BuckyVanBuren

Federal and State are both pardonable, it is just different entities.

Federal means no parole.

Ask Tom Waits...

That isn't actually Popper. That is Marcuse.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Marcuse

That crappy cartoon gets shared a lot but it does not actually represent Popper's views.

It is, however, A very accurate description of Marcuse's views. It even looks like him!

Feinstein was on the following committees. You don't think she pushed California's interests in every one.

• Committee on Appropriation

• Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

• Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

• Subcommittee on Defense

• Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development (Chairman)

• Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

• Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

• Committee on Rules and Administration

• Committee on the Judiciary

• Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism

• Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights

• Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

• Subcommittee on the Constitution (Chairman)

• Select Committee on Intelligence

You believe a freshman senator on Ways and Means, a committee of 29, welds a significant amount of influence verses Patty Murphy, Chairmain, who has been on Appropriations for 26 years?

I was referring to relative power within the Senate. How long do you think it will take for a freshman senator to gain the same amount of influence as Patty Murphy under the current system?

That would be from a different state and then that state would lose the power of having a senior committee member.

There is a reason Senator Robert Byrd was the longest-serving U.S. Senator. Serving three different tenures as chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations enabled Byrd to steer a great deal of federal money toward projects in West Virginia.

The only reason there is power in her seat is the Seniority System. Whoever takes her place will have no power relative power, and will have to work their way up the ranks.

People talk about term limits, the easiest and most effective change would be to eliminate the Senate Comittee Seniority system.

Blame the Senate Committe Seniority system.

Seniority in the United States Senate is based on the length of time a senator serves on a committee. The majority party member with the most seniority on a committee usually serves as the chair.

That is the only reason to keep sending these people back as old as they are. You send someone new, they have zero power.

2008 for me.