Joe Lieberman JERK HIS CHAIRMANSHIP!

[Joanne98]

Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs

As Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Lieberman is working closely with Senator Collins to improve the security of Americans at home. The Committee has passed and Congress has enacted seven major pieces of legislation since the September 11 terrorist attacks to achieve this goal, including creation of the Department of Homeland Security, unifying the federal intelligence community, implementing the 9/11 Commission recommendations, and strengthening FEMA. The two Senators continue to oversee these laws to ensure their full implementation. Senator Lieberman also remains committed to the Committee's ongoing investigation into the roots, causes, and solutions for extreme islamic radicalization.

[AllentownJake]

1. He should have never had it to begin with

I may say some not so nice things about the administration from time to time....however at least I fucking voted for the President.

[rvablue]

7. Enough is enough.

President Obama tried to take the high road by letting him stay on as Chairman.

He campaigned against Obama. He spoke at the GOP convention.

Enough is enough. Kick him to the curb, and hopefully CT will do the same come reelection time.

[AllentownJake]

8. This 60 vote obsession needs to end

Let Lieberman join John McCain. We all know the asshole would be happier over there.

[harmonicon]

28. yep

"60 votes" also doesn't mean so much when you don't actually have them.

[SOS]

53. Exactly

We don't have 60 votes and we don't need Lieberman for anything.
Kick him out!!

[saigon68]

29. A little Weasel

[Segami]

31. I think you meant to say ' WEASELS '. I can't wait to see the day he's stripped of his chairmanship

and voted out of office by the electorate for his self-serving traitorous acts.

[lark]

49. Backstabbing turd

is how I think of him

[lsewpershad]

52. this

jerk has to go. Hopefully to real democrats will act now.

[BrklynLiberal]

19. Got to agree.

[mod mom]

2. ABSOLUTELY!

[emulatorloo]

3. Jerk his Govt Run Health Insurance too. n/t

[closeupready]

4. Absolutely.

Agree.

[Walk away]

5. Lieberman is a snake in the grass...

....Let's see how he votes on HCR. He is one of our 60 votes.

[lyonn]

9. True, has he declared yet? nt

[Walk away]

10. He won't for a PO when the bill comes up but he might be one....

of the 60 to send it through to be worked on. Then we only need 51.

[lyonn]

11. Interesting, thanks.

What a stand up guy!!! Sarcasm

[Walk away]

13. I just heard that the snake is joining the GOP filibuster...

Now can we dump him back in their laps?

He was supposed to vote like a Dem as part of his deal to stay in power. So he's a snake and a traitor and a liar.

[trayfoot]

12. I heard he is going to vote to filibuster it.

[BrklynLiberal]

20. An insult to snakes..

[melbel8301]

6. Insurance industry poster boy

Connecticut -- home to big insurance companies and bought and paid for Joe. Connecticut voters, why did you do this to us?

[tritsofme]

14. It would require 60 votes for a new organizing resolution.

Much easier to accomplish at the start of a new Congress.

[autorank]

15. #33 here. They can't avoid it now. Not one week more.

Plus Lieberman has a key committee on national security. He's the guy who wants to pass a Senate version of the House violent radicalization bill - silence intense political debate on the internet by tagging the writers with any subsequent violent acts committed by anyone who reads it. AMF Lieberman!

[jimlup]

16. This would be a last resort...

But if he is not on board the 60 votes in the end then they MUST PULL THIS TRIGGER - I can't imagine how they could possibly allow this chairmanship. What in the hell would it be worth to them if he doesn't tow the line here?

[TexasObserver]

17. Agreed. He should have to vote right on every party vote, or be stripped.

If this jerk doesn't vote right on health care, he needs to be stripped of all power and reduced to a GOP towel boy.

[newtothegame]

18. How are these bad things? Implementing the 9/11 Commission recs? Strengthening FEMA? n/t

[ThoughtCriminal]

21. Played his last card

Keeping Joe from filibustering healthcare reform, was the ONLY reason to let him keep his chair.

[Canuckistanian]

22. Those chairmanships are a PRIVILEGE, right?

And as a an Independent, it a DOUBLE PRIVILEGE for Lieberman.

Reid should invoke party prerogative and kick Lieberman to the curb.

The Democratic party has chosen it's course. Lieberman promised to caucus with Dems.

It's time to END that association.

[tritsofme]

23. The chairs are set out in the organizing resolution at the start of a new Congress

If Reid wanted to "strip" a member of their committee assignment mid-session, he would have to file a new organizing resolution, and this would face a cloture vote.

So this thread is just a bunch of hot air.

[Canuckistanian]

25. So there's no way chairs can be fired?

They're there for a whole Congressional term?

That sucks.

[tritsofme]

26. Reid could file a new organizing resolution.

These are normally non-controversial procedural bills.

But it would face a cloture vote, and its doubtful that the same Senate who failed to invoke cloture on a HCR bill could do so an a retaliatory organizing resolution. Lieberman would have to agree to his own demotion for this to work.

[Scruffy1]

34. Go Nuclear

That's the option left. It just takes a motion to the chair concerning the rules. Once you open it up it might take two three months to fight over every rule, but then the senate is useless as teats on a boar hog anyway.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

24. Lieberman appeared at the opposing party's national convention and endorsed their candidate

and criticized the Democratic Party's candidate. It doesn't get more treacherous, disloyal, and disgusting than that. After that, he should never have been allowed to caucus with the Democrats on principle, no matter how much his vote was needed. And now that his vote is needed, he continues to turn his coat. Big surprise. After his incredible speech against Obama on the same stage where Sarah Palin appeared, the rest of his treachery is just a footnote.

Here are some of the things he said while endorsing McCain:

Senator Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead. But eloquence is no substitute for a record—not in these tough times. In the Senate he has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party. Contrast that to John McCain's record, or the record of the last Democratic President, Bill Clinton, who stood up to some of those same Democratic interest groups and worked with Republicans to get important things done like welfare reform, free trade agreements, and a balanced budget."

"When others wanted to retreat in defeat from the field of battle, when Barack Obama was voting to cut off funding for our troops on the ground, John McCain had the courage to stand against the tide of public opinion and support the surge, and because of that, today, our troops are at last beginning to come home, not in failure, but in honor."

[saigon68]

30. Joementum needs to be stripped and "DRUMMED OUT"

[Hubert Flottz]

27. Harry said Joe was okay...

Harry should be stripped too.

[Deep13]

32. and his committee memberships

make it so lieberman can vote on things in the full senate and nothing more.

[tsuki]

33. If Durbin gave him permission to go rogue, he can keep his chairmanship.

I am calling Durbin's office today to see if he gave him permission. Anyone can join.

[sandyd921]

35. And while they're at it:

Nuke the filibuster! Tell Harry Reid: change the rules to 55 or 51 for cloture! FU 60!

[sandyd921]

36. On the other hand:

Just let the fool Liarman bring on a filibuster! That should be quite a sight! Should really increase the popularity of Liarman and the other republiCONS!

[BREMPRO]

37. if Lie-bore-man-boy threatens to filibuster with the repukes, the Dems should threaten him with his

chairmanships. you side with the pukes and we yank you out of your seat fukhead!

[bsd13]

38. What exactly does his position on health care

have to do with his chairmanship of this committee? As far as I can tell nothing whatsoever. So why then would he be removed from the chairmanship? Has his threat to filibuster health care "reform" somehow compromised his ability to chair this committee, or is this simply a matter of "he screwed us, so we'll screw him" thinking?

[laughingliberal]

46. There is a long tradition of using chairmanships and committee assignments

to facilitate party discipline. I, personally, don't believe he should have been allowed to keep the chairmanship in the first place.

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

39. Ho' Lieberman

does it for dough.

[mlevans]

40. But how do you jerk a jerk?! n/t

[Overseas]

41. K&R. //nt

[TankLV]

42. Yes - give him the heave ho

If Harry doesn't do this, Harry needs to be replaced quickly, too...

[AllyCat]

43. "But he caucuses with the Dems!!!!" they all wail.

Who cares? He doesn't act like one.

[la_chupa]

44. Conn needs to help us out

they're our only hope

[DrZeeLit]

45. He's not a Democrat. Take it away and give it to whoever STEPS UP FOR THE PEOPLE!

[Tom Rinaldo]

47. No Cloture - No Chairmanship

Keep it simple for Joe to understand.

[we can do it]

48. Jerk His Chair!

[sofa king]

50. I concur.

He caucuses with the Democrats, in return for his cloture vote. No vote, no fucking chair. End of story.

[RedCloud]

51. jerk off on the jerk. he might even approve.