Let’s wrap this Freepathon up, Folks!
Posted on 02/13/2019 10:09:55 AM PST by jazusamo
Republicans took the first official step Wednesday toward a rules change that would allow the Senate to speed up votes on some of the president’s nominees — setting the stage for what’s likely to become a “nuclear” confrontation.
While pleading for bipartisanship, GOP senators made clear they’ll likely act no matter what on a plan to cut the amount of debate time after filibusters to two hours on most presidential nominees, down from the 30 hours currently allowed under the rules.
The 10-9 party-line vote made clear that bipartisanship is unlikely, leaving Republicans with only one option if they want to force the new rules through in time for President Trump to benefit: use the “nuclear option” to approve the changes on a majority vote.
“Make no mistake. The Republicans can change this, and will,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican.
The issue, Republicans say, is that even though Democrats can’t unilaterally stop nominees, now that it takes just a majority vote to overcome a filibuster, they can still insist on using the full 30 hours’ debate that’s allowed even when a filibuster has been defeated.
And Democrats have done that repeatedly to Mr. Trump delaying his ability to fill hundreds of vacancies.
Democrats acknowledged things have gone off the rails, but blamed Republicans for poisoning the well when they blocked one of President Barack Obama’s prominent picks, Judge Merrick Garland, from earning a seat on the Supreme Court.
Several Democratic senators said they would be fine with giving a future president a speedier path for nominees — but won’t do it for Mr. Trump.
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They have no actual principles -- they are just childish.
Yep, and they come right out and admit they have no integrity.
...ONLY if McTurtle says so.
Republicans just need to tell the Democrats that the next Democratic president can expect the same pace on nominations that Trump is afforded. If they object to this, ask them how they want to remedy the current situation.
Slow is why Mitch McConnell is know as the Turdle.
Mitch doesn’t want Trump getting what all other Presidents got, namely an administration.
So many staff, ambassadors, UN USA rep, AG of US., 80 federal judges.
This is why Trump needs to spend so much time daily on the job.
Mitch is a POS. UpChuck runs the Senate from the minority.
“Make no mistake. The Republicans can change this, and will,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican.
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Well, what’s taking so long...it’s the middle of February already. Mach schnell!
Let’s wrap this Freepathon up, Folks!
The GOP controlled the Senate when Garland was nominated. That is far different then the minority stopping legitimate nominees.
how about make everything majority and focus on winning elections and listening to your constituents?
I’m sick of hearing about Merrick Garland. After they forced Obamacare on the country in the dead of the night when no one on either side had actually read it they have nothing to complain about.
What McConnell did has been done many times before when the Senate is led by the opposite political party of POTUS and it is an election year.
Of the 159 nominations for Supreme Court Justice that presidents have submitted to the Senate for confirmation, the Senate has rejected only 12. The first rejection was George Washington’s nomination of John Rutledge to be Chief Justice in 1795; the last, Ronald Reagan’s nominee for Associate Justice, Robert H. Bork, in 1987.
In addition to rejecting nominees, the Senate has failed to approve 24 additional nominees by postponing confirmation, taking no action, or by acting in ways that have encouraged nominees to withdraw from consideration, as with Harriet Miers in 2005.
Nearly 60 percent of rejections have occurred when the president and a majority of senators have been members of opposing political parties. Nearly half of the failed conferrals were nominated in a president’s final year in office. One-third of failed appointments were nominations by presidents who had not been elected to office.
https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/22435
Bump!
I’d almost bet my life savings if McConnell doesn’t enact it the Democrats will on the first day they retake control of the Senate.
I read stories like this and this to myself...this is not going to end well if the Dems get back in power.
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...and then vote to put all the Dem senators in a smallish sailing craft and tow them into the Bermuda Triangle...
The DemonRats have used the Merrick Garland excuse for obstructing everything for too long. The retired DemonRat Harry Reid used the nuclear option in recent history and it is about time Mitch did the same.
UIrts way overdue. The GOP Senate should have done this back in 2017.
The RNC called me. Immediately started off with the fake news media, the liberals, the Democrats, blah, blah, blah.
I said they’re not getting a nickel from me until the Republicans in Congress get behind the President’s agenda.
I said Mitch McConnell can start by letting the president make recess appointments to the courts! I said please relay the message to Rhonna McDaniels and Mitch McConnell.
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