The Politics Hour
A Republican congressman from Virginia blames a conservative power-broker of "paralyzing" Congress. D.C. lawmakers accuse each other of "campaigning from the dais" and obstructing ethics reform. And a new proposal for redrawing Congressional districts in Maryland fuels charges of gerrymandering. Join us for our weekly review of the politics, policies, and personalities of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
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U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ronald Machen Jr., says his office has reached out to the city's immigrant community in an effort to encourage people to report crimes, regardless of immigration status. When someone reports a crime, Machen says, most often immigration status does not come up:
Democratic Candidate for the Prince George's County Council, Derrick Leon Davis, talks about the problems with what he calls "council courtesy" on the Prince George's County Council. The phrase refers to a culture in which, for example, one council member won't approve a development issue in a fellow council member's district unless that fellow council member gives his or her approval:
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I am appalled that the Democratic Party dominated Maryland Redistricting Committee is so blatantly partisan and brazenly unfair as to "gerrymander" a district in Western Maryland to exclude a currently serving Representative with no more justification than "that is what the Republicans are doing to us"
Fie on this silly disregard of the public interest!
I think every member of the Redistricting committee needs to resign within 24 hours and be banned from public office for 10 years.
Until there are "casualties" inflicted on every party and every institution that violates or acts against the public interest, we will never get our Republic back to functionality.
Let all malfeasants be eliminated from all public office for 10 years to send a message that the American public is fed up with silly political crises and want some "honest work" and "thoughtful leadership" from Congress.
Serve properly of get out of the the Congress.
I do not care what party you affiliate with, if you do not serve the public interest fairly, we do not need you and you need to resign