Posted on 12/10/2022 4:29:47 AM PST by MtnClimber
Seems some Republican senators are getting their spines back.
Despite the midterm elections loss of four compelling Republican Senate candidates, a handful of persistent, emboldened senators have stepped forward to re-establish their authority, thereby creating the beginning of a paradigm shift in the Senate's balance of power. In addition, on January 3, four new senators, all oriented to America First, will take their seats.
Beginning with the November 16 challenge to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)'s thirty-year reign, ten senators voted to oppose his 2022 reappointment. Known for unyielding control of the legislative process and repeated dictates to a subservient Republican caucus with nary a peep of resistance, those ten senators stood their ground and did not cave as their opposition failed (37-10). Their resistance has, however, set the stage for a new energetic between duly elected senators and an overbearing authoritarian "leadership."
On the heels of that challenge, thirteen Republican members of the Senate, in an act of legislative defiance, informed McConnell in a November 30 letter that they will oppose the 4,000-page $858-billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) FY 2023 barring adoption of an amendment that prohibits "involuntary separation" from the U.S. military based solely on COVID vaccination status. In addition, those service personnel who were separated out could be reinstated with back pay. More recently, in tacit acknowledgement of COVID as a bio-weapon with significant health impacts, twenty senators coalesced to demand a floor vote on the amendment to eliminate the forced vaccination mandate.
All of this raises the question: if military personnel are exempt from mandatory vaccinations, why are other Americans and their children subject to the mandate?
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Dear Lord, Let it be so.
Can't be The worlds oldest tortoise just celebrated his 190th birthday. So the oldest McConell could be next year is 189.
No
Mitch McConnell is not a “rino”. He is the perfect embodiment of what the republican party actually is. Trump and those republican voters that supported him are actually the rinos because they actually stand for pro-American principles.
No,,,,the libs love him.
He’s a Sloth
Ditch the Mitch now!!
He’s probably like Pelosi. Has a tight grip on $$$ for reelection and threatens to cut them off unless they obey.
Because private companies can impose conditions for people to work there.
McConnell’s sabotage of the election gave Senate control to the Democrats. So he is responsible for the Biden judges that get approved by the Senate.
Let's hope so. The Turdel's time has past. He needs to take his wife and retire to China.
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