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.

=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

Names

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=Fark Threads=

January

 * 1) attempt to eliminate Office of Congressional Ethics House Republicans so dedicated to draining the swamp they're gutting Congress' independent ethics watchdog
 * 2) Followup: GOP: gutting ethics panel will "provide more accountability" (Update: They reversed it)
 * 3) Followup #2: "Ha, yeah, we were just kidding about gutting the independent body that investigates political misconduct, honestly. Our complete reversal is nothing at all to do with someone using 280 characters or less"
 * 4) Followup #3: If you would like to know how your representative voted on the "Goodlatte proposal" that aimed to kill the independent Office of Congressional Ethics and live in a district represented by a Republican member of Congress, then today is your lucky day
 * 5) Followup #4: Dems organize against GOP ethics scandal. Media covers story. Trump sends out a tweet. GOP caves under public pressure. Media gives full credit to Trump. Media then writes articles like this one wondering how Trump got all the credit
 * 6) Followup #5: Yesterday's abrupt reversal of Monday's surprise action by Congressional Republicans to gut the ethics process reveals Paul Ryan is carrying on an important tradition of John Boehner's speakership: being really bad at his job
 * 7) Followup #6: Well, imagine that. It looks like Bob Goodlatte (R-epulsive Slime) had some personal reasons for wanting to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics
 * 8) reinstatement of “Holman Rule" While you and the rest of the world was gushing about the ethics office snafu, House Republicans quietly brought back a rule that will make it easier for Donald Trump to purge the federal government of any employees who disagree with him
 * 9) Followup: The federal government now has a dollar menu
 * 10) repeal of ACA And so it begins: Senate Votes 51-48 to repeal Obamacare
 * 11) (Prelude to a mess)
 * 12) Obamacare repeal will only cost taxpayers approx. 1,750 F-35s. Not including R&D of course. Of course the other costs are not having insurance and hospitals paying for charity care and this is looking like a bad idea. What's the repeal plan again?
 * 13) Tl;dr: Trump voters hate ObamaCare but they like their plan with ACA and Medicare coverage but don't let the poors have it
 * 14) Actual Headline: 'Trump voters don't think...' Everything beyond that point is redundancy in its finest
 * 15) Followup: Paul Ryan promises Republicans will complete 'Obamacare' replacement this year. No word on if it will be replaced with a medical ponzi scheme, a wet sock, or plain good old nothing
 * 16) Followup #2: Paul Ryan announces that there is a "Y'all women can go f*ck yourselves" provision in the Obamacare repeal
 * 17) Followup #3: Americans to GOP: "Don't you dare repeal it without a replacement strategy" GOP: "LOLs, too late. Die quickly"
 * 18) Followup #4: GOP realizes too late their attempt to repeal ACA was completely farking stupid
 * 19) Followup #5: Bobby Jindal explains how the GOP should repeal Obamacare quickly without replacing it
 * 20) Trump cabinet confirmations ♪ ♪ And the GOP with the plan is set to jam the Dems with a confirmation blitz--confirmation blitz OH YEAAAAAAAH IT'S A CONFIRMATION BLITZ ♪ ♪
 * 21) Followup: Warren: No confirmation hearings for Trump appointees until they're vetted for conflicts of interest
 * 22) Followup #2: Cory Booker demands financial disclosure from Trump's cabinet picks before any hearings take place
 * 23) "REINS" Act As bad as you thought it was going to be, it'll be worse: The House passes the Koch-requested, ALEC-drafted "REINS" act that blocks any and all federal regulations from taking effect unless both Houses on Congress vote to approve them in 70 days
 * 24) budget for fiscal 2017 It's not a $1 Trillion deficit when *WE* do it
 * 25) the "Bishop" rule Free land
 * 26) “Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency (PAGE) Act” Let's see, we've got our attacks underway on Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid. Social Security? Yeah, that, too. Civil Service? That, too -- liberals pushed that through in 1871, starting this nation's decline

Members

 * Bob Goodlatte (R, VA 6th) Well, imagine that. It looks like Bob Goodlatte (R-epulsive Slime) had some personal reasons for wanting to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics