"If these guys think Im walking away from this, theyre absolutely nuts."

[orleans]

"When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) invoked rule 19 to rebuke Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and prevent her from speaking further against the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to the position of attorney general, he opened the door to some unintended consequences.

"In addition to inadvertently writing what has become a feminist battle cry and what could likely serve as Warren’s campaign slogan during the presidential election in 2020, he’s also inspired other congressman to explore opening some old, forgotten rules that haven’t been implemented or even considered in decades.

"Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), who serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, wrote a letter to the committee’s chairman demanding that President Trump’s tax returns be submitted to the committee and examined. Using a 1924 tax law that states that Congress can insist upon seeing these documents in order to assess any conflicts of interest, even if the person from whom the documents are demanded is the president of the United States."

the letter is at the link
http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/02/11/congressman-invokes-unknown-1924-rule-to-expose-trumps-tax-returns-immediately/

[AJT]

1. Could it be true

Please let it be true. Of course first thing Monday that law will be changed in both chambers and signed by Trumplestilskin.

[SCantiGOP]

10. Laws don't pass in a day

And, the Republicans hold a majority on every committee so there would have to be defections by GOP members even to get the request out of committee.

[AJT]

12. I think we know how that will go.

[Girl powers]

17. This is Unconstitutional

Section 9, ...no ex post facto Law shall be passed.

[The Wizard]

18. The law does not apply to Republicans

IOKIYAR

[flamingdem]

2. OH YES

[Hekate]

3. YES!

[secondwind]

4. BINGO!!!!!!!

[George II]

5. What's forgotten in all of this is that trump is indebted to the government of China....

....to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

We don't know how much, but we should.

[calimary]

15. As well as to the Russians. In multiple arenas, from what I've read.

And damn right, we don't know how much, but we should!

I keep falling back on one thing: what would the CONS be doing about all this - if the perpetrator was Barack Obama? Or Hillary Clinton? How do you think they'd be reacting? How do you think they'd be responding?

[LuckyLib]

6. Yes! Go for it! We can play that game too!

[JudyM]

7. Sweet.

[DK504]

8. Yertle the Turtle

ain't to bright. He didn't think this one through. LOL....

Keep on pushing at these idiots they are getting rattled and we're going to get the upper hand.

[samnsara]

11. its going to be sooooo easy....

...to drive trump et al to the brink of madness. We can see the chinks in his mental armor...this will be so entertaining. Grab your popcorn!

[Leith]

14. Alec Baldwin Is Hosting SNL Tonight

SCROTUS's head is gonna explode!

[Alice11111]

22. The Orange Blob will explode if Rosie can play Bannon or him

She gets under his thin skin more than anyone in the world. As if the world agreed with him, he essentially said it was OK for him to abuse Rosie (this candidate for VP of the USA!). When Megan Kelly confronted him, he said, "only Rosie O'Donnell" (a lie, of course). Kate did a great Mike Pence.

Who would have thought that lampooning him on SNL could be one of our best weapons, and it would literally drive him more crazy.

[ghostsinthemachine]

9. I'll see your arcane laws,

And raise you some tax returns..FOLD......

[zentrum]

13. Backbone!

[Alice11111]

16. Nothing to lose and everthing to gain. Win.Win for Dems

Even if we lose, the Repubs will look like slime trying to keep the public from seeing the Orange Blob's tax returns

[The Wizard]

19. What do you mean

Repubs will "look like" slime?

[orleans]

20. LOL n/t

[Nitram]

21. Keep it moving! Keep the momentum up. We're on a roll.