Cameron Lancaster
Posted on 04/26/2016 4:58:43 PM PDT by jazusamo
Cameron Lancaster
Senate Republicans blocked a slate of President Obama's lower court nominees Tuesday.
"The judicial confirmation process has been at a crawl for years. Now it has come to a functional standstill," said Schumer, who is expected to be the next Senate Democratic leader.
The Senate's top Republicans teamed up to block the Democratic efforts. Majority LeaderMitch McConnell objected to requests from Schumer and Hirono and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) objected to two requests from Cardin.
McConnell said the debate boils down to if the Senate is treating Obama's nominees the same way it treated past presidents' picks. He noted that at this point under President George W. Bush the Senate had confirmed 303 nominees compared to Obama's 324.
Hirono fired back that the battle over the court nominees is about "the Senate doing its job."
Democrats have repeatedly come to the Senate floor to try to move Obama nominees with little success. They note that since Republicans took back control of the Senate last year, senators have voted on 17 judicial nominations.
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) said neither Republicans or Democrats were wholly to blame, but "as long as the other side is saying that we're holding things up, I've got to point out that it's not just a one-sided thing."
The back-and-forth on the Senate floor comes amid a larger, entrenched battle over filling the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Josh Earnest, a spokesman for the White House, said Tuesday that Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland will meet with six senators this week, including three Republicans.
While 11 GOP senators have met with Obama's nominee so far, senators are showing no signs that they support moving forward with his nomination. Only two Republicans — Sen. Mark Kirk(Ill.) and Susan Collins (Maine) — back giving him a hearing.
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who is up for reelection, said Tuesday that the GOP strategy is "without precedent."
"There’s a reason why no Senate has ever had the audacity to do what this Senate is doing right now, because of how clear that mission is," he added.
Bennet met with Garland earlier this month.
It is an election year...amazing how they start acting like an opposition party then.
......gonna have to pick me up from the floor where I collapsed after hearing this........
I hear you.
Yeah! Seven years and nineteen trillion in debt late.
There getting a spine because of no nonsense trump who looks to be the next president. You can act tough when you have your father behind you
The Wide Latina and the knee-jerk, mindless Lib were plenty too much of confirmed appointments.
“Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) said neither Republicans or Democrats were wholly to blame, but “as long as the other side is saying that we’re holding things up, I’ve got to point out that it’s not just a one-sided thing.”
Now there is a courageous pronouncement from the double yellow line.
E.X.A.C.T.L.Y.
Well, boo @#$@#$ hoo.
Your tagline: “(SAFE PLACE? A liberal’s mind. Nothing’s there. Nothing can penetrate it.)”
So perfect it cannot be denied.
That photo of Chuckie was unnecessary. He does look bad, though.
If they won’t do their jobs, then we can get a whole slate of Trump candidates to send to Congress in 2018.
That’s the only reason they are doing anything now.
The Republicans should be reading the Democrat’s own words to them from the Congressional Record regarding the refusal to consider Bush’s nominees.
“Hell no.”
Payback is fair...
Let him sulk..
Do you think the Donald Trump situation has finally gotten their attention?
How to bag a liberal.
A blogger wrote that when talking to a liberal,
always mention Bernie in the same sentence as Trump.
This prevents brainlock in a liberal.
The offhandedly say, “There’s so much corruption in politics.”
Mention how super delegates attached to Hillary are preventing poor Bernie from getting the nom.
The blogger confided he actually got a liberal to say, “Hillary should be indicted,” using this method.
I honestly don’t know but it’s possible because Trump seems more like the nominee as each day passes.
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