Warren ready to drop the hammer

Posted by | January 9, 2017 19:01 | Filed under: Politics

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Senator Elizabeth Warren is ready with a bill to implement the emoluments clause.

The legislation titled the Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017 would require the president and vice president to comply with the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution by requiring them to release their tax returns and divest themselves of any personal financial conflicts of interest. It would also require cabinet appointees to recuse themselves if any potential presidential conflicts of interest came before their agencies.

Sen. Warren said, “The American people deserve to know that the President of the United States is working to do what’s best for the country – not using his office to do what’s best for himself and his businesses. The only way for President-elect Trump to truly eliminate conflicts-of-interest is to divest his financial interests by placing them in a blind trust. This has been the standard for previous presidents, and our bill makes clear the continuing expectation that President-elect Trump do the same.”

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10 responses to Warren ready to drop the hammer

  1. Larry Schmitt January 9th, 2017 at 19:02

    Go, Liz, go!

  2. robert January 9th, 2017 at 20:05

    You have better odds getting rich at a vegas roulette table but I’m optimistic this bill will get them thinking after a few months into 2017

  3. Suzanne McFly January 9th, 2017 at 20:08

    Finally, we are being properly represented.

  4. Foundryman January 9th, 2017 at 22:08

    Not even sworn in yet and already the most corrupt group of traitors in the countrys history.

  5. Budda January 9th, 2017 at 23:30

    But will this bill pass..in the Republican controlled Congress?

    • whatthe46 January 9th, 2017 at 23:37

      filibuster that ______!

    • Willys41 January 10th, 2017 at 03:49

      Will it pass? It won’t even get a vote.

  6. mistlesuede January 10th, 2017 at 00:36

    I give her an “A” for effort.
    Just wish I thought it would actually pass.

  7. StoneyCurtisll January 10th, 2017 at 08:47

    Safe to say this is never gonna pass…
    It would have to be approved by both houses of congress and signed into law by the president…(all of whom are republicans).
    It’s the right thing to do, which makes it ever more impossible to pass with republicans running things.

  8. bpollen January 10th, 2017 at 19:19

    Bang! Bang! Warren’s silver hammer
    Came down upon his head.
    Bang! Bang! Warren’s silver hammer
    Made sure that he was dead.

    Don’t judge me for what I say… judge me by what’s in my heart! It’s Precendential!

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