115th Congressional Dumpster Fire

The purpose of this page will be to compile Fark threads dealing with the dumpster fire that is the 115th U.S. Congress.

This page is for the month of  For previous months, please see the archive

=Background= This section will provide background information about the members of the 115th U.S. Congress, or their party affiliation, etc. any information to give a basic overview of the 115th U.S. Congress that does not necessarily need a Fark-related thread.


 * date first called into session: January 3, 2017
 * date Americans can first expect relief: January 3, 2019
 * to read about all the legislative crap they're up to click here, for outstanding individual achievements in assholery, click here, for "investigations" click here and for confirmation hearings click here

Congresscritters and how to contact them

 * all members on Gov Track
 * House members
 * Senators

Current Pending Bills

 * all bills on Gov Track

=Fark Threads on the President's Address to Congress=

=Fark Threads on Legislation= To stare into the abyss that is the previous months of this circus, please click here (Don't say you weren't warned)

H.R. 621 Land is Disposable Act of 2017
better known as Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017

Repeal of ACA

 * 1) Prelude and/or background
 * 2) Backlash
 * 3) Repeal
 * 4) Replacement
 * 5) "Repair"

"Congressionally-directed spending"
Congress has always been at war with earmarks

H.R. 861
Terminate the EPA Bill

H.R. 610
"Choices" in "Education" Act of 2017

=Fark Threads on Congressional Investigations= To view the full mess starting from January, 2017, please click here (Don't say you weren't warned)

Rep. Nadler's "Resolution of Inquiry"
demanding Attorney General hand over “any document, record, memo, correspondence or other communication” pertaining to “criminal or counterintelligence investigations” related to Trump, White House staff or his business"

=Fark Threads on Trump cabinet confirmation hearings= There was a whole lot more than appears here, please check the archive for the full horror show

Verma for Administrator of (CMS)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

=Fark Threads on Federal Judiciary Confirmation Hearings=

Gorsuch for Supreme Court Justice
=Fark threads on Trump Ambassadorships= Please check the archive for previous threads on Ambassadorships since there probably won't be any more ambassadors in the future

Palin for Ambassador to Canada
soorry, eh

=Fark Threads on Congresscritters= The only reason why there is an archive for these assholes is so people might see examples of what not to do

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R UT 3rd)
chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Rep Nancy Pelosi (D CA 12th)
House minority leader

Senator Mitch McConnell (R KY)
Senate Majority Leader

Rep. Paul Ryan (R WI 4th)
Speaker of the House

Rep. Devin Nunes (R CA 22nd)
House Intelligence Committee Chairman

WTF?
No one was expecting these

Senator Chuck Schumer (D NY)
Senate minority leader

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D CA 12th)
House Minority Leader

Senator Tom Udall (D NM)
=See Also=
 * Drumpfster Fire
 * ALECworks
 * the archive for this page
 * Defying GOP's Wet Dream of One Party Rule of U.S. Government