Posted on 10/06/2018 12:06:37 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Sen. Steve Daines will walk his daughter down the aisle in Montana on Saturday—but if needed, he will rush back to Washington on a fellow lawmaker's plane to vote for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation.
Daines said Friday that his longtime family friend and colleague, Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., swooped in to “save the day” by offering his plane. Daines has said he will vote for Kavanaugh, but Saturday's planned floor vote conflicts with his daughter's wedding.
“My good friend and colleague, Greg, has come to save the day. If I need to be in two places at once to walk my daughter down the aisle on her wedding day and to be the final vote to put Judge Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, he’s offered me use of his plane,” Daines said in a statement to Fox News Friday. “I appreciate his generosity as well as his dedication to family and country.”
Daines’ daughter, Annie, is getting married in Montana on Saturday. A spokesperson from Daines’ office told Fox News that Gianforte and his family will also attend the wedding.
"If Greg’s good friend, Steve Daines, can participate in his daughter’s wedding and ensure Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, Greg is happy to help for the sake of family and country," a spokesman for Gianforte told Fox News Friday afternoon.
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Then McConnell does not close voting until Daines can get back to vote.
In the past voting has been kept open for over 5 hours to allow a Senator to return and vote.
They hold the vote open. Moreover, this “paired” vote has happened before, and has happened on a judicial nomination.
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-23/news/mn-21812_1_tie-vote
“You want him replaced? Move to Montana and vote him out, if not stay out of my state’s politics.”
Naw, not gonna do that. Dianes is your Senator but his decisions affect me. So, how about you tell your Senator to “man up” and do what’s right for State and country. Otherwise, get the hell out of national politics. Stay home, sit on the porch and watch those Montana sunsets.
I agree. His ‘unchangeable wedding plans’ are symptomatic of a man who should not be in the US Senate. Many weddings get postponed a little bit, often for reasons far less critical, important than this vote in the Senate
he either does not consider his duties to his constituents to be very important at all, or else his “Perils of Pauline” act about the wedding is a sign of something’s wrong (like, maybe he’s trying to shake down some bribe money for his damned vote, or?)
I missed a total of six years with my family afterwards deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and other various s***holes.
The whole country being torn apart and this selfish bastard does this?
Our political class is contemptible. Just a bunch of self important entitled assholes.
Term limits. One 6 year term as senator, three 2 years terms in congress. NO RETIREMENT or post service bennies. Just a straight paycheck while you serve.
The wedding was planned months in advance, if not a year. You get the hall, the guest list, food, the band, all the stuff that goes with it. You plan it for a weekend when you’re usually not working.
At the last minute, you need to be in 2 places at once, the wedding and at work. I don’t think it’s feasible to change the wedding plan at this point.
I’d love if they offered him Military transport though. THAT would be awesome (though I don’t know that the taxpayers should pay for it).
Good to know. Here in NH we are a Constitutional carry state. Ne permit/license needed for open or concealed carry.
Sensitive, ain’t he?
My 1SG probably had no clue who I was except for a name on his duty rosters for CQ and courier duty. I liked it that way.
Good.
We really don’t need you here.
I heard til Sunday.
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