Lisa Blunt Rochester Sworn in Today; Carney temporarily unemployed.
Congresswoman-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester will be sworn in at noon today in the Library of Congress, followed by a ceremonial swearing in at the Capitol at 3:45 pm. She is the first woman and the first African American in Delaware’s congressional delegation. Delaware until recently had been one of the few remaining states that had not ever been represented by a woman or an African American in Congress. We congratulate her on this milestone, and on the occasion of her swearing-in, which is significant enough already; but we also hope she remembers, as a Representative for Delaware, that she works for the people and not the Banks. At the first sign of bipartisan Carperite fealty, we will know who you really are working for. Fight for the people and against Trump, in everything and every way.
Does she start immediately? Will she get to vote on the ammendment to kill the Office of Congressional Ethics today? Any idea what number to call to urge her to vote against?
Edit: Her campaign phone no. is not taking messages (mailbox is full).
Nevermind . . . https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahmimms/house-republicans-move-to-gut-congress-independent-ethics-wa?utm_term=.ksgOK9bQd#.icY9gv3Ko
Anyway, I tweeted at her before I saw the news that republicans killed the amendment before it got to a vote.
The irony here is that Lisa’s new State Director is actually named Sylvia BANKS !!
Only in Delaware!!
I’m more concerned about the republican congress than Trump I think