Members Vee Posted March 18, 2021 Members Share Posted March 18, 2021 Supposedly there were whispers of VI having gone MAGA in recent years. I really don't want to believe that. What a mess. Meanwhile: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 Let's see what happens with the Senate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janea4old Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Marcia Fudge was confirmed on March 10th by the Senate to be Secretary of HUD (Housing and Urban Development). She resigned her Congressional seat in Ohio (representing the greater Cleveland region) and then she was sworn in as HUD Secretary. There will be a special election in Ohio to fill her seat in Congress, with a primary in August 2021 and the election in November 2021. (I guess that Ohio district of Greater Cleveland will be unrepresented until Marcia Fudge's replacement is elected in November?) ------- Deb Haaland was confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of the Interior on March 15th. On March 16th, she formally submitted to the New Mexico Secretary of State... her letter of resignation as Congresswoman. Then she was sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. Deb Haaland's seat in Congress (representing the 1st Congressional District of New Mexico) will be filled by a special election to be held on June 1st. Instead of a primary system, candidates for the special election will be chosen by each party's state central committee. (Apparently the New Mexico 1st Congressional District seat will remain vacant until Haaland's replacement is elected in June.) ------- I was reading the election laws for both Ohio and New Mexico and noticed that they are have different deadline guidelines. New Mexico *requires* that the seat be filled within a certain number of days. Edited March 19, 2021 by janea4old 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 I don't either. I didn't want to believe Ingo had either, but he's shown himself to be a bit of an ass regardless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 I'm not going to jump to conclusions on VI by association. There's plenty of fundies, right wingers or Republicans in soaps; as long as they don't go full tinhat in public or turn out to be Capitol Hill terrorists or white supremacist adjacent I can generally tolerate it if they keep it out of my face. But Missy Reeves or the Ingo situation OTOH, oof. Anyway, fingers crossed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janea4old Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 Ingo is more than a bit. He tweeted last year that he'd joined Parler. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 OMG. Well, I completely stopped paying attention to him years ago when he started talking about "liberals"and defending Trump, so I'm not up to date on how far he's fallen. I did see that stuff with Mo/NLG, which was incredibly rude. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 This really is strange. I thought this administration was talking about decriminalizing? Also, isn't there some pro weed banking legislation being considered. I think it's referred to as SAFE, but I don't know the details. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members DRW50 Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Biden has always been vocally anti-pot, IIRC. He's also an old man, and not the hippie kind either. VP Harris probably isn't involved in this (I'm assuming), but I don't think her record on this subject is that different. I'm sorry people are being displaced, and it's not good policy, but are they surprised? Edited March 19, 2021 by DRW50 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ponds Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 He's not that old! We were smoking pot in the early 60's. I stopped because I didn't like how I felt and would rather have a drink. I have never had a problem with people who smoke it recreationally. I know that many of my younger relatives do and are now open about it since it's legal here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 I know that people are living longer and healthier, and I'm not trying to be ageist - I guess to me being nearly 80 is still old, especially in Biden's case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ponds Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 I didn't take offense, but I'm knocking on the 80 year old door! I just wanted to point out that marijuana has been around for ages and ages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 Sorry. I do agree that a number of people his age have no problem with pot. But it has tended to be a line in the sand for him, and I am guessing he's also getting some pressure from those around him to take a harder line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted March 19, 2021 Members Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Who around him would be recommending this? It's stupid frankly. I am so tired of this nonsense about marijuana being a gateway drug. What would he do if Obama was his VP and admitted to smoking pot. Suspend him and ask him to resign? Edited March 19, 2021 by JaneAusten 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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