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GOP suspends rules to push through EPA pick despite Dem boycott
thehill.com ^ | 2/2/17 | Devin Henry and Timothy Cama

Posted on 02/02/2017 10:34:03 AM PST by ColdOne

Republicans on a Senate committee on Thursday suspended panel rules to force a vote on President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominee over a Democratic protest.

Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), changed the rules governing a quorum so that only the panel’s Republicans needed to be in attendance to approve Scott Pruitt’s nomination to lead the EPA.

The committee’s full roster of Republicans — including Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), whose nomination to be attorney general is awaiting consideration on the Senate floor — attended Thursday’s hearing and approved Pruitt on an 11-0 vote.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: cabinet; epa; pruitt; trump; trumpcabinet
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Wow....were did they get their set of balls? I had thought they had been cut off and tossed away decades ago.
1 posted on 02/02/2017 10:34:03 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Trump was right. I’m getting tired of all the winning. My jaw hurts from smiling.


2 posted on 02/02/2017 10:35:36 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: ColdOne

The Dems have taken themselves out of the game and pissed off the American people. They are now irrelevant.


3 posted on 02/02/2017 10:36:49 AM PST by WENDLE (We need to move forward on our 100 new federal judges ASAP .)
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To: ColdOne

When will the vote on DeVos and Sessions be?


4 posted on 02/02/2017 10:36:50 AM PST by pnz1 (#IMNOTWITHHER *not gonna march in a ridiculous hat either)
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Wow....were did they get their set of balls? I had thought they had been cut off and tossed away decades ago

Trump

5 posted on 02/02/2017 10:36:59 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Yeppers!

This is the Trump effect.


6 posted on 02/02/2017 10:38:21 AM PST by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: ColdOne

“Wow....were did they get their set of balls? I had thought they had been cut off and tossed away decades ago.”

I’ve never been a fan of McConnell but this time I think the dems have pushed him too far.


7 posted on 02/02/2017 10:39:42 AM PST by LouisianaJoanof Arc (Proud horrible deplorable)
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To: ColdOne

It didn’t work for them before so they tried it again?


8 posted on 02/02/2017 10:40:07 AM PST by AU72
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To: ColdOne

I really love it when democrats find out they’re not as important as they thought they were.


9 posted on 02/02/2017 10:40:13 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: joshua c

Yes, it shows the impact of top leadership, and what it means for the lower leaders.

Same for the ‘Rats. Upwards of 70 ‘Rat leaders boycotted the inauguration. ‘Rat followers do so in those footsteps, stomping around, boycotting committee meetings, down to the lowest levels, looting and burning.


10 posted on 02/02/2017 10:40:54 AM PST by C210N
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To: joshua c

Apparently, T hormone can be shared by some type of osmotic fusion.


11 posted on 02/02/2017 10:41:05 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: AU72

That’s a dem specialty. Repeat the same behavior over and over again, expecting a different outcome.


12 posted on 02/02/2017 10:42:19 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: WENDLE

Actually, they were irrelevant under Obama.


13 posted on 02/02/2017 10:44:23 AM PST by OLDCU
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To: ColdOne

Keep up the boycotts, Democrats! Your strategy is really paying off!


14 posted on 02/02/2017 10:45:13 AM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

This strategy is designed to appease their base. Americans that don’t follow politics (Which are many) everyday could care less.


15 posted on 02/02/2017 10:48:54 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: ColdOne

They got a leader in the WH with a set.


16 posted on 02/02/2017 10:50:11 AM PST by CityCenter (Why worry about Peak Oil when you have Peak Outrage?)
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To: WENDLE

All leftists can do now is riot in the streets and call for anarchy..they have NOTHING left..the left was this close to getting their Commie dictatorship and they failed so now they are acting out..meanwhile the GOP is FINALLY growing a pair and doing what we put them in office to do..their JOB


17 posted on 02/02/2017 10:52:06 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I agree Sarah. Wonderfully stated. I honestly think they have badly husrt what was left of their credibility after running a criminal for president and then obstructing government. I am praying they shut down the government on the budget while we drain the swamp. OH PLEASE LORD!!!


18 posted on 02/02/2017 10:58:26 AM PST by WENDLE (We need to move forward on our 100 new federal judges ASAP .)
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To: AU72

“It didn’t work for them before so they tried it again?”

They’re masters of doubling down and digging deeper and deeper ...


19 posted on 02/02/2017 10:58:47 AM PST by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: AU72

“It didn’t work for them before so they tried it again?”

They’re masters of doubling down and digging deeper and deeper ...


20 posted on 02/02/2017 10:58:55 AM PST by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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