the census determines how many seats each state gets. depending on the state, I believe the process of drawing the specific lines is determined either by the governor or state legislature.Who controls the redistricting process? I thought I'd read that the party that controls Congress has that 'burden'.
I believe it's tied into the Census too so the time is nigh.
Don't know, just askin'.
Whoís in Charge of Redistricting?The legislature. Since the 1980ís, a Joint Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment has had responsibility for drawing congressional and state legislative districts. The senate majority leader and speaker of the house must each appoint one legislator and one private citizen and the minority leaders of both houses must appoint one member of the legislature to form a six-member body. The legislators appointed by the house and senate leaders serve as co-chairs on the task force. The governor has veto power over both plans.
Could you please avoid the term 'package' when talking about Wenier, thanksWhen you put the whole package together
Man, I've been trying to throw in double entendres wherever I could. I thought it was all for naught...Could you please avoid the term 'package' when talking about Wenier, thanks
Why are Republicans always obsessing over penis?
Thanks, I should have realized it would be dealt with on a state level. Doesn't make sense to be done on the federal level.the census determines how many seats each state gets. depending on the state, I believe the process of drawing the specific lines is determined either by the governor or state legislature.
in NY, it's the state legislature, which is divided between republicans (control the senate) and democrats (control the house) I believe (that could be reversed)
http://archive.fairvote.org/redistricting/reports/remanual/ny.htm
Man, I've been trying to throw in double entendres wherever I could. I thought it was all for naught...
A gold star for you. :awe:
2012 - Weiner for President, Eric Holder for VP.
Damn...it was a good run while it lasted and I'll always remember him as having remarkable "staying power".Looks like Weiner may be stepping down.
CONFIRMED. Stepping down today!Looks like Weiner may be stepping down.
Weiner is pulling out?
The pressure was too much and he didn't want to cause a mess if he stayed in.Weiner is pulling out?
The country is harmed by this. The primary fault lies with Rep. Weiner for lying about the issue. Secondary fault lies with those who have exaggerated the issue to pressure his resignation, including the media and the viewers who create the incentives for the media to do so.
Republicans are happy, with an obstacle to enacting their immoral policies gone. Many Democratic leaders are happy, with the political benefit of the scandal being removed.
In the meantime, Sen. Vitter (actual sex with prostitutes, lies), Rep. Buchanan (campaign finance lawbreaking, lies) remain in office.
Sen. Coburn - aiding Sen. Ensign in his coerced sex with a staffer illegal coverup - still in office.
You conveniently forgot a couple:
Barney Frank - Hiring a male prostitute and that same prostitute running a prostitution service out of his Capitol Hill apartment.
Frank housed Gobie and hired him with personal funds as an aide, housekeeper and driver and paid for his attorney and court-ordered psychiatrist. In 1987 Frank kicked Gobie out after he was advised by his landlord that Gobie kept escorting despite the support and was doing so in the residence. Later that year Gobie's friends convinced him he had a gay male version of Mayflower Madam, a TV movie they had been watching. In 1989 Gobie tried to initiate a bidding war for the story between WUSA-TV (Channel 9), the Washington Times, and The Washington Post. He then gave the story to The Washington Times for nothing, in hopes of getting a book contract. Amid calls for an investigation Frank asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate his relationship "in order to insure that the public record is clear." The Committee found no evidence that Frank had known of or been involved in the alleged illegal activity and dismissed all of Gobie's more scandalous claims; they recommended a reprimand for Frank using his congressional office to fix 33 of Gobie's parking tickets and for misstatements of fact in a memorandum relating to Gobie's criminal probation record.
Frank's situation really isn't comparable to the other recent scandals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Frank#Career
That year he hired Steve Gobie for sex, a male prostitute, and they became friends more than sexual partners.
The country is harmed by this. The primary fault lies with Rep. Weiner for lying about the issue. Secondary fault lies with those who have exaggerated the issue to pressure his resignation, including the media and the viewers who create the incentives for the media to do so.
You conveniently forgot a couple:
Barney Frank - Hiring a male prostitute and that same prostitute running a prostitution service out of his Capitol Hill apartment.
In 1985 Frank was still closeted. That year he hired Steve Gobie for sex, a male prostitute, and they became friends more than sexual partners.[14] Frank housed Gobie and hired him with personal funds as an aide, housekeeper and driver and paid for his attorney and court-ordered psychiatrist.[14] In 1987 Frank kicked Gobie out after he was advised by his landlord that Gobie kept escorting despite the support and was doing so in the residence.[14][15] Later that year Gobie's friends convinced him he had a gay male version of Mayflower Madam, a TV movie they had been watching.[14] In 1989 Gobie tried to initiate a bidding war for the story between WUSA-TV (Channel 9), the Washington Times, and The Washington Post.[14] He then gave the story to The Washington Times for nothing, in hopes of getting a book contract.[15] Amid calls for an investigation Frank asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate his relationship "in order to insure that the public record is clear."[16] The Committee found no evidence that Frank had known of or been involved in the alleged illegal activity and dismissed all of Gobie's more scandalous claims; they recommended a reprimand for Frank using his congressional office to fix 33 of Gobie's parking tickets and for misstatements of fact in a memorandum relating to Gobie's criminal probation record.[17] The House voted 408–18 to reprimand Frank.[18][19] The attempts to censure and expel Frank were led by Republican Larry Craig, whom Frank later criticized for hypocrisy[20] after Craig's own arrest in 2007 for lewd conduct while soliciting gay sex in an airport bathroom.
Charlie Rangel - Corruption and tax evasion
Not quite accurate. He was using his office to make these calls and emails, at times when he should have been doing his job. And just as with Weiner's Democrat colleagues, your private life is already fair game for your employer when it becomes an embarrassment to your employer.Bummer, he should have stayed put. He didn't break any laws or House rules. He was forced out over his personal life. That is just a horrible precedent. Our private life is now fair game for employers even if it has nothing to do with our jobs.
Not quite accurate. He was using his office to make these calls and emails, at times when he should have been doing his job. And just as with Weiner's Democrat colleagues, your private life is already fair game for your employer when it becomes an embarrassment to your employer.
EDIT: As for Vitter, it's amazing to me that anyone can criticize Vitter for frequenting a prostitute while supporting Frank for doing the same, plus moving him in and facilitating his prostitution using his power as a Congressman.
Funny you left out the sentence that preceded your quoted text from wiki:
Other than the sex of the prostitute that is different from Vitter how? And don't say wife because according to both Vitters the wife knew about it at least a year before it became public knowledge.
During the campaign, Vitter was accused by a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee of having had a lengthy affair with a prostitute in New Orleans. Vitter responded that the allegation was "absolutely and completely untrue" and that it was "just crass Louisiana politics.
As background, several news outlets reported that in May 1999, Vitter replaced Congressman Bob Livingston after Livingston resigned due to an adultery scandal. Vitter said about Livingston's decision to resign, "It's obviously a tremendous loss for the state. I think Livingston's stepping down makes a very powerful argument that Clinton should resign as well and move beyond this mess", referring to Bill Clinton's Monica Lewinsky scandal.