Senators Miss Crucial Confirmation Hearing

BorderFireReport ^ | 1/17/09

[Sammy67]

Corruption Chronicles

Only half of the members in the U.S. Senate committee that screens among the most important presidential cabinet nominees—Secretary of Homeland Security—bothered to show up for confirmation hearings this week and only two Republicans participated.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee senators evidently had more important things to do than assure the right candidate will head the crucial agency that keeps the nation safe from foreign threats.

Only nine of the panel’s 17 members found the time to ask Barack Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary pick—Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano—questions, making the so-called confirmation hearing somewhat laughable.

This is embarrassing enough considering the huge impact that the head of Homeland Security has on every American. The massive agency has

[rstrahan]

The results are a given. She’ll be approved by a majority vote. Her history is know, and the media won’t cover it, so why waste time.

[freespirited]

Only half of the members in the U.S. Senate committee that screens among the most important presidential cabinet nominees—Secretary of Homeland Security—bothered to show up for confirmation hearings this week and only two Republicans participated.

And that was probably record attendance!

[sionnsar]

McWho?

[nothingnew]

How come most of the pubbies are RINOS?

Because most of the pubbies are RINOS

FMCDH(BITS)

[henry_reardon]

it’s an AZ in joke to refer to the governor in masculine terms, we’re talking about the most un-feminine woman since janet reno.

[hripka]

[TribalPrincess2U]

Infiltration

[Sudetenland]

Newt was right. How do you spell relief...T-E-R-M L-I-M-I-T-S.

You may have noticed that the Demos have removed the term limits on their committee chairs now.

[fifedom]

Republican
Susan M. Collins Ranking Member (ME)
Ted Stevens (AK)
George V. Voinovich (OH)
Norm Coleman (MN)
Pete V. Domenici (NM)
John Warner (VA)
John E. Sununu (NH)

This is last session’s list. Stevens, Domenici, Warner, and Sununu are long gone and the RINO Coleman soon will let the Dems steal the election in MN from him. Good riddance to all of them except maybe Sununu and less so Domenici.