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U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R) says he needs to be voting!!

Posted on 10/04/2018 4:29:53 PM PDT by RevelationDavid

U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R) says he needs to be in Montana this weekend for his daughter's wedding, throwing Saturday's vote on Kavanaugh in doubt - NBCMT


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: 115th; abortion; brettkavanaugh; daines; kavanaugh; maga; montana; mt2018; scotus; stevedaines; wedding
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To: McGavin999
Fly him on Airforce One

That might be unworkable from a national security standpoint, but I like your thinking and there certainly are equal alternatives (transportation-wise).

This is a no-brainer, only someone just sentenced for a violent felony should be denied the opp to give away his daughter in marriage at a long-planned wedding ceremony.

If McConnell is unable to adjust the voting, Daines should be given access to the oversized craft that Pelosi used to travel coast to coast every weekend.

201 posted on 10/04/2018 5:46:01 PM PDT by frog in a pot (America loved football because it exemplifies its "get off my lawn" spirit; that bothers the left.)
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To: Qiviut

I can’t imagine something won’t be worked out. If democrats had any amount of that “comity” they all talk about, they would agree that the vote could happen on Friday so that Daines could make his daughter’s wedding. No one’s vote is likely to change in the extra 12 hours.


202 posted on 10/04/2018 5:49:36 PM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: upchuck

AP is the source. Still resisting they are. How dumb are some folks here?


203 posted on 10/04/2018 5:50:29 PM PDT by blackberry1
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To: morphing libertarian
weddings planned well in advance. why didn’t mcconnell know this.

Mitch McConnell is supposed to schedule the nation's business around the social calendars of individual Senators' children?

Good grief...

204 posted on 10/04/2018 5:59:36 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Defiant

There will be no ‘comity’ ... the Dems would see this as another chance to attempt to scuttle Kav. They will take ALL 30 hours available for debate after the cloture vote, I’m sure. If agreed, the 30 hours can be dispensed with entirely, but the Dems will never go for that.

Daines said he won’t be present at all on Saturday so that’s problematic - the vote was going to be at 4-5 pm on Saturday. Mitch might have to make the vote later tomorrow, which would push the vote to Sunday if Mitch held everyone for the weekend. Of course, everyone wants to be in their home district campaigning, so being in DC is going to be unpopular. Mitch has threatened to keep the Senate in session over a weekend before - he might do it again.


205 posted on 10/04/2018 6:04:02 PM PDT by Qiviut (McCain & Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP!)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

What time zone is the wedding in? How many hours different than D.C.? How long can they hold the vote open?


206 posted on 10/04/2018 6:04:40 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: edwinland

Closure on Friday, not final.


207 posted on 10/04/2018 6:05:10 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: blackberry1

Oh...my bad. It’s now the Wash Post that is reporting this garbage. Like the guy is going to MISS the vote......Fake News.


208 posted on 10/04/2018 6:05:19 PM PDT by blackberry1
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To: RevelationDavid

Never heard of this Daines creep until just this second!

Geez!


209 posted on 10/04/2018 6:11:20 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Defiant
If democrats had any amount of that “comity” they all talk about

Dems talk about comity, but only require it of Republicans.

210 posted on 10/04/2018 6:12:07 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: neverevergiveup

You have to be pre-qualified with a physical and some training before riding in a two-seat fighter. Not so on a transport.


211 posted on 10/04/2018 6:12:44 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: RevelationDavid

So.. if Flake is running scared again and is going to likely be a “No” vote, and Daines is running away at voting time, that gives the No votes 50 and the Yea votes 49, no matter what the Sisters do.

After all these gyrations, it comes down to a few untrustworthy Repubs.


212 posted on 10/04/2018 6:13:59 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberals, piss off. That is all.)
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To: RevelationDavid

Can’t he get a special deal where he could vote Friday and leave it with the Senate Majority leader and have the vote cast Sat? Or have one of his top assistants cast the vote for him.


213 posted on 10/04/2018 6:16:22 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: georgiegirl

I suppose. Mitch better get that vote started by 8 a.m. that’s 5 a.m. in Montana. That ort to do it!


214 posted on 10/04/2018 6:22:55 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: RevelationDavid

This, from FNC..

“Because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., started the clock Thursday evening, Republicans cannot delay that vote unless they secure the consent of all 100 senators. (50 affirmative votes are needed for Friday morning’s procedural vote to invoke cloture, meaning to formally end debate and move forward to Saturday’s final vote.)“

If there was ever a time we needed ALL hands on deck, it’s now. Daines, piss off, you cowardly POS.


215 posted on 10/04/2018 6:27:30 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberals, piss off. That is all.)
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To: All

Have there been any comments about this from any Republican Senators?????


216 posted on 10/04/2018 6:28:22 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: JBW1949

It’s FAKE news. The wimpy hand wringers on the site are up to their usual antics.


217 posted on 10/04/2018 6:34:20 PM PDT by blackberry1
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To: Veto!
Could he cast an absentee vote of some kind?

No.

Could he charter a private plane to take him back and forth?

Yes.

He has no excuse.

218 posted on 10/04/2018 6:36:08 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Boardwalk
No he has to give her away.

No, he has to do HIS JOB.

219 posted on 10/04/2018 6:37:48 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: blackberry1

How did you determine it’s fake news? Daines’ office was quoted as not know until yesterday when the vote would be because of the fluidity of the investigation.


220 posted on 10/04/2018 6:38:14 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberals, piss off. That is all.)
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