Fear of Fellow Americans

For John, BLUF:  Tomorrow, perhaps, we will move to reconcilliation.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Here is an interesting Tweet, by US Representative Steve Cohen, Democrat, Tennessee:

The is a sad surrender to disruption over leadership.

UPDATE:  Cartoonist Scott Adams adds:

Once you start evaluating soldiers for political loyalty, you are on your way to creating something like a Revolutionary Guard that protects one party or leader.  Democrats are becoming what the think Trump is.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

Worst Year Ever?

For John, BLUF:  Yes, 2020 has been disruptiuve, but for most of us, who have lived a while, it is not the worse we have every experienced or heard of.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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2020 Rated Worst Year Ever, Provided You Never Lived At Any Other Time In History

From The Babylon Bee, 2 December 2020.

Here is the lede plus two:

U.S.—Across the country, there is general consensus that 2020 has been the "worst year ever."  According to studies, 82% of Americans agree that 2020 has been a terrible year of unprecedented suffering and misery.  Experts confirmed that 2020 was indeed the worst year, provided you have never lived in virtually any other time period in all of human history.

"We noticed that most of the respondents who called 2020 the worst year also enjoyed delicious food being delivered to them for 8 months while they sat on their couches with the air conditioning on and binge-watched shows the whole time," said one researcher.

"While we understand it hasn't been easy, we also found very few instances of Viking raids, Black Plague, famine, world war, using rotary telephones, needing to look things up in a physical dictionary, slavery, people being burned at the stake, walking miles to school, living in caves, sleeping on the ground, ice ages, Nazi holocausts, civil war, infant mortality, global floods, ethnic cleansing, using leaves as toilet paper, using leeches as medicine, using wooden mallets as an anesthetic, fighting wild saber-tooth tigers, cannibalism, occupation by the Persian Empire... what was I talking about again?  Oh yeah-- most people in 2020 never experienced any of those things, so comparatively speaking it's been a pretty decent year!"

The worst was rotary phones.

The question is, will 2021 be worse?  The vaccine promises nrelief from COVID-19, but there are other issues out there carrying over from 2020.

Regards  —  Cliff

Congress Is Coming Back

For John, BLUF:  Here is the scheedule for the House of Representatives for this next week, starting on Sunday.  Note that Sunday, at 10:00, is a meeting of the 116th Session of Congress, the Congress going out.  At Noon the new Congress, the 117th Session meetings and begins work.  On Wednesday they get down to counting the votes of the Electoral College.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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LEADER'S WEEKLY SCHEDULE

WEEK OF JANUARY 4TH

SUNDAY, JANUARY 3RD

On Sunday, the 116th Congress will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business and adjourn sine die.

The House will convene for the start of the 117th Congress at 12:00 p.m. Members are advised that there will be a recorded quorum call at 12:00 p.m. following the Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.

Election of the Speaker of the House

Swearing-in of Members and Delegates

MONDAY, JANUARY 4TH On Monday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business.

H.Res. 5 - Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, and for other purposes (Sponsored by Rep. Steny Hoyer / Rules Committee)

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5TH
On Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business.

Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:

1) H.R. __ – FedRAMP Authorization Act (Sponsored by Rep. Gerry Connolly / Oversight and Reform Committee)

2) H.R. __ – Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021 (Sponsored by Rep. Mike Quigley / Oversight and Reform Committee)

3) H.R. __ – Inspector General Protection Act (Sponsored by Rep. Ted Lieu / Oversight and Reform Committee)

4) H.R. __ – Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2021 (Sponsored by Rep. James Comer / Oversight and Reform Committee)

5) H.R. __ – Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2021 (Sponsored by Rep. Gary Palmer / Oversight and Reform Committee)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6TH AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK
On Wednesday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business.

At 1:00 p.m., the House will convene for the Joint Session of Congress to count the electoral ballots for the President and Vice-President of the United States.

Members are advised that votes are possible during the Joint Session. Additional information regarding votes will be announced as soon as it becomes available.

Additional Legislative Items Are Possible

Regards  —  Cliff

Happy New Year

For John, BLUF:  It was a rough year, but 2020 is in the rear view mirror.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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It is our job to make 2021 better for all.

But not force anyone.

Regards  —  Cliff