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Sen. Inhofe threatens filibuster to block Hagel
The Hill ^

Posted on 02/10/2013 6:25:30 PM PST by SMGFan

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) on Sunday threatened to filibuster former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.)'s nomination for Defense secretary, if necessary to prevent his confirmation. “I want a 60-vote margin and you don’t have to filibuster to get that,” said Inhofe in an interview on Fox News. “I would threaten to cause a 60-vote margin. If it took a filibuster, I’d do it that way.” Inhofe, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that requiring 60 votes to confirm nominees was common and dismissed suggestions that GOP colleagues would be reluctant to back him.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Nebraska; US: Oklahoma; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chuckhagel; iran; jamesinhofe; nebraska; oklahoma; waronterror
Please do not threaten. Either do it or don't.
1 posted on 02/10/2013 6:25:34 PM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Mr. Hagel really sounds like a very bad selection for this important job.

(And it will be welcome news if the Congress/Senate actually start doing their jobs a little bit, instead of just applauding O or rolling over and licking themselves every time he orders them to...)


2 posted on 02/10/2013 6:41:04 PM PST by faithhopecharity
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To: faithhopecharity
Mr. Hagel really sounds like a very bad selection for this important job.

I agree, and so is that other dip stick that Obozo wants for CIA chief.

3 posted on 02/10/2013 6:46:26 PM PST by Mark17 (California, where English is a foreign language)
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To: Mark17

Hagel is both completely incompetent and ideologically odious. In other words, the perfect Obama malAdministration candidate.


4 posted on 02/10/2013 7:42:18 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (What word begins with "O" and ends in economic collapse?)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Hagel is both completely incompetent and ideologically odious. In other words, the perfect Obama malAdministration candidate.

Roger that.

5 posted on 02/10/2013 7:47:08 PM PST by Mark17 (California, where English is a foreign language)
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