Anti-social Federal & State of Georgia Political Actions & Legislation: Jan 20th, 2017 – Present
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- House Republicans pull plan to gut independent ethics committee – CNN By Deirdre Walsh, Manu Raju and Stephen Collinson, CNN – January 3, 2017
- House Republicans Vote to End Rule Stopping Coal Mining Debris From Being Dumped in Streams – Time Magazine – Feb. 1, 2017
- Trump to halt Obama fiduciary rule – Bloomberg News – Feb. 3th, 2017
- Lawmakers in ten states have recently proposed laws that would make it a serious crime to assemble in groups and express political dissent. – Feb. 11, 2017
- Trump Administration becomes subject of Congressional panel investigating Campaign/Administration ties to Russia. – Feb. 17, 2017
- House Republicans advance nine pieces of legislation intended to deprive citizens of a host of protections for citizen and national resources – Mar 4, 2017
- Republican effort to replace the ACA with a widely disliked alternate bill fails – House Speaker Ryan pulls the bill without allowing a vote on it – Mar 24, 2016
- House Republicans launch effort to repeal Endangered Species Act – Mar 29, 2017
- First steps taken to transfer oversight of the US Internet to the FTC from the FCC – Mar 29, 2017
- The House voted to restrict the kind of scientific studies and data that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can use to justify new regulations. – Mar 29, 2017
- House and Senate voted to prevent any Federal funds going to any health care agency that performs abortions in any measure as any part of their services – Mar 30, 2017
- Federal Judge approves $25 Million Settlement in class action lawsuit against Trump University – Mar 31, 2017
- House passes a bill that requires applicants for unemployment benefits be drug tested before receiving benefits. – Apr. 2, 2017
- Trump signed House Joint Resolution 69 (HJR 69) into law which liberalized “hunting and trapping regulations for wolves and bears,” allowing controversial killing practices that wildlife advocates deem inhumane. – Apr 3rd, 2017
- Trump signs bill allowing States to choose Title X compensation distributions for agencies based on the agency’s support for abortion – Apr 13th, 2017
- House passes bill to repeal the ACA – May 4th, 2017
- Trump signs executive order which directs the IRS to exercise “maximum enforcement discretion” over the Johnson amendment, which prevents churches and other tax-exempt religious organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates – May 4th, 2017
- Trump fires James Comey, the head of the FBI for what Trump claims was Comey’s handling of the Clinton email scandal or the Russian investigation – May 9th, 2017
- North Carolina Senate Republicans vote to strip educational funding in Democratic districts – May 15th, 2017
- Continuing the Administration’s relentless deconstruction of Obama era environment actions Trump cancels America’s participation in the “Paris Accord” on Climate – June 1, 2017
- House passes CHOICE bill which attempts to gut the Dodd-Frank and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – June 8th, 2017
- Trump utters “both sides at fault” regarding violence at alt-right Chancellorsville rally – Aug 16, 2017
- Trump signs Transgender ban prohibiting transgender military service – Aug 25, 2017
- Trump issues pardon to Arizona Sheriff Arpaio – Aug. 27, 2017
- Sanders and 15 other Senators introduce “Medicare for All” bill…and get immediate push-back from the health insurance lobby – Sep. 13th, 2017
- Trump gets nasty on Twitter regarding kneeling NFL players – Sept 25, 2017
- Tom Price, the head of HHS resigns after being called out by Politico for spending over $1 million in public funds for private air travel – Sept 29th, 2017
- Trump cancels support payments for the ACA – Oct 13th 2017
- Senate Kills Rule On Class-Action Suits Against Financial Companies – Oct 25th, 2017
- 83 House members send letter to AG Sessions demanding judicial action against Standing Rock protesters – Oct 27, 2017
- Zinke graft episode with 2 person company: Whitefish, over $300M contract for electrical grid in Puerto Rico – Oct 29th, 2017
- Special prosecutor Mueller issues first arrest warrant, 21 count indictment, on former campaign manager Paul Manafort – Oct 30, 2017
- Trump supports, then cancels support for elephant trophy hunting – Nov. 15th, 2017
- Trump causes outrage in the UK, and cancellation of State visit offer for re-tweeting racist anti-Muslim slams – Nov 29th, 2017
- Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI about his efforts with Kushner to torpedo a UN Security Council resolution criticizing Israeli settlements. – Dec 1st, 2017
- Senate passes Tax Reform bill opposed by 74% of the public, with 51 Republicans no Democrats supporting it – Dec. 2nd, 2017
- Trump & RNC Officially Endorse Child Molester Roy Moore for Senate from Alabama – Dec. 4th, 2017
- FCC votes along party lines to kill net neutrality – Dec. 14, 2017
- Senate Republicans vote to install Federal Judges ruled “unqualified” by ABA – Dec. 15th, 2015
- Administration orders multiple Federal Agencies to avoid using “seven banned words” – Dec. 17th, 2017
- Congress passes Tax Reform Bill opposed by 72% of Americans – Dec. 21st, 2017
- Trump commutes the prison sentence of orthodox Jew who was imprisoned for money laundering – Dec 22nd, 2017
- While on the field at the NCAA National Championship Football Game in Atlanta, Trump flubs the words to the Star Spangled Banner – Jan 8th, 2018
- Instead of crafting a “smart bill” to rein in a couple of bad actors, the House votes to gut the ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act. – Feb 19th, 2018
- Republicans in the Georgia House vote to penalized Delta for canceling a discount to the NRA – Mar 2nd, 2018
- Trump causes havoc in International markets by saying he wants to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum – Mar 3rd, 2018
- Trump signs resolution allowing coal mines to dump effluents into waterways – Mar 4th, 2018
- trump fires FBI Deputy Director McCabe and seeks to prevent McCable from receiving his pension after 20 years of service – Mar 17th, 2018
- Guccifer 2.0 identified as Russian Intelligence Officer – Mar 24th, 2018
- White House announced new tariffs on $100Bn in Chinese-made goods – and tries to deflect blame for the trade war Trump started – Apr 6th, 2018
- China announced it will attach tariffs on American-made goods in response – Apr 6th, 2018
- trump pulls America out of the JCPOA Agreement with Iran – May 8th, 2018
- White House Aide issues vile comment: “it doesn’t matter, because he’ll be dead soon” – about Sen. McCain – May 10th, 2018
- US Embassy opens in Jerusalem in defiance of United Nations agreements – May 14th, 2018
- Fannin County Georgia School Board votes to arm teachers with handguns – May 27th, 2018
- Trump Administration puts tariffs on steel and aluminum from US trading partners EU, Canada and Mexico – June 1, 2018
- trump threatens G7 leaders in Canada – June 9th, 2018
- The two “Great Leaders” meet in Singapore and Kim walks away with the prize: June 12th, 2018
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