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Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t matter at all. Is there a single thing the D.C. mayor needs to do that requires her to be on the House floor? No? Great, then who cares if she or future mayors are banned?

This is true. And yet here’s the mayor all bothered about it.

“I think it sounds like some petty thing that was developed in the rules and I don’t laugh it off however because it shows how petty some people will be,” Bowser said.

I don't know why she is as you say "bothered" but as a U.S. citizen. I am bothered. Don't they have something more worthwhile to do?

The have to pass rules to do the peoples business. This is exactly what they are supposed to be doing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t matter at all. Is there a single thing the D.C. mayor needs to do that requires her to be on the House floor? No? Great, then who cares if she or future mayors are banned?

This is true. And yet here’s the mayor all bothered about it.

“I think it sounds like some petty thing that was developed in the rules and I don’t laugh it off however because it shows how petty some people will be,” Bowser said.

I don't know why she is as you say "bothered" but as a U.S. citizen. I am bothered. Don't they have something more worthwhile to do?

The House also tries to meddle in the individual governance of DC more than any other city in the country, so it is kind of messed up.

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Anonymous wrote:Why should the DC Mayor have house floor privileges? What was the rationale for granting them in the first place and when did that happen?

State governors have them. It seems reasonable that the District mayor should too. Also PR and other territories, unless they are abusing the privilege.

Exactly right. Since state governors have them, and DC is not a state, the DC Mayor is the equivalent of the Governor.

Make this make sense?

The question though was when were these privileges first granted? I doubt that the House Republicans are overturning a centuries or even decades old privilege.

The answer is that this rule was first introduced in 2021 at the insistence of Holmes Norton, so this is not the “insult[ing]” scandal that Holmes Norton and Bowser are making it out to be or indicative of anything. It is just reverting to the pre-2021 norm.
https://thedcline.org/2021/01/02/press-release-norton-gets-house-rules-changes-for-d-c-in-117th-congress/

So, in other words, the rules simply were reverted to the pre-2020 rules.
Sounds ok.

Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t matter at all. Is there a single thing the D.C. mayor needs to do that requires her to be on the House floor? No? Great, then who cares if she or future mayors are banned?

This is true. And yet here’s the mayor all bothered about it.

“I think it sounds like some petty thing that was developed in the rules and I don’t laugh it off however because it shows how petty some people will be,” Bowser said.

This doesn’t matter at all. Is there a single thing the D.C. mayor needs to do that requires her to be on the House floor? No? Great, then who cares if she or future mayors are banned?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should the DC Mayor have house floor privileges? What was the rationale for granting them in the first place and when did that happen?

State governors have them. It seems reasonable that the District mayor should too. Also PR and other territories, unless they are abusing the privilege.

Exactly right. Since state governors have them, and DC is not a state, the DC Mayor is the equivalent of the Governor.

Make this make sense?

The question though was when were these privileges first granted? I doubt that the House Republicans are overturning a centuries or even decades old privilege.

The answer is that this rule was first introduced in 2021 at the insistence of Holmes Norton, so this is not the “insult[ing]” scandal that Holmes Norton and Bowser are making it out to be or indicative of anything. It is just reverting to the pre-2021 norm.
https://thedcline.org/2021/01/02/press-release-norton-gets-house-rules-changes-for-d-c-in-117th-congress/

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Anonymous wrote:The house is out to destroy us for their own greed.

After the George Santos debacle anyone whose brain is still in the cult will be the ones to suffer.

Point blank today their words are out you will not be receiving social security checks.

Yes, they will do this. By 2024 it ends. There is no pathway for dems to win the next election, it is over they won. With that win the US will die a horrific death.

All those grandmas in Florida & Arizona woo hoo. Women in red states your livelihoods are gone. If you haven't seen it yet you are not paying attention. Missouri and Oklahoma should give you a clue.

You can think I am a loon or overreacting. However slowly but surely they will take all women's rights away. Plus making there be no middle class. Again yep crazy right that this could happen in the good old USA, I am not wrong it's coming. Buckle up people the ride is going to be wild. Good luck MAGA you will be destroyed first given your level of income and education.

This is pretty dark and apocalyptic. So yes, I do think you’re a loon and overreacting.

Not really. The US is in a real culture war. And the Republican tribe is out to seek revenge. My personal solution is to allow the deep red states to leave.

Anonymous wrote:The house is out to destroy us for their own greed.

After the George Santos debacle anyone whose brain is still in the cult will be the ones to suffer.

Point blank today their words are out you will not be receiving social security checks.

Yes, they will do this. By 2024 it ends. There is no pathway for dems to win the next election, it is over they won. With that win the US will die a horrific death.

All those grandmas in Florida & Arizona woo hoo. Women in red states your livelihoods are gone. If you haven't seen it yet you are not paying attention. Missouri and Oklahoma should give you a clue.

You can think I am a loon or overreacting. However slowly but surely they will take all women's rights away. Plus making there be no middle class. Again yep crazy right that this could happen in the good old USA, I am not wrong it's coming. Buckle up people the ride is going to be wild. Good luck MAGA you will be destroyed first given your level of income and education.

This is pretty dark and apocalyptic. So yes, I do think you’re a loon and overreacting.

The house is out to destroy us for their own greed.

After the George Santos debacle anyone whose brain is still in the cult will be the ones to suffer.

Point blank today their words are out you will not be receiving social security checks.

Yes, they will do this. By 2024 it ends. There is no pathway for dems to win the next election, it is over they won. With that win the US will die a horrific death.

All those grandmas in Florida & Arizona woo hoo. Women in red states your livelihoods are gone. If you haven't seen it yet you are not paying attention. Missouri and Oklahoma should give you a clue.

You can think I am a loon or overreacting. However slowly but surely they will take all women's rights away. Plus making there be no middle class. Again yep crazy right that this could happen in the good old USA, I am not wrong it's coming. Buckle up people the ride is going to be wild. Good luck MAGA you will be destroyed first given your level of income and education.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should the DC Mayor have house floor privileges? What was the rationale for granting them in the first place and when did that happen?

State governors have them. It seems reasonable that the District mayor should too. Also PR and other territories, unless they are abusing the privilege.

Exactly right. Since state governors have them, and DC is not a state, the DC Mayor is the equivalent of the Governor.

Make this make sense?

The question though was when were these privileges first granted? I doubt that the House Republicans are overturning a centuries or even decades old privilege.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should the DC Mayor have house floor privileges? What was the rationale for granting them in the first place and when did that happen?

State governors have them. It seems reasonable that the District mayor should too. Also PR and other territories, unless they are abusing the privilege.

Exactly right. Since state governors have them, and DC is not a state, the DC Mayor is the equivalent of the Governor.

Anonymous wrote:Why should the DC Mayor have house floor privileges? What was the rationale for granting them in the first place and when did that happen?

State governors have them. It seems reasonable that the District mayor should too. Also PR and other territories, unless they are abusing the privilege.

Why should the DC Mayor have house floor privileges? What was the rationale for granting them in the first place and when did that happen?

This will not just impact Mayor Bowser but all future DC Mayors until it’s overturned. Puerto Rico is also affected.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C.’s mayor is now banned from being on the U.S. House floor.

It’s one of several changes Republicans made in their new House Rules package passed Monday night.


Democrats call this a punishing move targeting the mayor, but Mayor Muriel Bowser says it won’t affect much of her day-to-day activity.

“I think it sounds like some petty thing that was developed in the rules and I don’t laugh it off however because it shows how petty some people will be,” Bowser said.

On Monday Bowser reacted to the rules change barring her from the U.S. House floor. It also takes away privileges for governors of U.S. territories, like Puerto Rico.

“The rules continue to grant governors and 16 other categories of people including foreign ministers floor privileges,” said D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton.

All but one House Republican voted 220 to 213 to pass the new House rules package where this change was made.

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Despite calling the move petty, Bowser says she hasn’t used the privilege in her eight years in office.

“I didn’t think it would be effective. My strategies with the members of the Congress have been to deal with them on very specific issues and try to win their support,” Bowser said.

But still, Virginia Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger says it could create challenges.

“It seems like a punitive effort. Certainly, our ability to engage directly with the mayor of Washington D.C. or the governors of various different territories, it is important to our ability to do our jobs,” Spanberger said.

D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is again pushing for independence from federal oversight of local laws.

“Congress has undemocratic plenary authority over DC and regularly uses its authority to legislate on local matters,” Holmes Norton said. “While DC deserves statehood, if any non-member of Congress deserves and needs privileges, it is D.C.’s Mayor.”

A bigger concern for local Democrats is the influence the right-wing Freedom Caucus has and if its members will restrict D.C. laws or take away funding.