White House hits back at Oregon's senators over appeals court nomination

The Oregonian ^ | Sept 18, 2017 | Maxine Bernstein

[Zhang Fei]

Eff the blue slip. It's not in the Constitution and it's way past time to flush this archaic "collegial" Senate tradition down the toilet.

Agreed. When was the last time a Democratic appointee turned out to be a conservative? Whereas there's no shortage of GOP appointees who turned out to be liberal. It's long past time to end the blue slip tradition.

[jazusamo]

I couldn’t agree more, Fly.

It started as a gentleman’s agreement when there were still gentlemen in the senate, sadly there are few now.

[Bubba_Leroy]

So stop nominating anyone from Oregon. The 7th Circuit covers several states.

[tinamina]

The Majority leader is not afraid of losing his job and hates the President. He will do nothing that helps President Trump or his Deplorables. I think his wife having a job in the administration might have been meant as a sweetener. But the leader doesn’t care and is not impressed. He’s probably so corrupt he and his wife don’t need the money.

[Lurker]

This was never about money.

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