Last fall Reid changed the rules so that it only requires 51 votes to confirm, rather than the historic 60.
The GOP Senate never changed the rules back and they may not even have the votes to do that, its not even clear that the more conservative Senators realize the problem with this.
Now almost any Obama nominee that gets put up for a vote will pass, Grahamnesty and a few others will push them through.
This means that Obama and Dems can use the failure to hold vote as a club to endlessly humiliate the GOP with, as total dysfunctionality. And then get what they want without giving up much for it, as will happen with this.
Unfortunately, these five Republican Senators have said they intend to vote for Lynch’s nomination.
Susan Collins (R-ME) – (202) 224-2523
Jeff Flake (R-AZ) – (202) 224-4521
Lindsay Graham (R-SC) – (202) 224-5972
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) – (202) 224-5251
Mark Kirk (R-IL) – (202) 224-2854
I forget, we need to vote GOP because ...... someone please remind me.
I understand where McConnell is coming from. Is Lynch gonna be worse than Holder? How is that even humanly possible?
shouldn’t he wait for Obama to sign the human trafficking bill ?
Lucy is waiting in the wings with the football....
Any Republican that votes to confirm should be targeted for defeat in their next election.
Why not print this questionaire up encircle your answers and send it to your US Senator
Dear Senator
INS...Amnesty.. Forget about Ebola
We don’t allow cattle to enter without a background health and ancestry check which we also reqiure of legal immigrants who wait years and still go thru health and record checks. We also require that any legal immingrant demonstrate prior to entry that they offer a contribution to our society and not dependency upon it .
The point being there is legislation enacted by congress that is supposed to be followed regulating immigration that any Presidential appointee is to follow who has been sworn to uphold and defend the constitution.
Yet we’re letting children and gang bangers in without doing any of this which has resulted in dispersing virulent new diseases (measles) and drug use which has resulted in unreported cases in schools where these illegal kids were placed.. Plus shoved a severe financial strain on local governments where they are placed .
Should any candidate for Attorney General supporting these practices be denied confirmation ?(Yes) (No) . Should the senate abandon the 60 vote majority for the “nuclear option” used by Reid when majority leader of the senate to any such candidate to be Attorney General supporting the above by applying the simple majority Reid rule. But citing the Hanen court injunction ruling that would restrict the use of the Reid rule only when such a ruling by a Judge were made ? (Yes) (No)
Should those given this bypassed favored treatment who miss their INS hearing be deported fortwith ? (Y) (N).. ? Denied re-entry (Y)(N) ? Snould that also apply to any illegal convicted of a felony (Y)(N)
In “countries where an American citizen decides to be a “legal” emigree never mind being a seasonal visitor still are denied voting privledges. Own land in their own name. Face steep fines before getting kicked out let alone denied income and energy subsistance including food stamps, or bring in family members .
I (do) (don’t) believe we should allow such full citizenship privledges mentioned above which are denied by the country of national origin of the above, to a legal American immigrant , deny such full citizen privledges to any (emigree) (seasonal vistor) (illegal) if their country does not allow those same privledges to any citizen of the United States, .
While such a position will be condemed as defacto deportation particularly by the political establishment .Would you continue to support a Senator who refuses to support such restrictions ? (Y) (N) Does that also include erecting border barriers such as fencing designed to discourage surrepticious or uncontolled entry ? (Yes) (No)
Should any American citizen which goes overseas to join a foreign entity fighting against the United States (such as ISIS) Be denied re-entry (Y)(N) and their citizenship revoked? (Y) (N) Should that person be charged with treason (Y)(N)
Very Truly Yours For Restoring the value of American citizenship, preserving the Constitution and Conservative Government
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KY voters had the chance to get rid of McTurtle and replace him with conservative Matt Bevin, but they didn’t — sigh.