Posted on 01/09/2018 12:12:46 PM PST by Hojczyk
The Washington Post reports that “nearly a year into President Trump’s administration, the Justice Department lacks Senate-confirmed appointees in leadership posts running the national security, criminal, civil rights and other key divisions.” “The problem shows no sign of abating anytime soon,” the Post adds.
The Post is correct. Not only are key leadership posts vacant, but it now appears they will remain vacant until at least the Spring.
Moreover, this creates a serious problem. William Barr, a former Attorney General told the Post that “anyone who has worked in an administration knows how damaging it is” not to have key leadership positions filled.
Meanwhile, Chai Feldblum, the main architect of President Obama’s radical LGBT policy, apparently is on the fast track to confirmation for a third term as EEOC commissioner. Naturally, she encountered no Democratic opposition and, I gather, no Republican on the Health Education, Labor & Pensions Committee has opposed her, either.
Thus, as I understand it, Feldblum’s nomination can proceed to the Senate floor without delay. Indeed, she is sufficiently confident about her prospects for prompt confirmation to have removed the obligatory picture of President Trump from her office.
It seems inconceivable that, with a Republican in the White House and a GOP majority in the Senate, a left-wing LBGT activist could be sailing towards confirmation as EEOC commissioner, while a host of Republican nominees to vital positions at the DOJ are cooling their heels, waiting to get through committee a second time with no full Senate vote in sight. Yet, that appears to be the situation.
Chuck Schumer is earning his pay. Senate Republicans, not so much.
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We can only pray this was the number one topic of conversation this past weekend. Infrastructure hopefully meant swamp infrastructure........
Can’t he just appoint “interim” people into those posts until a nominee is confirmed?
The turtle should arrange it so recess appointments can be made.
The repubs at the heart of it all despise this President. What cucks.
I hope I’m still around when karma catches up with this Nazi bastard, Schumer. I want to see that.
If republicans did this to 0bama, everybody all over the world would be screaming racism.
this is the kind of (self-defeating) garbage that NY tends to elect, all too frequently
too bad Schumer never learned that you catch a lot more bears with honey than with vinegar
... and this, sadly, is why POTUS #45 DJT cannot fire AG Sessions or have AG Sessions resign. His successor would be Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, next-in-line at the DoJ. The Dems on the Senate Judiciary Committee will not confirm a conservative nominee for AG.
Chuckles Pagliacci, the Crying Clown, is the lead clown jumping out of the clown car of the Resistance Movement. Putz!
Time for Yertle to drop a hammer
Well, McTurtle is a co-conspirator! If he wanted these nominations to go through, they would go through!
McTurtle is NOT fighting for the American People, POTUS, Truth, Justice or the American Way, and he needs to be replaced as Senate Majority Leader!
Turtle will never arrange a recess...Trump would pile on that like a dog on a bone.....too much risk for Turtle
Don’t nominate them for the position. Hire them as consultants and give them clearance. Obama did it with his czars.
This is Exhibit No. 497,348 of why the Republicans are called the Stupid Party. Any Republican Senator on this committee who is running for re-electon this year should be primaried for not opposing this freak. However, Trump recently said he was going to support Republican incumbents so I guess it could be hard to beat the liberal Republicans with conservatives in the primaries this time around. McConnell et al. are probably emboldened.
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