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Bill Sponsorship: COVFEFE Act
Source: Bill sponsorship H. R. 2884
A BILL to require the preservation of Presidential social media accounts. This Act may be cited as the "Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement Act of 2017" or the "COVFEFE Act of 2017".- Requirement for preservation of social media accounts.
- Include "social media" with "films" and other media to be preserved.
- Include any personal and official social media account.
- Define the term 'social media' as "any form of electronic communication (such as a website for social networking and microblogging) through which users create an online community to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)."
MSN.com explanation: @realDonaldTrump tweeted at 12:06 a.m.: "Despite the constant negative press covfefe". The tweet stood alone -- nothing before it, or after it. Trump deleted the tweet at some point in the 5 a.m. hour, but #covfefe is now a trending hashtag on Twitter. Most people took the "covfefe" to be a typo, although Press Secretary Sean Spicer told the media that the term was used intentionally: "The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant," he said. Presidential records must be preserved, according to the Presidential Records Act, which would make it potentially illegal for the president to delete tweets. Spicer confirmed they should be taken as official presidential statements: "The president is president of the United States so they are considered official statements by the president of the United States," he said.
Also see Term Limits constitutional amendment
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 16.
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Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Technology
- Headline: Permanent preservation of Presidential social media accounts
(Score: 2)
- Headline 2: Sponsored COVFEFE Act top preserve Presidential social media
(Score: 2)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 17-H2884 |
| Yvette Clarke |
s1s | New York Democrat | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Steve Cohen |
s1s | Tennessee Democrat | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Jim Costa |
s1s | California Democrat | Jun 15, 2017 |
| Danny Davis |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jun 15, 2017 |
| Peter Defazio |
s1s | Oregon Democrat | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Luis Gutierrez |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jun 15, 2017 |
| Hakeem Jeffries |
s1s | New York Democrat | Jun 15, 2017 |
| Barbara Lee |
s1s | California Democrat | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Ted Lieu |
s1s | California Democratic House Member | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Dan Lipinski |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Betty McCollum |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Gregory Meeks |
s1s | New York Dem./Working-Families | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Jerrold Nadler |
s1s | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | Jun 15, 2017 |
| Frank Pallone |
s1s | New Jersey Democrat | Jun 22, 2017 |
| Mike Quigley |
s2p | Illinois Democrat | |
| Bobby Rush |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jun 15, 2017 |
| Jan Schakowsky |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jun 22, 2017 |
| Darren Soto |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Jun 13, 2017 |
Republicans
participating in 17-H2884 |
Independents
participating in 17-H2884 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
18
Republicans:
0
Independents:
0 |
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