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Republicans quickly move to block Obama’s Commerce secretary pick
The Daily Caller ^ | 5/31/11 | Paul Conner

Posted on 05/31/2011 3:06:32 PM PDT by Nachum

The ink was barely dry on President Barack Obama’s nomination for Secretary of Commerce before congressional Republicans promised to oppose the pick.

California Rep. Darrel Issa, chairman of the House oversight committee, took aim at John Bryson, the nominee, calling him a “green evangelist.”

Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Inhofe promised to work “actively” to defeat Bryson’s nomination. Inhofe, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, said Tuesday that Obama’s choice shows “that he has no intention of backing down from his job-killing agenda.”

In a statement, Issa decried Obama’s choice to head the Department of Commerce, the government agency charged with creating jobs and economic growth.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: block; bryson; commerce; inhofe; issa; obama; obamas; quickly; republicans

1 posted on 05/31/2011 3:06:40 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

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2 posted on 05/31/2011 3:07:38 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Strike 1 - He is an attorney
Strike 2 - Yale Law School
Strike 3 - Helped found and served as general counsel of National Resources Defense Council
Strike 4 - Served as Chairman of the California Water Resources Control Board
Strike 5 - Served as President of the California Public Utilities Commission
Strike 6 - His only real private sector experience was serving as Chairman & CEO of Edison International, the parent company of a regulated utility - Southern California Edison

This nominee is a poster child for the big company alliance with big government. He won’t do a thing for small businesses and entrepreneurs who create most jobs in America. He is a member of the elite establishment.


3 posted on 05/31/2011 3:49:27 PM PDT by Soul of the South (When times are tough the tough get going.)
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To: Nachum

thanks for posting. This is the kind of unreported story that is so important, and glad some in the GOP are showing some spine on it.

These are the unelected and unaccountable and unknown bureaucrats that are killing the economy much more so than the tax rates.


4 posted on 05/31/2011 3:56:32 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: Nachum

I want the Repubs to fight every single freaking thing issuing from the fetid White House. Doesn’t matter what/who it is. NO! Should be the response.

And let’s get rid of every czar, and any Sectrary that’s in charge of something not mandated by the Constitution.


5 posted on 05/31/2011 4:14:03 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Nachum
the government agency charged with creating jobs and economic growth.

WTF? That's simply not true. The Commerce Dept. has a variety of functions but not job creation. To my knowledge, no government agency is charged with that function. That's the purpose of the private sector.

6 posted on 05/31/2011 5:54:07 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: OldPossum

I should have added “economic growth” after “job creation” in my comment to be consistent with the post.


7 posted on 05/31/2011 5:55:41 PM PDT by OldPossum
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