.@repmarkpocan says if @SpeakerVos “does get too clever … I’ll come back from D.C and do what I have to.”
Vos and WI Republicans have talked about limiting some executive powers before @Tony4WI takes office. Pocan and Vos are in opposite parties, but are friends.
Vos and WI Republicans have talked about limiting some executive powers before @Tony4WI takes office. Pocan and Vos are in opposite parties, but are friends.
.@repmarkpocan names priorities for House Democrats:
🔸Access to health care/prescription drug pricing
🔸Minimum wage
🔸Infrastructure
🔸Election/campaign finance/ethics reform
🔸Access to health care/prescription drug pricing
🔸Minimum wage
🔸Infrastructure
🔸Election/campaign finance/ethics reform
.@repmarkpocan says @NancyPelosi committed to give more committee representation to Progressive Caucus. “I am waiting to have a personal conversation with her before I announce any decision … I would say the odds are that Nancy Pelosi is the next Speaker at this point.”
.@repmarkpocan on difference between Freedom Caucus and Progressive Caucus: "They were a caucus of saying no. We’re largely a caucus of saying yes."
.@repmarkpocan on impeachment: Waiting for Mueller report, “trying to be patient.”
“If the president did nothing and there’s nothing to show, then let it run its course.”
“If the president did nothing and there’s nothing to show, then let it run its course.”
.@repmarkpocan on Trump response to murder of Jamal Khashoggi: "You need to have a stronger response than the Crown Prince being the BFF of Jared Kushner. It’s our moral obligation as a nation to do more, and I don’t know if this president will."
.@repmarkpocan says he still believes ICE should be abolished, but majority of House Democrats aren't quite there. He expects focus will instead be on detention beds, family separation policies.
.@repmarkpocan discusses Wisconsin legislative Republicans' plans to limit incoming Dem governor's powers: "Robin’s a better person than what he’s putting out there and I hope he has a serious reflection over Thanksgiving." Says he and @SpeakerVos "have been texting" a bit.
.@repmarkpocan on potential lame-duck proposals from @SpeakerVos: "Robin is very smart. He’s always playing three moves ahead of most of the other people in the room, and I think a lot of this could still be about gerrymandering and redistricting. I’m very concerned."
