused the "requirement" that no one on the committee may have taken energy contributions?  Ideological purity always makes me nervous.  Better to have a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. 

    https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/428916-pelosi-names-dems-to-new-climate-panel-but-not-aoc
    Hmmm is this what you get when you elect a lobbyist? 

    She is not doing what I would hope a Congress person would do. Of course, the precedent was set by the republicans of not compromising on Obama agenda. But she seems to be following suit in the no compromise all or none bullshit line of thinking.
    In what way is AOC a lobbyist?
    She’s got an agenda and has been unwilling to compromise even in the early going. She seems like she has a lot to learn but it’s not trending in the right direction off the bat. Heck her own speaker continue to feel the need to smack her down. 

    That's not the definition of a lobbyist. 
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  • cincybearcat
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    oftenreading said:
    cincybearcat said:
    oftenreading said:
    cincybearcat said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Interesting that AOC turned down this appointment. Is it because it doesn't have legislative or subpoena power? Is it because Pelosi refused the "requirement" that no one on the committee may have taken energy contributions?  Ideological purity always makes me nervous.  Better to have a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. 

    https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/428916-pelosi-names-dems-to-new-climate-panel-but-not-aoc
    Hmmm is this what you get when you elect a lobbyist? 

    She is not doing what I would hope a Congress person would do. Of course, the precedent was set by the republicans of not compromising on Obama agenda. But she seems to be following suit in the no compromise all or none bullshit line of thinking.
    In what way is AOC a lobbyist?
    She’s got an agenda and has been unwilling to compromise even in the early going. She seems like she has a lot to learn but it’s not trending in the right direction off the bat. Heck her own speaker continue to feel the need to smack her down. 

    That's not the definition of a lobbyist. 
    You know if you want to go by pure definition...then all politicians are lobbyists.

    So maybe a poor choice in words. 
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  • Meltdown99
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