The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act that will roll back Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s expansion of asset forfeiture.

Amendment number 126 was sponsored by a bipartisan group of nine members, led by Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash. He was joined by Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna of California; Washington state’s Pramila Jayapal, a rising progressive star; and Hawaii’s Tulsi Gabbard.

Civil asset forfeiture is a practice by which law enforcement can take assets from a person who is suspected of a crime, even without a charge or conviction. Sessions revived the Justice Department’s Equitable Sharing Program, which allowed state and local police agencies to take assets and then give them to the federal government — which would in turn give a chunk back to the local police. This served as a way for these local agencies to skirt past state laws designed to limit asset forfeiture.

The amendment would roll back Sessions’ elimination of the Obama-era reforms.

Youseff wrote:the Trumpies thing HR McMaster is somehow a Soros plant, which means millions of Americans think Soros somehow outsmarted Trump and got him to appoint McMaster.

jerseyhoya wrote:Was driving home from work, in traffic, and came upon a car with Virginia tags that had a KASICH and DAVIS bumper sticker. I figured it was an old Tom Davis sticker and thought to myself, I probably would agree with this person a lot talking politics over a beer.

jerseyhoya wrote:Was driving home from work, in traffic, and came upon a car with Virginia tags that had a KASICH and DAVIS bumper sticker. I figured it was an old Tom Davis sticker and thought to myself, I probably would agree with this person a lot talking politics over a beer. As I got closer I saw to my chagrin it was a Glenn Davis bumper sticker, a fellow I had not heard of but is apparently running for VA LG. And as I rolled by the driver was actually Tom Davis.

/good story

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:Heritage foundation's letter to Sessions about Kolbach's voter suppression...errr I mean fraud commission




Hans von Spakovsky, who wrote the letter, is of course on the commission

Soren wrote:Who is doing more to undermine the democratic process, the GOP or Russia?

Youseff wrote:

Soren wrote:Who is doing more to undermine the democratic process, the GOP or Russia?

GOP, I'd say. Mitch McConnell knew what was happening before the election and threatened to make it political if Obama did anything. Seems like Ryan with his weird jokes also knew something. Those are your leaders. At the very least McConnell knowingly allowed a foreign entity to influence our elections.