Whip It Good: Higher and Higher
[NB: Check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne]
We could use a boost now as we work our way through the dog days of summer. Take a look at how far we’ve come even if it seems too slowly, measure our progress.
As of today we have 123 House Democrats supporting an impeachment inquiry.
This means we’ve picked up four more votes since the last Whip It post.
We need 95 more representatives to support a resolution approving an impeachment inquiry. It’s slow but steady progress.
Sure, we continue to hear that the House Judiciary Committee is working toward impeachment. HJC chair Jerry Nadler told CNN last week,
“This is formal impeachment proceedings…We are investigating all the evidence, we’re gathering the evidence. And we will at the conclusion of this — hopefully by the end of the year — vote to vote articles of impeachment to the House floor. Or we won’t. That’s a decision that we’ll have to make. But that’s exactly the process we’re in right now.”
But the HJC neither has a majority vote approving an impeachment inquiry within the committee nor a majority of the votes across the entire House — yet.
This only fuels the right-wing pundits who assure us attempts to impeach are doomed, DOOMED, they say.
Bah. Do take note of the source, like conservative think tanks’ thinky-tankers who are paid to both promote their conservative donor’s aspirations and sow fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
As I’ve noted before in previous Whip It posts, it’s still on us to make this happen by showing up at town halls our representatives have over the summer recess, by calling their offices in D.C. or locally, by sending faxes or using Resistbot to make our sentiments heard.
Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Call your representative (and only your representative) and ask them to support an impeachment inquiry. If your representative has already thrown their support behind an inquiry, do be sure to thank them.
It’s also time to take note of states in which too few Dems have thrown their support behind an inquiry. Like Connecticut — what the hell, Nutmeg State? What the actual hell?
This whip count will continue to be updated. Share in comments any new announcements by House members throwing support behind an impeachment inquiry.
| State | Last | First, Middle, Nickname | Party Affiliation | Impeachment Inquiry Y/N | House Judiciary Committee |
| Alabama | Sewell | Terrycina Andrea “Terri” | Dem | ||
| Arizona | Gallego | Ruben | Dem | Y | |
| Arizona | Grijalva | Raul M. | Dem | Y | |
| Arizona | Kirkpatrick | Ann | Dem | Y | |
| Arizona | O’Halleran | Tom | Dem | ||
| Arizona | Stanton | Greg | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| California | Aguilar | Pete | Dem | Y | |
| California | Barragán | Nanette Diaz | Dem | Y | |
| California | Bass | Karen R. | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| California | Bera | Amerish “Ami” | Dem | ||
| California | Brownley | Julia | Dem | Y | |
| California | Cardenas | Tony | Dem | Y | |
| California | Carbajal | Salud O. | Dem | Y | |
| California | Chu | Judy | Dem | Y | |
| California | Cisneros | Gilbert “Gil” | Dem | ||
| California | Correa | Jose Luis “Lou” | Dem | ||
| California | Costa | Jim | Dem | ||
| California | Cox | Terrance John “TJ” | Dem | ||
| California | Davis | Susan A. | Dem | ||
| California | DeSaulnier | Mark | Dem | Y | |
| California | Eshoo | Anna G. | Dem | ||
| California | Garamendi | John Raymond | Dem | Y | |
| California | Gomez | Jimmy | Dem | Y | |
| California | Harder | Josh | Dem | ||
| California | Hill | Katherine Lauren “Katie” | Dem | ||
| California | Huffman | Jared W. | Dem | Y | |
| California | Khanna | Rohit “Ro” | Dem | ||
| California | Lee | Barbara | Dem | Y | |
| California | Levin | Mike | Dem | Y | |
| California | Lieu | Ted W. | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| California | Lofgren | Zoe | Dem | see comment | |
| California | Lowenthal | Alan S. | Dem | Y | |
| California | Matsui | Doris K. | Dem | Y | |
| California | McNerney | Gerald Mark “Jerry” | Dem | ||
| California | Napolitano | Grace Flores | Dem | Y | |
| California | Panetta | James Varni “Jimmy” | Dem | ||
| California | Pelosi | Nancy | Dem | ||
| California | Peters | Scott | Dem | Y | |
| California | Porter | Katherine “Katie” | Dem | Y | |
| California | Rouda Jr. | Harley E. | Dem | Y | |
| California | Roybal-Allard | Lucille | Dem | Y | |
| California | Ruiz | Raul | Dem | ||
| California | Sanchez | Linda T. | Dem | ||
| California | Schiff | Adam B. | Dem | ||
| California | Sherman | Brad | Dem | Y | |
| California | Speier | Jackie | Dem | Y | |
| California | Swalwell | Eric Michael | Dem | Y | 🔺 (7) |
| California | Takano | Mark A. | Dem | see comment | |
| California | Thompson | C. Michael “Mike” | Dem | ||
| California | Torres | Norma J. | Dem | Y | |
| California | Vargas | Juan C. | Dem | Y | |
| California | Waters | Maxine | Dem | Y | |
| Colorado | Crow | Jason | Dem | Y | |
| Colorado | DeGette | Diana L. | Dem | Y | |
| Colorado | Neguse | Joseph “Joe” | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Colorado | Perlmutter | Edwin G. “Ed” | Dem | ||
| Connecticut | Courtney | Joseph D. “Joe” | Dem | ||
| Connecticut | DeLauro | Rosa L. | Dem | ||
| Connecticut | Hayes | Jahana | Dem | ||
| Connecticut | Himes | Jim | Dem | Y | |
| Connecticut | Larson | John B. | Dem | ||
| Delaware | Rochester | Lisa Blunt | Dem | Y | |
| Florida | Castor | Katherine Anne “Kathy” | Dem | ||
| Florida | Crist | Charlie Joseph | Dem | ||
| Florida | Demings | Valdez “Val” | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Florida | Deutch | Theodore Eliot “Ted” | Dem | Y | 🔺 (2) |
| Florida | Frankel | Lois J. | Dem | ||
| Florida | Hastings | Alcee L. | Dem | ||
| Florida | Lawson Jr. | Alfred “Al” | Dem | ||
| Florida | Mucarsel-Powell | Debbie | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Florida | Murphy | Stephanie | Dem | ||
| Florida | Shalala | Donna Elvira | Dem | ||
| Florida | Soto | Darren | Dem | ||
| Florida | Wasserman Schultz | Debbie | Dem | ||
| Florida | Wilson | Frederica S. | Dem | ||
| Georgia | Bishop Jr. | Sanford Dixon | Dem | ||
| Georgia | Johnson Jr. | Henry C. “Hank” | Dem | ||
| Georgia | Lewis | John R. | Dem | ||
| Georgia | McBath | Lucia Kay “Lucy” | Dem | ||
| Georgia | Scott | David Albert | Dem | ||
| Hawaii | Case | Edward E. “Ed” | Dem | ||
| Hawaii | Gabbard | Tulsi | Dem | ||
| Illinois | Bustos | Cheri | Dem | ||
| Illinois | Casten | Sean | Dem | Y | |
| Illinois | Davis | Danny K. | Dem | Y | |
| Illinois | Foster | G. William “Bill” | Dem | ||
| Illinois | Garcia | Jesus G. “Chuy” | Dem | Y | |
| Illinois | Kelly | Robin L. | Dem | Y | |
| Illinois | Krishnamoorthi | S. Raja | Dem | ||
| Illinois | Lipinski | Daniel William “Dan” | Dem | ||
| Illinois | Quigley | Mike | Dem | Y | |
| Illinois | Rush | Bobby Lee | Dem | Y | |
| Illinois | Schakowsky | Janice D. “Jan” | Dem | Y | |
| Illinois | Schneider | Bradley Scott “Brad” | Dem | ||
| Illinois | Underwood | Lauren A. | Dem | ||
| Indiana | Carson | Andre D. | Dem | Y | |
| Indiana | Visclosky | Peter J. | Dem | ||
| Iowa | Axne | Cindy | Dem | ||
| Iowa | Finkenauer | Abby | Dem | ||
| Iowa | Loebsack | David Wayne “Dave” | Dem | ||
| Kansas | Davids | Sharice | Dem | ||
| Kentucky | Yarmuth | John A. | Dem | Y | |
| Louisiana | Richmond | Cedric L. | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Maine | Golden | Jared F. | Dem | ||
| Maine | Pingree | Chellie M. | Dem | Y | |
| Maryland | Brown | Anthony Gregory | Dem | ||
| Maryland | Cummings | Elijah E. | Dem | ||
| Maryland | Hoyer | Steny Hamilton | Dem | ||
| Maryland | Raskin | Jamin B. “Jamie” | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Maryland | Ruppersberger III | Charles Albert Dutch “C.A. Dutch” | Dem | ||
| Maryland | Sarbanes | John Peter Spyros | Dem | ||
| Maryland | Trone | David | Dem | ||
| Massachusetts | Clark | Katherine M. | Dem | Y | (1) |
| Massachusetts | Keating | William Richard “Bill” | Dem | ||
| Massachusetts | Kennedy III | Joseph Patrick “Joe” | Dem | Y | |
| Massachusetts | Lynch | Stephen F. | Dem | ||
| Massachusetts | McGovern | James P. “Jim” | Dem | Y | (5) |
| Massachusetts | Moulton | Seth W. | Dem | Y | |
| Massachusetts | Neal | Richard E. | Dem | ||
| Massachusetts | Pressley | Ayanna S. | Dem | Y | |
| Massachusetts | Trahan | Lori Loureiro | Dem | Y | |
| Michigan | Dingell | Debbie | Dem | ||
| Michigan | Kildee | Daniel T. “Dan” | Dem | Y | |
| Michigan | Lawrence | Brenda Lulenar | Dem | Y | |
| Michigan | Levin | Andy | Dem | Y | |
| Michigan | Slotkin | Elissa | Dem | ||
| Michigan | Stevens | Haley | Dem | ||
| Michigan | Tlaib | Rashida | Dem | Y | |
| Minnesota | Craig | Angela Dawn “Angie” | Dem | ||
| Minnesota | McCollum | Betty | Dem | Y | |
| Minnesota | Omar | Ilhan | Dem | Y | |
| Minnesota | Peterson | Collin Clark | Dem | ||
| Minnesota | Phillips | Dean | Dem | ||
| Mississippi | Thompson | Bennie G. | Dem | Y | (8) |
| Missouri | Clay Jr. | William Lacy | Dem | Y | |
| Missouri | Cleaver II | Emanuel | Dem | Y | |
| Nevada | Horsford | Steven Alexzander | Dem | ||
| Nevada | Lee | Susan Kelley “Susie” | Dem | ||
| Nevada | Titus | Alice Costandina “Dina” | Dem | Y | |
| New Hampshire | Kuster | Ann McLane “Annie” | Dem | Y | |
| New Hampshire | Pappas | Christopher C. “Chris” | Dem | Y | |
| New Jersey | Gottheimer | Joshua S. “Josh” | Dem | ||
| New Jersey | Kim | Andrew “Andy” | Dem | ||
| New Jersey | Malinowski | Tom | Dem | Y | |
| New Jersey | Norcross | Donald W. | Dem | Y | |
| New Jersey | Pallone Jr. | Frank | Dem | Y | (10) |
| New Jersey | Pascrell Jr. | William J. “Bill” | Dem | Y | |
| New Jersey | Payne Jr. | Donald M. | Dem | Y | |
| New Jersey | Sherrill | Rebecca Michelle “Mikie” | Dem | ||
| New Jersey | Sires | Albio | Dem | ||
| New Jersey | Van Drew | Jeff | Dem | ||
| New Jersey | Watson Coleman | Bonnie | Dem | Y | |
| New Mexico | Haaland | Debra A. “Deb” | Dem | Y | |
| New Mexico | Lujan | Ben Ray | Dem | ||
| New Mexico | Torres Small | Xochitl | Dem | ||
| New York | Brindisi | Anthony J. | Dem | ||
| New York | Clarke | Yvette D. | Dem | Y | |
| New York | Delgado | Antonio | Dem | ||
| New York | Engel | Eliot Lance | Dem | Y | (3) |
| New York | Espaillat | Adriano | Dem | Y | |
| New York | Higgins | Brian M. | Dem | Y | |
| New York | Jeffries | Hakeem S. | Dem | ||
| New York | Lowey | Nita M. | Dem | Y | (4) |
| New York | Maloney | Carolyn Bosher | Dem | Y | |
| New York | Maloney | Sean Patrick | Dem | ||
| New York | Meeks | Gregory Weldon | Dem | ||
| New York | Meng | Grace | Dem | Y | |
| New York | Morelle | Joseph D. “Joe” | Dem | ||
| New York | Nadler | Jerrold Lewis “Jerry” | Dem | ||
| New York | Ocasio-Cortez | Alexandria | Dem | Y | |
| New York | Rice | Kathleen M. | Dem | Y | |
| New York | Rose | Max N. | Dem | ||
| New York | Serrano | Jose Enrique | Dem | Y | |
| New York | Suozzi | Thomas R. “Tom” | Dem | ||
| New York | Tonko | Paul David | Dem | Y | |
| New York | Velázquez | Nydia Margarita | Dem | Y | (9) |
| North Carolina | Adams | Alma Shealey | Dem | Y | |
| North Carolina | Butterfield Jr. | George Kenneth “G. K.” | Dem | Y | |
| North Carolina | Price | David Eugene | Dem | Y | |
| Ohio | Beatty | Joyce B. | Dem | Y | |
| Ohio | Fudge | Marcia L. | Dem | Y | |
| Ohio | Kaptur | Marcia Carolyn “Marcy” | Dem | ||
| Ohio | Ryan | Timothy J. “Tim” | Dem | Y | |
| Oklahoma | Horn | Kendra | Dem | ||
| Oregon | Blumenauer | Earl | Dem | Y | |
| Oregon | Bonamici | Suzanne M. | Dem | Y | |
| Oregon | DeFazio | Peter Anthony “Pete” | Dem | Y | |
| Oregon | Schrader | Walter Kurt “Kurt” | Dem | ||
| Pennsylvania | Boyle | Brendan F. | Dem | Y | |
| Pennsylvania | Cartwright | Matthew Alton “Matt” | Dem | ||
| Pennsylvania | Dean Cunnane | Madeleine | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Pennsylvania | Doyle | Michael F. “Mike” | Dem | Y | |
| Pennsylvania | Evans | Dwight | Dem | Y | |
| Pennsylvania | Houlahan | Christina Jampoler “Chrissy” | Dem | ||
| Pennsylvania | Lamb | Conor James | Dem | ||
| Pennsylvania | Scanlon | Mary Gay | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Pennsylvania | Wild | Susan Ellis | Dem | ||
| Rhode Island | Cicilline | David N. | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Rhode Island | Langevin | James R. “Jim” | Dem | ||
| South Carolina | Clyburn | James Enos “Jim” | Dem | ||
| South Carolina | Cunningham | Joseph K. “Joe” | Dem | ||
| Tennessee | Cohen | Stephen Ira “Steve” | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Tennessee | Cooper | James H. S. “Jim” | Dem | ||
| Texas | Allred | Colin | Dem | ||
| Texas | Castro | Joaquin | Dem | Y | |
| Texas | Cuellar | Henry R. | Dem | ||
| Texas | Doggett II | Lloyd Alton | Dem | Y | |
| Texas | Escobar | Veronica | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Texas | Fletcher | Elizabeth Pannill “Lizzie” | Dem | ||
| Texas | Garcia | Sylvia R. | Dem | ||
| Texas | Gonzalez | Vicente | Dem | ||
| Texas | Green | Alexander “Al” | Dem | Y | |
| Texas | Jackson Lee | Sheila | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Texas | Johnson | Eddie Bernice | Dem | ||
| Texas | Veasey | Marc Allison | Dem | ||
| Texas | Vela | Filemon B. | Dem | Y | |
| Utah | McAdams | Ben | Dem | ||
| Vermont | Welch | Peter F. | Dem | Y | |
| Virginia | Beyer Jr. | Donald Sternoff “Don” | Dem | Y | |
| Virginia | Connolly | Gerald Edward “Gerry” | Dem | Y | |
| Virginia | Luria | Elaine G. | Dem | ||
| Virginia | McEachin | Aston Donald “Donald” | Dem | ||
| Virginia | Scott | Robert Cortez “Bobby” | Dem | ||
| Virginia | Spanberger | Abigail A. | Dem | ||
| Virginia | Wexton | Jennifer T. | Dem | Y | |
| Washington | Del Bene | Suzan Kay | Dem | Y | |
| Washington | Heck | Dennis “Denny” | Dem | Y | |
| Washington | Jayapal | Pramila | Dem | Y | 🔺 |
| Washington | Kilmer | Derek | Dem | Y | |
| Washington | Larsen | Richard Ray “Rick” | Dem | Y | |
| Washington | Schrier | Kim | Dem | Y | |
| Washington | Smith | David Adam “Adam” | Dem | Y | (6) |
| Wisconsin | Kind | Ronald James “Ron” | Dem | ||
| Wisconsin | Moore | Gwendolynne S. “Gwen” | Dem | Y | |
| Wisconsin | Pocan | Mark | Dem | Y | |
| Alabama | Aderholt | Robert Brown | GOP | ||
| Alabama | Brooks Jr. | Morris J. “Mo” | GOP | ||
| Alabama | Byrne | Bradley Roberts | GOP | ||
| Alabama | Palmer | Gary | GOP | ||
| Alabama | Roby | Martha | GOP | ||
| Alabama | Rogers | Michael Dennis “Mike” | GOP | ||
| Alaska | Young | Donald E. “Don” | GOP | ||
| Arizona | Biggs | Andy | GOP | ||
| Arizona | Gosar | Paul Anthony | GOP | ||
| Arizona | Lesko | Debbie | GOP | ||
| Arizona | Schweikert | David | GOP | ||
| Arkansas | Crawford | Eric Alan “Rick” | GOP | ||
| Arkansas | Hill | James French “French” | GOP | ||
| Arkansas | Westerman | Bruce | GOP | ||
| Arkansas | Womack | Stephen A. “Steve” | GOP | ||
| California | Calvert | Kenneth S. “Ken” | GOP | ||
| California | Cook | Paul | GOP | ||
| California | Hunter | Duncan Duane | GOP | ||
| California | LaMalfa | Doug | GOP | ||
| California | McCarthy | Kevin | GOP | ||
| California | McClintock | Thomas “Tom” | GOP | ||
| California | Nunes | Devin Gerald | GOP | ||
| Colorado | Buck | Kenneth R. “Ken” | GOP | ||
| Colorado | Lamborn | Douglas L. “Doug” | GOP | ||
| Colorado | Tipton | Scott Randall | GOP | ||
| Florida | Bilirakis | Gus Michael | GOP | ||
| Florida | Buchanan | Vernon “Vern” | GOP | ||
| Florida | Diaz-Balart | Mario | GOP | ||
| Florida | Dunn | Neal Patrick | GOP | ||
| Florida | Gaetz | Matt | GOP | ||
| Florida | Mast | Brian | GOP | ||
| Florida | Posey | William “Bill” | GOP | ||
| Florida | Rooney | Francis | GOP | ||
| Florida | Rutherford | John | GOP | ||
| Florida | Spano | Vincent Ross “Ross” | GOP | ||
| Florida | Steube | Greg W. | GOP | ||
| Florida | Waltz | Michael “Mike” | GOP | ||
| Florida | Webster | Daniel “Dan” | GOP | ||
| Florida | Yoho | Theodore Scott “Ted” | GOP | ||
| Georgia | Allen | Richard Wallen “Rick” | GOP | ||
| Georgia | Carter | Earl Leroy “Buddy” | GOP | ||
| Georgia | Collins | Douglas Allen “Doug” | GOP | ||
| Georgia | Ferguson IV | Anderson Drew “Drew” | GOP | ||
| Georgia | Graves Jr. | John Thomas “Tom” | GOP | ||
| Georgia | Hice | Jody B. | GOP | ||
| Georgia | Loudermilk | Barry D. | GOP | ||
| Georgia | Scott | James Austin “Austin” | GOP | ||
| Georgia | Woodall III | William Robert “Rob” | GOP | ||
| Idaho | Fulcher | Russ | GOP | ||
| Idaho | Simpson | Michael Keith “Mike” | GOP | ||
| Illinois | Bost | Michael J. “Mike” | GOP | ||
| Illinois | Davis | Rodney L. | GOP | ||
| Illinois | Kinzinger | Adam | GOP | ||
| Illinois | LaHood | Darin McKay | GOP | ||
| Illinois | Shimkus | John M. | GOP | ||
| Indiana | Baird | James R. “Jim” | GOP | ||
| Indiana | Banks | James E. “Jim” | GOP | ||
| Indiana | Brooks | Susan W. | GOP | ||
| Indiana | Bucshon | Larry D. | GOP | ||
| Indiana | Hollingsworth III | Joseph A. “Trey” | GOP | ||
| Indiana | Pence | Gregory J. “Greg” | GOP | ||
| Indiana | Walorski | Jackie Swihart | GOP | see comment | |
| Iowa | King | Steven A. “Steve” | GOP | ||
| Kansas | Estes | Ron | GOP | ||
| Kansas | Marshall | Roger W. | GOP | ||
| Kansas | Watkins | Steve | GOP | ||
| Kentucky | Barr | Garland “Andy” | GOP | ||
| Kentucky | Comer | James R. | GOP | ||
| Kentucky | Guthrie | Steven Brett “Brett” | GOP | ||
| Kentucky | Massie | Thomas H. | GOP | ||
| Kentucky | Rogers | Harold Dallas “Hal” | GOP | ||
| Louisiana | Abraham Jr. | Ralph Lee | GOP | ||
| Louisiana | Graves | Garret | GOP | ||
| Louisiana | Higgins | Clay | GOP | ||
| Louisiana | Johnson | James Michael “Mike” | GOP | ||
| Louisiana | Scalise | Stephen J. “Steve” | GOP | ||
| Maryland | Harris | Andrew P. “Andy” | GOP | ||
| Michigan | Amash | Justin | IND | Y | |
| Michigan | Bergman | John W. “Jack” | GOP | ||
| Michigan | Huizenga | William P. “Bill” | GOP | ||
| Michigan | Mitchell III | Paul | GOP | ||
| Michigan | Moolenaar | John | GOP | ||
| Michigan | Upton | Frederick Stephen “Fred” | GOP | ||
| Michigan | Walberg | Timothy L. “Tim” | GOP | ||
| Minnesota | Emmer Jr. | Thomas Earl “Tom” | GOP | ||
| Minnesota | Hagedorn | James “Jim” | GOP | ||
| Minnesota | Stauber | Peter Allen “Pete” | GOP | ||
| Minnesota | Stauber | Peter Allen “Pete” | GOP | ||
| Mississippi | Guest | Michael Patrick | GOP | ||
| Mississippi | Kelly | John Trent “Trent” | GOP | ||
| Mississippi | Palazzo | Steven McCarty | GOP | ||
| Missouri | Graves Jr. | Samuel B. “Sam” | GOP | ||
| Missouri | Hartzler | Vicky Jo | GOP | ||
| Missouri | Long | Billy | GOP | ||
| Missouri | Luetkemeyer | W. Blaine | GOP | ||
| Missouri | Smith | Jason T. | GOP | ||
| Missouri | Wagner | Ann L. | GOP | ||
| Montana | Gianforte | Greg | GOP | ||
| Nebraska | Bacon | Donald John “Don” | GOP | ||
| Nebraska | Fortenberry | Jeffrey Lane “Jeff” | GOP | ||
| Nebraska | Smith | Adrian M. | GOP | ||
| Nevada | Amodei | Mark Eugene | GOP | ||
| New Jersey | Smith | Christopher Henry “Chris” | GOP | ||
| New York | Collins | Christopher Carl “Chris” | GOP | ||
| New York | Katko | John M. | GOP | ||
| New York | King | Peter T. “Pete” | GOP | ||
| New York | Reed II | Thomas W. “Tom” | GOP | ||
| New York | Stefanik | Elise M. | GOP | ||
| New York | Zeldin | Lee Michael | GOP | ||
| North Carolina | Budd | Theodore Paul “Ted” | GOP | ||
| North Carolina | Foxx | Virginia Ann | GOP | ||
| North Carolina | Holding | George Edward Bell | GOP | ||
| North Carolina | Hudson Jr. | Richard Lane | GOP | ||
| North Carolina | McHenry | Patrick Timothy | GOP | ||
| North Carolina | Meadows | Mark Randal | GOP | ||
| North Carolina | Rouzer | David Cheston | GOP | ||
| North Carolina | Walker | Bradley Mark “Mark” | GOP | ||
| North Dakota | Armstrong | Kelly M. | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Balderson | Troy | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Chabot | Steven J. “Steve” | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Davidson | Warren | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Gibbs | Robert Brian “Bob” | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Gonzalez | Anthony E. | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Johnson | Bill | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Jordan | James D. “Jim” | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Joyce | David P. “Dave” | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Latta | Robert Edward “Bob” | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Stivers | Steve E. | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Turner | Michael R. “Mike” | GOP | ||
| Ohio | Wenstrup | Brad R. | GOP | ||
| Oklahoma | Cole | Thomas Jeffery “Tom” | GOP | ||
| Oklahoma | Hern | Kevin R. | GOP | ||
| Oklahoma | Lucas | Frank D. | GOP | ||
| Oklahoma | Mullin | Markwayne | GOP | ||
| Oregon | Walden | Gregory Paul “Greg” | GOP | ||
| Pennsylvania | Fitzpatrick | Brian K. | GOP | ||
| Pennsylvania | Joyce | John | GOP | ||
| Pennsylvania | Kelly Jr. | George J. “Mike” | GOP | ||
| Pennsylvania | Marino | Thomas Anthony “Tom” | GOP | ||
| Pennsylvania | Meuser | Daniel P. “Dan” | GOP | ||
| Pennsylvania | Perry | Scott G. | GOP | ||
| Pennsylvania | Reschenthaler | Guy L. | GOP | ||
| Pennsylvania | Smucker | Lloyd K. | GOP | ||
| Pennsylvania | Thompson | Glenn William “G.T.” | GOP | ||
| South Carolina | Duncan | Jeffrey D. “Jeff” | GOP | ||
| South Carolina | Norman Jr. | Ralph W. | GOP | ||
| South Carolina | Rice Jr. | Hugh T. “Tom” | GOP | ||
| South Carolina | Timmons IV | William R. | GOP | ||
| South Carolina | Wilson | Addison Graves “Joe” | GOP | ||
| South Dakota | Johnson | Dustin “Dusty” | GOP | ||
| Tennessee | Burchett | Tim | GOP | ||
| Tennessee | DesJarlais | Scott Eugene | GOP | ||
| Tennessee | Fleischmann | Charles J. “Chuck” | GOP | ||
| Tennessee | Green | Mark E. | GOP | ||
| Tennessee | Kustoff | David | GOP | ||
| Tennessee | Roe | David Philip “Phil” | GOP | ||
| Tennessee | Rose | John W. | GOP | ||
| Texas | Arrington | Jodey Cook | GOP | ||
| Texas | Babin | Brian | GOP | ||
| Texas | Brady | Kevin Patrick | GOP | ||
| Texas | Burgess | Michael C. | GOP | ||
| Texas | Carter | John Rice | GOP | ||
| Texas | Cloud | Michael J. | GOP | ||
| Texas | Conaway | K. Michael “Mike” | GOP | ||
| Texas | Crenshaw | Daniel “Dan” | GOP | ||
| Texas | Flores | William “Bill” | GOP | ||
| Texas | Gohmert Jr. | Louis B. “Louie” | GOP | ||
| Texas | Gooden | Lance | GOP | ||
| Texas | Granger | Kay N. | GOP | ||
| Texas | Hurd | William “Will” | GOP | ||
| Texas | Marchant | Kenny Ewell | GOP | ||
| Texas | McCaul | Michael T. | GOP | ||
| Texas | Olson | Peter Graham “Pete” | GOP | ||
| Texas | Ratcliffe | John Lee | GOP | ||
| Texas | Roy | Chip | GOP | ||
| Texas | Taylor | Nicholas V. “Van” | GOP | ||
| Texas | Thornberry | William McClellan “Mac” | GOP | ||
| Texas | Weber | Randy | GOP | ||
| Texas | Williams | Roger | GOP | ||
| Texas | Wright | Ron | GOP | ||
| Utah | Bishop | Robert William “Rob” | GOP | ||
| Utah | Curtis | John | GOP | ||
| Utah | Stewart | Chris | GOP | ||
| Virginia | Cline | Benjamin Lee “Ben” | GOP | ||
| Virginia | Griffith | H. Morgan “Morgan” | GOP | ||
| Virginia | Riggleman III | Denver Lee | GOP | ||
| Virginia | Wittman | Robert J. “Rob” | GOP | ||
| Washington | Herrera Beutler | Jaime Lynn | GOP | ||
| Washington | McMorris Rodgers | Cathy Ann | GOP | ||
| Washington | Newhouse | Daniel Milton “Dan” | GOP | ||
| West Virginia | McKinley | David Bennett | GOP | ||
| West Virginia | Miller | Carol Devine | GOP | ||
| West Virginia | Mooney | Alexander Xavier “Alex” | GOP | ||
| Wisconsin | Duffy | Sean P. | GOP | ||
| Wisconsin | Gallagher | Michael John “Mike” | GOP | ||
| Wisconsin | Grothman | Glenn S. | GOP | ||
| Wisconsin | Sensenbrenner Jr. | Frank James “Jim” | GOP | ||
| Wisconsin | Steil | Bryan George | GOP | ||
| Wyoming | Cheney | Elizabeth “Liz” | GOP | ||
| North Carolina | Jones Jr. (RIP) | Walter B. | GOP | Open | |
| North Carolina | GOP | Vacant Office |
Emphasis indicates those who have committed to supporting an inquiry since the last whip update.
(1) Vice Chair, House Democratic Caucus
(2) Chair, House Ethics Committee
(3) Chair, House Foreign Affairs Committee
(4) Chair, House Appropriations Committee
(5) Chair, House Rules Committee
(6) Chair, House Armed Services Committee
(7) Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
(8) Chair, House Homeland Security Committee
(9) Chair, House Small Business Committee
(10) Chair, House Energy and Commerce Committee
It’s been great to see a steady rise :) Let’s hope this keeps increasing. My thing is I worry about election security and just want that sick demented stain out of the oval office before he does more harm to our institutions.
Last sentence — primo, spot on!
A national union for federal workers just sued for right to protest Trump (it’s kind of a double-edged sword but let’s hope it benefits impeachment more than the other):
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/federal-workers-sue-criticize-political-candidates-185200739.html
From the above link:
The largest union of federal workers on Tuesday announced it’s suing the U.S. government in a bid to get it to drop its latest rules restricting talk of presidential impeachment and whether they should #Resist.
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents some 700,000 federal workers, said it was concerned that the latest guidance restricted free speech and could be weaponized by politically motivated managers, including those seeking to punish people who express support for the president.
It makes sense that a federal employee shouldn’t be wearing a F Trump button or collecting signatures for his impeachment while on the job.
I will also say rather quietly that I don’t think it’s appropriate in most workplaces and as a small biz owner I feel fortunate I have not had to figure out what to do if that type of situation arose.
The political divide has become so strong that an employee simply reading the scandal of the day out loud to another employee while a Trump supporter sits there getting red in the face could easily seem more like trolling or even harassment than someone exercising their right to free speech.
Hi Rayne,
Thanks for this! I was just looking at this WaPo count:
A majority of House Democrats want to open an impeachment inquiry into Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/impeachment-support-house-democrats/ Updated Aug. 14 at 12:28 p.m.
1] There are 2 names on our list and not on the WaPo list:
Frank Pallone NJ
Karen R. Bass CA
2] They have one name that we do not…it’s a biggie, though:
Jerrold Nadler NY
I think Nadler might be a miscommunication. I could be wrong. But I think they put him on the list for saying it was in essence an inquiry. We’ll see. I’d love to be wrong.
Naw, reportedly he has been in favor for a while, just doesn’t want to buck Pelosi yet. I have no doubt but that he is a yes when the time comes.
I think that’s the issue about some of these discrepancies: the difference between saying straight out they are for an inquiry, and implying that they are.
One great thing about the WaPo list, is that they show the quote and date that the comments were made, either for, continue existing investigations, or unclear.
For Nadler, they have
They have Bass and Pallone in the 2nd column:
I put notes next to Bass and Pallone. Nadler I am leaving until the HJC votes or until a resolution is put to the full House, or until he says he personally is in support.
That works! I guess it’s only set in stone when they have to vote.
added: So, where does that leave us number-wise?
Anyway we dice it we need at least 96 assuming Nadler is on board in order to reach 218.
House Judiciary Dems:
https://judiciary.house.gov/about/members
23 DEMOCRATS [There are 17 Republicans] = 40 members
Greg Stanton Arizona;
Ted Lieu California;
Eric Swalwell California;
Joe Neguse Colorado;
Val Butler Demings Florida;
Theodore E. Deutch Florida;
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Florida;
Cedric L. Richmond Louisiana;
Jamie Raskin Maryland;
Madeleine Dean Pennsylvania;
Mary Gay Scanlon Pennsylvania;
David N. Cicilline Rhode Island;
Steve Cohen Tennessee;
Veronica Escobar Texas;
Sheila Jackson Lee Texas;
Pramila Jayapal Washington = 16 FOR
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Karen Bass California;
J. Luis Correa California;
Zoe Lofgren California;
Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Georgia;
Hakeem S. Jeffries New York;
Jerrold Nadler New York;
Sylvia R. Garcia Texas; = 7 NOT DECLARED
More about Jeffries:
https://twitter.com/MarchForTruth17/status/1160282082167414785
1:09 PM – 10 Aug 2019
Please let me know if anything needs to be revised, here. Thanks!
Oh, excellent, thanks! I had a graphic started for this but I had to stop to take care of some other work. I’ll finish the graphic using this info.
:-)
I wonder where the count will go should the stock and bond markets continue to blink red.
The political judgment of the big traders is nuts. They should have been hedging a lot sooner. In 2008, Bush at least had some pragmatists and capable people on his team. Does anyone think Mnuchin, Kudlow, and most of all Trump have a clue? What makes them think the Dems will want to swallow some insane Mnuchin/Kudlow plan to right the ship? Does anyone think McConnell can deliver any significant bloc of votes if quick action on a vote is needed? Does anyone think McCarthy can deliver any votes?
The Dems need to anticipate the pressure that may grow to force Trump from office and get cracking now on naming their price. If they wait, impeachment will be on the table in the weakest, most forgettable terms and it will be forgotten as the GOP develops its own plan to ease Trump out of power.
1] https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1161691454198231041
10:30 AM – 14 Aug 2019
OY!
2] https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1161743067621335040
1:55 PM – 14 Aug 2019
Links to Liz_Cheney
1:37 PM – 14 Aug 2019
BWAHAHAHA!
#RIPGOP!
That comment by King told me more about him than I really wanted to know. It should tell everyone in Iowa everything they need to know about him – and give them suspicions enough to vote him out.
It simply would not be fair if King were allowed to leave Washington without telling us whicH of the two ways HE was spawned.
So Hertling tweeted with the below retweeted
https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1161813165723836416
“As I read this thread, it appears the “deal” POTUS is trying to make trades democratic values for a short term market/political victory. Freedom = monetary transaction.”
Quote Tweet
Bianna Golodryga @biannagolodryga
Which would corroborate @FT reporting from last month. “Donald Trump told Chinese president Xi Jinping last month that the US would tone down criticism of Beijing’s approach to Hong Kong following massive protests in the territory in order to revive trade talks with China.”
End tweets.
FFS Trump fucks EVERYTHING UP. ETTD, Rick Wilson called that one.
So he sold out Hong Kong for nothing, given he has since declared more tariffs and then wimped out? He is such a fucking fool. Literally endangering the geopolitical world we built at Bretton Woods with no end game or game plan.
Just… 😑
One last thing, to remind us about the good:
https://twitter.com/soledadobrien/status/1161830293285867522
Hopefully we can make the system better for people like him in 2020.
A compassionate teacher opening her heart to a former student. Sweet! “What the world needs now is love, sweet love.” Thanks for sharing.
Welp, this will be everywhere tomorrow:
Autopsy finds broken bones in Jeffrey Epstein’s neck, deepening questions around his death
“Among the bones broken in Epstein’s neck was the hyoid bone, which in men is near the Adam’s apple. Such breaks can occur in those who hang themselves, particularly if they are older, according to forensics experts and studies on the subject. But they are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation, the experts said.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/autopsy-finds-broken-bones-in-jeffrey-epsteins-neck-deepening-questions-around-his-death/2019/08/14
Important to note:
“The age of the deceased is also important, Arden said. The hyoid starts out as three small bones with joint-like connections but hardens during middle age into a u-shape that can break more easily.”
Later expert specifically says it doesn’t exclude suicide by hanging. I hope there is good video of the corridor at least, we don’t need distractions.
Meh, maybe, maybe not. Two things, the actual autopsy is not out yet, Baden has not weighed inland there are no toxicology results yet. We’ll see. I am sure this is creating a fever wave in the conspiracy nuts, I’ll wait for more evidence. Because everything reported at WaPo (yer link was bad by the way) is also consistent with strangulation by improvised hanging.
Shit, I thought I was taking out trackers, but I guess I wasn’t. Original link had way more random character strings than WaPo links usually have so I just shipped it.
I’m not a techie :-/
Oh, here is my neat thing for today. Even though I’m gonna try to crash back out.
https://twitter.com/SteveCapus/status/1161824916435546112
Oh definitely: they’re all assuming that “broken bones” require at least one other person involved.
Exactly, but it absolutely doesn’t require it, and his hanging may have been awkward given an improvised positioning in jail cell. Unless this is going to lead to Barr’s ouster though, we got bigger issues.
If I’m remembering the article correctly it’s ~25% that have broken bones. Plus honestly who knows what this guys health and neck was like, he *was* entering old age. Though I find my cutoff of old age keeps increasing as I age. ;)
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OH Wonderful news, not perfect but good.
“ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to stop using its outdated voting machines after this year and to be ready with hand-marked paper ballots if its new system isn’t in place for the presidential primaries.
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg’s 153-page ruling Thursday is not a complete victory for either side.”
https://apnews.com/abd2949881514e42a50f2025595c9c2a
I’m not real sure what condition my own neckbones are in – but I’m not going to try that method of finding out. I did know a guy in Texas who lived in a halo because his neckbones were so fragile that the doctors were afraid he’d move his head and die. (I had CT and PET scans a couple of years ago; I have “mild degenerative spinal enthesopathy”, according to the report. Unfortunately it didn’t say *where* along my spine.)
Curiouser and curiouser.
Jeffrey Epstein Spent Time Alone With Young Female Prison Visitor
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardbehar/2019/08/15/jeffrey-epstein-spent-time-alone-with-young-female-prison-visitor/
What is “curious” about this? Weingarten sent over an associate to talk to Epstein. So what?
From the WaPo article: “Arden, who was not involved in the Epstein autopsy, said that in general, a finding of a broken hyoid requires pathologists to conduct more extensive investigation. That investigation can include analysis of the location of the noose, how narrow the noose is, and if the body experienced any substantial drop in the course of the hanging.”
Will there have been much actual evidence preserved or recorded at the scene? I imagine it was bedlam as soon as he was discovered.
Thanks Rayne. The list is growing. (Good choice of music)
FYI: Article about the Mueller report and how many times it was downloaded. The question is: how many people actually read it?
We Found Out How Many Times the Mueller Report Has Been Downloaded
POLITICO used a Freedom of Information Act request to find out just how much interest the Russia report generated.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/15/mueller-report-downloaded-1464189
The court rejected the claim that the “shelters” for detained immigrants don’t have to provide soap or toothbrushes:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Trump-team-loses-in-defense-of-migrant-shelters-14306962.php
WSJ is reporting that Tr*mp apparently thinks he can buy Greenland.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/15/1879311/-Donald-Trump-has-been-pestering-aides-about-buying-Greenland
Wall St. tells Pelosi and other House members who are on the fence what to do about impeachment. Look at who their donors are. I support Shahid Buttar to primary out Pelosi.
https://jacobinmag.com/2019/07/nancy-pelosi-shahid-buttar-primary-challenge
The court cases that the Dems are pursuing are all-important, IMO. I’m not a lawyer, but it would seem that a totally lawless, Mafiosi-type of executive, such as we have now, would only reveal docs with force applied. There’s plenty of dirt to be revealed, if one can get past the stonewall.
Good, but infuriating read:
How an Online Mob Created a Playbook for a Culture War Five years ago, a series of vile events changed the way we fight online https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/15/opinion/what-is-gamergate.html?smid=tw-share
Charlie Warzel AUG. 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1162349097954750464
6:03 AM – 16 Aug 2019
…links to:
https://twitter.com/amarimow/status/1162329685981835264
4:46 AM – 16 Aug 2019
A federal judge in D.C. hit ‘reply all,’ and now there’s a formal question about his decorum [link] Ann E. Marimow August 16 at 6:45 AM
Vladeck’s “TROUBLING” is correct.
This is about Sullivan and Randolph
and climate change politics
and SO MUCH more than “decorum”.
Randolph has been a jerk for a very long time.
His animosity toward not only climate science but toward Judge Sullivan is apparent in his initial screed. Two weeks later he says:
…again passing judgement on both. No apology.
Perhaps in response to [1]:
But what’s the answer to [2]? Interesting that:
RAYNE,
NEW:
REP. ANTHONY BROWN D-MD-04 https://twitter.com/RepAnthonyBrown/status/1162363756002840578 7:01 AM – 16 Aug 2019
[Does this count?]
[#WhipIt — sadly, Brown’s weak sauce declaration will count. What a chickenshit. Thanks, harpie. /~Rayne]
He supports what Nadler is currently doing, which is NOT a “formal inquiry”.
Tell the committee that, please.
They have been apprised. Are sticking by Nadler’s story for now.
REP. BEN LUJAN D-NM-03
https://lujan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/lujn-statement-on-impeachment-inquiry
August 19, 2019
[Adding a hashtag so I can find these when I’m drafting a fresh whip count post: #WhipIt — thanks, harpie! /~Rayne]
Rep Dan Beyer on Lujan:
https://twitter.com/RepDonBeyer/status/1163502761482293249
10:27 AM – 19 Aug 2019
Kyle D. Cheney:
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1163500937480232962 10:20 AM – 19 Aug 2019
The GOP way:
Memo reveals a House Republican strategy on shootings: downplay white nationalism, blame left
The GOP memo falsely pinned the El Paso massacre and other notable mass shootings on the left
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/08/16/memo-reveals-a-house-republican-strategy-on-shootings-downplay-white-nationalism-blame-left/
#RIPGOP
And when they’re not blaming “the left”, they’re blaming mental illness or video games (all of those exist worldwide – but other countries don’t have 1+ firearm per capita, mostly loose rather than locked in armories).