On 10/1/13 3:55 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Gillian Densmore
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
So my question is: as such can Obama not replace the people that
forced the closure?
I believe they're immune to prosecution except by congress itself,
most especially on questions of being bad congress people. So, no,
the president can't do anything about them being bad congress people.
I'm not sure what they would be prosecuted *for*? Acting in bad faith?
But the last time the GOP shut down the government, 17 years ago, they
ended up getting creamed at the polls and Bill Clinton got re-elected.
My memory isn't good enough to know what happened in times before that.
Late 70's there was quite a bit of thrashing around shutdowns it seems?
With a fullhouse of democrats (whitehouse, senate *and* congress)?
- Steve
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