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So when somebody in the house gives a speech..there is nobody sitting in seats listening
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:02 pm
Im watching this shiit. Who this guy talking to?
The guy speaking …there are empty chairs all around him.
The guy speaking …there are empty chairs all around him.
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Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:03 pm to SuckerPunch
These guys don’t care. They just like to hear the sound of their own voice.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:03 pm to SuckerPunch
Newt used to do that back in the day when the GOP was buried in the minority.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:03 pm to SuckerPunch
That’s the norm.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:06 pm to SuckerPunch
lunch aint going to eat itself
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:06 pm to SuckerPunch
Yapping just to get it on the record
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:19 pm to SuckerPunch
They do this to get there message entered in to the congressional record.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:19 pm to Lawyered
CSPAN started to show the empty chambers because of B1 Bob Dornan. He was awesome. He would go on these glorious rants like he was a ranter watching Les Miles' offense. People thought he was dressing down the entire Congress. They didn't realize that it was after the close of the regular business day and he was railing to vacant seats. 
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:20 pm to SuckerPunch
If no one hears did the speech occur? Is talking to oneself considered speech?
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:22 pm to SuckerPunch
Special Orders
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:27 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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CSPAN started to show the empty chambers because of B1 Bob Dornan. He was awesome. He would go on these glorious rants like he was a ranter watching Les Miles' offense. People thought he was dressing down the entire Congress. They didn't realize that it was after the close of the regular business day and he was railing to vacant seats.
A few years back my wife and I took a tour of the Capitol and got tickets to the House Gallery. We were watching Steve Scalise and Steny Hoyer arguing with each other with no one else in the House Chamber seating.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:32 pm to SuckerPunch
They make the speeches for campaign commercials and to share on social media.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:33 pm to SuckerPunch
Useless speeches. These amount to elaborate video soundbytes for their next campaign commercials.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:35 pm to CAD703X
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lunch aint going to eat itself
“intern” not lunch
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:39 pm to SuckerPunch
it's all political theater.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:03 pm to SuckerPunch
They are talking to you. You are the only one listening.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:11 pm to SuckerPunch
What do you expect? Would you sit there and listen all day while Dems are on the floor speaking? When in DC, Members of Congress have busy schedules with the committee work, stakeholder meetings, and yes, fundraising. They don’t have time to sit and listen to BS on the floor all day.
They go to the floor, get their 60 second sound bite in for social media, and they bounce.
They go to the floor, get their 60 second sound bite in for social media, and they bounce.
This post was edited on 1/23/25 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:19 pm to SuckerPunch
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Who this guy talking to?
This is how they speak to their constituents and get their positions 'on the record'
They are no more effective than campaign speeches, but they're all dressed up and looking important.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 5:06 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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They didn't realize that it was after the close of the regular business day and he was railing to vacant seats.
So what would he get out of doing this, practice??
Posted on 1/23/25 at 6:27 pm to HagaDaga
It was entered into the daily record.
B1 was awesome. Just go off all the time. That was back when Orange County, CA was a Republican bastion. Dornan, Dana Rohrbacher and Duke Cunningham in San Diego.
I would be willing to bet if Dornan had been a liberal Democrat their policy of showing an empty chamber would not have been changed.
B1 was awesome. Just go off all the time. That was back when Orange County, CA was a Republican bastion. Dornan, Dana Rohrbacher and Duke Cunningham in San Diego.
I would be willing to bet if Dornan had been a liberal Democrat their policy of showing an empty chamber would not have been changed.
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