Posted on 12/19/2013 6:09:23 PM PST by ReleaseTheHounds
Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee have decided to push ahead with confirmation of President Obamas nominee for the No. 2 job at the Department of Homeland Security amid objections from Republicans.
GOP members on the panel see the move as an effort by Democrats to rush the approval of a controversial nominee by taking advantage of new Senate rules. Last month, the Senate adopted procedures that allow confirmation of presidential nominees by a majority vote instead of the 60 votes required in the past...
Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.), the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, called the decision to proceed with Mayorkass confirmation troubling.
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Do babies poop yellow?
Are these middle of the night confirmation votes a matter of Republican spite due to Reid going nuclear? Wow, that’s really effective leadership... f**ken losers.
A criminal administration with a criminal Senate to back them up.
Totally repulsive. Is there anyone to stop these traitors?
Marxists are infiltrating the government in all the key positions. Obama knows he has only a few years left to “fundamentally change” America, so he’s pulling all the stops.
Unfortunately I dont see what competent deputy could do anyway. Resign and write a book about the examples of corruption they saw.
There already is enough whistle blowers.
It would worry me if they picked someone with morals. Like an ex border patrol agent who was shot and survived but is still a misguided liberal. Someone like they they could pretend is a hardass and wants to secure not traffick the border.
If the republicans were legit they’d all simply go home and refuse to vote on these bogus bills and confirmations.
It’s just that it’s extremely difficult in the current political climate to discover who’s the second most no-talent, inept pol available in America; there are tens of thousands ready to take the job who have excellent claims to being the MOST no-talent, inept pol available in America.
We got obamacare on Christmas eve at midnight
You can see the barely under the surface seething hate, just look right in his eyes.

Oh yeah, we will be seeing much more of this one.
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That's Terry.
Here is the front man...
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