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(R) Trisha Calvarese
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(R) Donald Trump
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(R) Deborah Flora
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(R) Gabe Evans
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January 12, 2017 11:26 AM UTC
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you can put this vid on your "Get More Smarter" show………..
sounds like the Coffman meltdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wylHkc_bj40
Cory Gardner is a disgrace and embarrassment to the people of Colorado. Get ready, because after the affordable care act he’s going for Medicare. Shame on you!
Channel 9 says they will be doing a piece on this today.
Hey there, buddy…long time.
Hi Duke – Been a little busy, but good to be back. I trust you're well.
Finer than frogs' hair (which,of course, is so fine you can't see it.
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Playing a lot of music, lately. Having fun messing with idiot trolls…some things never change. What have you been up to?
Next time you get to Junction, dinner is on me
Idiot trolls? Hey man. Don't make fun of my best friends like that.
or my family members.
This is Senator Bennety's response to my question why he voted as he did on the importation of drugs issue:
Thank you for contacting me regarding amendment #178 to Sen.Con.Res 3. I appreciate hearing from you.
Allowing the importation of drugs into this country without giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proper authority to oversee their safety could pose serious risks. In 2005 the FDA intercepted imported drugs that consumers thought they were buying from Canadian pharmacies. Of the drugs they thought were "Canadian," 85% actually came from 27 other countries. Additionally, some of these products were found to be counterfeit. Because of these safety concerns, I voted against the non-binding amendment calling for importation.
Prices of medications increased 9.4% between 2006 and 2013. In 2015, prescription medications that are most commonly used by seniors have increased by almost 16%. The pharmaceutical industry has not been transparent about their business model or the need for exorbitant price hikes. In the face of cancer treatments that cost $100,000 or more, Coloradans are faced with daily decisions about what necessities they will sacrifice to pay for life-saving medications. After working on drug safety issues for more than six years, I believe we can have lower prices and safe medications.
There are important steps we can take to start bringing prices down. The pharmaceutical industry has expressed strong opposition to government negotiations, but I believe we should give the government the ability to negotiate lower drug prices with pharmaceutical companies under Medicare Part D. Medicare's purchasing and negotiating power could provide real relief to America's seniors. Additionally, I was one of a handful of Senators who voted to take away all marketing rights for drug companies that are found guilty of fraud.
I will also continue to fight against repeal of the Affordable Care Act which has been instrumental in increasing affordable high-quality care for over 600,000 Coloradans.
Lowering health care costs – particularly for prescriptions drugs – is vital. This will continue to be a priority of mine moving forward, but we need to do it in a way that keeps us safe.
I value the input of fellow Coloradans in considering the wide variety of important issues and legislative initiatives that come before the Senate. I hope you will continue to inform me of your thoughts and concerns.
For more information about my priorities as a U.S. Senator, I invite you to visit my website at http://bennet.senate.gov/. Again, thank you for contacting me.
Sincerely,
Michael F. Bennet
United States Senator
Here is the catch that so many bullshit artists use to justify screwing the public.
So…..the FDA keeps us safe? Who knew?
Thurston is keeping us safe solely by making sure that drugs that say they are from Canada, are actually from Canada. He gives no information about anything actually being dangerous, did he?
Canadians must be dropping left and right from these drugs, which, by the way, are in significant part originally imported from the US. The safety excuse is some bullshit these cowards hide behind knowing that the White House won't approve the drugs, as noted in this article.
I have to correct myself. Of course, "coward" is the wrong word to use. He’s not afraid to stand up to the folks who’ve given him so much money– he just doesn’t want to.
Colorado allows recall of Federal Congressional delegation elected officials. This is in Article XXI of the Colorado Constitution.
25% of the signatures which elected that official would be required to recall him. In Cory's case, this would mean 25% of 965,474 votes he received in 2014, or 241,369 signatures. This seems doable.
Doable, yes. Since upwards of a half a million Coloradans could lose their coverage due to their Senator Gardner's willful disregard for the health, safety and welfare of his constitutents (that aren't millionaires, anyway)
The Denver Post Editorial Board must really be proud of themselves.
I'm no lawyer. But I'm pretty sure that, just as state term limits do not apply to federal House and Senate representatives, state recall provisions also are unconstitutional and therefore do not apply.
Do the republicans have to initiate this action or can anyone that voted for him do so?
The wording of the Colorado Constitutional Article XXI is that the recall petition would have to be signed by:
"registered electors entitled to vote for a successor of such incumbent ".
In Colorado, any registered voter can vote for any nominee of any party. So, no, not just Republicans, but registered voters. Colorado Senators Giron and Morse were recalled by a group of registered voters of various affiliations.
I am also not a lawyer, but am shopping the recall idea around, hope to form a committee, and have some lawyers sign on to advise and draft the petition.
For Gorky's objection that it might be unconstitutional overreach by a state, how many right wingnuts would be willing to go to bat for Federal precedence over "state's rights"?
And the Trumpsters have made congressional term limits a campaign promise, albeit one that they probably won't be able to keep.
How and by whom would he be replaced?
The serious downside of impeaching Trump would be that Slick Mikey Pence would step up.
Trump is a stupid disaster.
Slick Mikey Pence would be a smart, conniving disaster.
The post is about recalling Senator Cory Gardner. Impeaching Trump would be another rodeo. Certainly, there are grounds for both recalling Gardner and impeaching Trump.
Corky is right. Federal law preempts state law for federal offices and there is no federal recall.
Thanks for weighing in. I know you have legal training. I'll continue to seek the opinion of an election lawyer on this matter.
What I have found out: there are no provisions for recall of Federal officials in the US Constitution. And nine states, including Colorado, have constitutional language that “any elected official” can be recalled. There have been precedents in which people have tried to recall sitting Congresspeople, but these were stopped by state officials. It’s likely that the legality of such an initiative would have to be decided by the US Supreme Court.
https://ballotpedia.org/Laws_governing_recall#State.2C_local.2C_and_federal
The fact that no federal official has ever been recalled by voters speaks for itself. In Colorado's case, Scotus ruled state term limits could not apply to federal offices. Too bad in a way.
How can they not have a replacement plan written by the insurance lobby ready to go? They have had six years to prepare for this moment. How is it possible that they don't have a clue what to do next? Is this a complex conspiracy or do they really not know what they want as a replacement?
the latter.
They have to pass it to know what's in it.
Thanks Nancy.
Totally agree dude. It's not like they can just tell people what they're bill entails. They need a safe space to craft their awesome new plan. Any scrutiny or fake news of what is in their bill will hurt their sensibilities. Cory Gardner has a plan. Donald Trump has a plan. We should trust that. Any suffering that might come out of the repeal is God's will. Keep government out of it and let the private sector to determine who is worthy of healthcare and how much they are worthy of. If they are unworthy, too bad. Don't you agree AC?
Individual Republicans seem to have their preferred options. The challenge is that they apparently don't have a coherent package with anything close to common support.
As only one example – Sen. Gardner just introduced legislation to allow birth control pills to be sold over the counter. I'm betting those Republicans with close ties to pharmacy companies and several medical associations will oppose it, and if it passes, it will be with substantial Democratic support to push it over the line.
It's official — with Republicans at the wheel, deficits don't matter again:
This is part of the reconciliation bill to begin the repeal of Obamacare. They already know that it alone will increase the debt by $137 billion. So I guess they expect the rest to go for tax cuts to their billionaire supporters, or maybe a Presidential Palace in each state (hey, Saddam Hussien had his multiple palaces, surely America the Greatest can top that!)