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GOP changes rules to push through nominees after Dem boycott
The Hill ^
Posted on 02/01/2017 7:35:22 AM PST by Blue Turtle
Senate Republicans pushed through a pair of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees Wednesday, upending standard committee rules to circumvent a Democratic boycott. The Senate Finance Committee advanced a pair of Trump’s nominees with only Republican members present — Steven Mnuchin to head the Treasury Department, and Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as secretary of Health and Human Services.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 115th; first100days; mnuchin; tomprice; treasury; trump45; trumpcabinet
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To: Blue Turtle
Love the spin in that headline.
To: Blue Turtle
Excellent. They set aside the normal rules to deal with obstructionism.
It means that they will go nuclear on the Scotus pick if they have to.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:37:20 AM PST
by
xzins
(Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
To: Blue Turtle
YES!!
Having seen the Democraps stick it to us for the last 24 years, I enjoy seeing them get a taste of their own medicine.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:37:29 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Blue Turtle
At least someone in the Senate has some balls.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:37:34 AM PST
by
PJBankard
To: Blue Turtle
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:37:39 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: Blue Turtle
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:38:07 AM PST
by
tomkat
To: Blue Turtle
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:38:45 AM PST
by
Lopeover
(The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
To: Blue Turtle
Democrats borked for voting present.
Didn’t help Obama; won’t help them.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:38:46 AM PST
by
goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: Blue Turtle
No, they didn't "change the rule", they applied existing rules.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:39:40 AM PST
by
pfflier
To: PJBankard
The senatorial eunuchs .... what more needs to be said.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:41:02 AM PST
by
ptsal
To: Blue Turtle
Sounds as if Trump has made Mitch his Bitch.
To: Blue Turtle
Hmmmm...wonder if the Senate barbershop quartet is still meeting.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:42:18 AM PST
by
ChocChipCookie
(Demons run when a good man goes to war.)
To: pfflier
Majority rule.
Democrats would do exactly the same thing, so they have no grounds for complaint.
It was Dingy Harry who demolished time-honored Senate protocol to advance the liberal agenda.
Two now can play that game.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:42:27 AM PST
by
goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: Blue Turtle
Who are these republicans and where did they suddenly find their testicular fortitude? Oh yeah. Trump.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:43:07 AM PST
by
Mudflaps
To: goldstategop
This is a good sign. The Rats have been running wild. The GOP offered NO resistance to Obongo putting his people in place. The Rats are fighting every position enough already.
To: PJBankard
At least someone in the Senate has some balls. Transplants. courtesy of President Trump.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:45:04 AM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
("If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there")
To: Col Frank Slade
If the democrats spent as much time on the things of the people instead of boycotting anyone that President Trump put before them then there would be something done for the good of their state that elected them.It seems to me the people of those states should think twice before voting for these trouble makers ever again.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:47:50 AM PST
by
PLD
To: goldstategop
What liberals, and especially Democrats in office, don’t ever realize is that Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals works for BOTH sides of an issue....................
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:48:26 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
To: Blue Turtle
THIS is what I wanted to read when coming to FR this morning. Thanks Blue Turtle.
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posted on
02/01/2017 7:49:42 AM PST
by
Principled
(OMG I'm so tired of all this winning....)
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