(01-24-2019, 12:48 AM)TJBender Wrote:

(01-23-2019, 09:49 PM)B2hibry Wrote: Have you heard of her negotiating in good faith or even showing to floor discussions? How about meeting with other members at the White House? Nope, she refuses. 

The executive branch is required to submit a record of appropriations. In turn, the Speaker is required to refer this record to committees to build legislation subject to a vote. They don’t have to approve it but it must go to the floor. Hence, she is derelict in her actions, well, lack of. She must also function in good faith on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives which she refuses to show face on the floor. She is more than happy to be on TV or Facebook feeds while she has a chair fill-in. Having a member fill-in is not unusual but during this situation it is unacceptable.

Trump refuses to come off of his demand for a physical wall. Pelosi won't support that. Seems to me there isn't much "negotiation in good faith" to do until someone inevitably blinks.

Appropriations going to the floor is the sort of ridiculous complaint I'd expect from a lefty nutjob trying to impeach Trump. No one is going to remove Nancy Pelosi, and if you think you'd get someone less liberal to fill her seat, you're nuts. In fact, you'd get Steny Hoyer as Speaker, which would be even more fun for those of us who want to see the children stop throwing sand at each other and end the damn shutdown. And not being present on the floor...have you seen Marco Rubio's record?

What you're putting out here are partisan whines, not legitimate reasons to remove a Speaker from office. I'm no fan of Pelosi, but if you think that some kind of campaign to remove her--even if it did work--would get you someone willing to play ball with Trump, you must not have met the group of people that would be in line to replace her.