Eager to avoid a government shutdown, House Republicans have offered up a 'clean' stopgap to fund the government for another 45 days sans Ukraine aid. Desperate to delay the vote, Democrat Jamaal Bowman had a totally rational, legal, and ethical response: to pull the fire alarm, setting off chaos…
Eager to avoid a government shutdown, House Republicans have offered up a"clean" stopgap to fund the government for another 45 days sans Ukraine aid. Desperate to delay the vote, Democrat Jamaal Bowman had a totally rational, legal, and ethical response: to pull the fire alarm, setting off chaos in Cannon.STUDENT LOAN RESTART: PAYMENTS TO BEGIN AGAIN AS FEDERAL PAUSE ENDS IN ONE DAY
The lesser offense, a false emergency report, is a misdemeanor under District of Columbia law and punishable by up to six months in prison and a $1,000 fine. Falsely pulling a fire alarm probably also constitutes illegal obstruction of congressional proceedings, a felony under federal law, and could conceivably be tried as an obstruction of justice charge under D.C.
As a pragmatic matter, Bowman's gambit was a failure. Kevin McCarthy's compromise succeeded by a margin of 126 votes, with only one Democrat voting against keeping the government open for business. As a legal matter, it was likely a crime at least two times over. As a moral matter, it was a travesty.
Refusal to demand that Bowman bow out of Congress would be interpreted as a tacit endorsement of his criminal incompetence, as it should be.
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