Posted on 02/15/2017 11:24:25 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Just saw this on Fox News. No details yet.
I agree completely
Most likely social security tax. That’s the only tax an employer is responsible for, other than doing the withholding. But the employee is responsible for truiing that up.
TPP dead
Obamacare dying
Market way up
More jobs
Israel supported
Conservative SCOTUS
Crackdown on illegals
Etcetera
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Great list and biggies yet to come:
Destroy the next NK or Iranian missile on the launching pad.
Announce new accord with Russia (”Christian axis”)
Tax cut plan
Accelerate deportations
Start the prosecutions for clinton/establishment corruption
Start construction on wall.
Announce how Mex will pay (captured drug loot?)
Withdraw from climate treaties
Withdraw from U.N.
Withdraw from WTO / NAFTA
So many more!
Let me guess: Collins, Grahamquacker, McNut, ...
Is that a fair start on guessing who the 7 are?
Sometimes by taking a step back you can see a better path to victory
TPP dead
Obamacare dying
Market way up
More jobs
Israel supported
Conservative SCOTUS
Crackdown on illegals
Etcetera
Yeah, President Trump is doing fine. It’s the backstabbing RINOs I am worried about. Leadership is doing the absolute minimum and that is not enough to defeat the rampaging Dems.
Looks like the Media-Democrat axis won another one.
I agree. It is infuriating!
John Thune (S.D.), Rob Portman (Ohio), and Thom Tillis (N.C.) said that they were “on the fence.” Susan Collins (Maine), Johnny Isakson (Ga.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Tim Scott (S.C.) announced that they would vote no.
The Gang of 8 Bill he was endorsing was largely about giving amnesty to illegal aliens and flooding the market with unskilled laborers.
Ah ... the high latitude sisters, of course.
The fencesitters are either holding out for $$$ from El Presidente or they are still thinking they wear halos or that Trump wears horns.
What’s with the deep south bros? Nevermind, a casualty nonetheless.
“Pudzer, a restaurant executive and Trump campaign supporter, had attracted widespread criticism regarding his business record and personal background. Additionally, a prominent conservative publication [The National Review] announced its opposition to the pick on Wednesday, saying that Puzder’s support for more legal immigration is at odds with Trump’s position.
Some Republican senators initially said they were withholding support until they could see how the political novice fared at his confirmation hearing, which was scheduled for Thursday morning. But as Wednesday progressed, it became clear to Republican Senate leaders that they did not have the votes to confirm him.”
http://www.timesunion.com/news/politics/article/McConnell-says-Puzder-lacks-votes-to-win-10935155.php
With Puzder’s withdrawal, the GOP rebel Senators seem to be emboldened. Now, the OMB nominee Rick Mulvaney seems at risk, too. McCain has declared he will vote against him and Thad Cochran is unsure. We could have another situation where Pence will have to come in to break a tie.
Some ... SOME Senate GOP dumbbells think they know better than the President.
Their only role is to ensure the nominees are not crooks or traitors. The political views of nominees have no bearing on why this President nominated them because they serve at the pleasure of the President whose views are the only relevant ones.
Other Freepers have posted that Pudzer knows very well how regulations hamper businesses and that this aspect of his background is what the President wanted.
Similar observations go with the nominations of Tillerson and Mnuchin. Their views are irrelevant as they will be on a leash held tightly by President Trump. It is their background and experience that is important in the execution of the policies of the President, not their views.
In the War Between The States, General U.S. Grant was deemed unacceptable as a candidate for Command of the Union Army because of his love of whiskey, his frequent drunken behavior and lack of social graces. But those things were never relevant. What was relevant to the President was his ability to win battles and to strategize a campaign for defeating the forces of rebellion. Nothing else mattered.
I sense the Congress is going to feel the heat shortly if these kinds of outcomes continue.
The first high profile cabinet nominee to be rejected was Roger Taney in 1834, Andrew Jackson’s nominee for Secretary of the Treasury. Taney was rejected 28-18 over his position regarding the Second Bank of the United States. A year later Jackson appointed Taney to the Supreme Court as Chief Justice.
Rejected Obama cabinet appointees: Bill Richardson for Secreatary of Commerce due to federal investigation into some of his political donors. He withdrew himself from the nomination.
Obama tried to replace Richardson with Republican Senator Judd Gregg. If Gregg had been confirmed it would have given the Democrats a super-majority in the Senate. Gregg ended up withdrawing his name.
And Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle was paid $220,000 in speaking fees from healthcare providers, and was paid $16 million as an advisor to healthcare lobbying groups in the time between his departure from the US Senate and his nomination. Daschle pulled his name from nomination.
Understand but I am not hearing any opposition to his views on MATTERS PERTINENT TO HIS JOB, LABOR. Labor is not DHS so Puzder would have no opportunity to influence border policy. His purview would be regulations and how they stifle businesses and business startups.
Your examples:
Taney was in line for Sec Treas and was grilled on matters of a Bank of US which was directly in his job descript.
Richardson was in league with crooks, knowingly or not. Can’t have that period FULL STOP.
Daschle was a crook as evidenced by his corruption. Again FULL STOP.
Puzder has an opinion on open borders IRRELEVANT! That subject belongs to General Kelly in DHS.
Puzder had a maid who was illegal. Did he know she was illegal? Maybe she was hired via a service that did not screen her properly.
I once hired a subcontractor for a project who went and hired a whole group of illegals. When I found out about it, I fired him. But it could be said that I hired illegals. It could also have been that I didn’t uncover my sub had hired illegals because it might have been possible that he got them to do what he wanted before I noticed. I uncovered it via a site check which was a bit of luck. But who was responsible here? Have to look hard at the facts and not hang a person for no good reason. I would have told some of those perfumed GOP poofs on the Senate floor to go eff themselves.
I’m not a Puzder fan, but these leaks and media attacks need to get KO’ed and fast.
Well...I’m sure you’re thrilled with the new nominee....Al Acosta?!?!
Don’t know anything about him.
Watch the news conference in 20 min.
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