Posted on 01/31/2019 10:04:39 AM PST by Be Careful
Frustrated Republicans say it’s time for the Senate to reclaim more power over foreign policy and are planning to move a measure Thursday that would be a stunning rebuke to a president of their own party.
GOP lawmakers are deeply concerned over President Trump’s reluctance to listen to his senior military and intelligence advisers, fearing it could erode national security. They say the Senate has lost too much of its constitutional power over shaping the nation’s foreign policy and argue that it’s time to begin clawing some of it back.
“Power over foreign policy has shifted to the executive branch over the last 30 years. Many of us in the Senate want to start taking it back,” said a Republican senator closely allied with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
They plan to send Trump a stern admonishment by voting Thursday afternoon on an amendment sponsored by McConnell warning “the precipitous withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Syria and Afghanistan “could put at risk hard-won gains and United States national security.”
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Great idea Jane!
They are unaware, in my view, of the nature of the battle they are in. They’re so used to having things come out the way they want them manipulated including the democrats being in the majority
They just don’t know what’s coming
I just got through and boy did I give them an earful.
Burn McConnell’s phone lines. I got through real quick.
Good for you!!
I hope McTurtle is receiving a TON of calls, right about now!!
I don’t know how the amendment gets connected to impeachment.
The type of vote does not represent law and a president who disagrees with a mere “admonishment” has, by that disagreement NOT committed any “high crime” or “misdemeanor”.
McConnell has some motive no doubt but I think that motive, whatever it is, is not leading to impeachment.
They plan to send Trump a stern admonishment by voting Thursday afternoon on an amendment sponsored by McConnell warning “the precipitous withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Syria and Afghanistan “could put at risk hard-won gains and United States national security.”
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Looks like the goal of world conquest is in jeopardy. The Neo-cons are wetting themselves. For all the talk about foreign leaders being dangerous to this country, few - if anyone - is more sinister than these devils.
What a lot of people miss is that many of these hotspots are hotspots because of funding. Are radical Islamists a bunch of lunatics? Sure. But how do these savages acquire the military technology to do what they do? Hotspots like Syria and Afghanistan didn’t arise organically. They were funded by Globalist bad actors, many residing in the U.S. and Europe. The old strategy was to continue to fight the fires individually without going after the source. POTUS is dismantling the funding networks behind the scenes that allow these conflicts to continue.
It depends on whether you believe that Mitch is against her positions and votes.
BOOM, dead center hit. Appointment of Federal Senators moves them from royalty, to serfs and it is about time we correct that mistake
Leadership is demonstrated and earned, not given after whining.
Repealing the 17th would simply move the corruption to the respective state assemblies. The effect of influence peddling, election fraud, etc by special interests - such as the MIC - would remain unchanged. That is, the current roster of senators wouldn’t change a bit.
However, the larger issue isn’t the so-called swamp, corruption, etc. It’s that the entire basis of the country is now dependent on the status quo. No one with any ambition would pursue a military career without the prospect of advancement. Promotion and advancement come from opportunities aka war/conflict. The wider the US global footprint, the greater the chance for military intervention, thus the greater opportunity for career advancement.
As an example, look how the British military absolutely withered once the empire receded after WWII. No one with any brains goes in for the military in the UK nowadays - it’s all about finance in the City. The fear of having a career destroyed by reducing the number of bases, and “bringing the boys home”, has the military opposed to ending endless war. And of course the defense contractors are in lock step - millions of jobs - and $trillions of dollars - are dependent on a continued US global presence.
You don't realize the Republicans would have a super majority in the Senate right now sans the 17th. Ignorance is bliss I guess.
Mitch the coward really dealt with the Obamaroid smoozing to Iran and billions in cash sent their way. McConnell. the mouse that roared/ what a piece of filth KY has continued to send to Washington. Little man’s blackmail file must be topping out ...
Romney lusts to run against president Pelosi in 2020. He is as evil a man as Mormonism has ever spewed forth.
More important than that, it would resurrect a basic requirement that was built into the Constitution: States’ Rights.
The GOP Establishment is going to get crushed once Trump leaves office.
And didn’t make a peep while Obama gave away everything our troops accomplished in the sandbox.
Here is my boilerplate response to this point:
As far as the House goes, they benefit from the party donor structure put in place to fund the biennial Senate elections. I theorize that there would be a slow decay of House funding if nationalized funding networks to support Senate elections goes away, or at least what goes away is a Speaker who controls disbursements to favored candidates if there is no longer a central pot to draw from.
I think the difference is that they are corrupt for their own state interests.It's easier to manage 50 corruptions localized to their individual states, instead of the collusion of corruption at the federal level that is nationalized.
At least with the states, you have the self-interests of the other 49 states to balance the corruption of a runaway state. National corruption ends with weaponizing the arms of government against its people in order to protect the establishment.
At the very least, doing away with the elections will dry up the existing money spigots, such as McConnell's NRSC or Schumer's counterpart. They will have to rebuild new power networks to replace it, since it would be harder for Senate leaders to use national money to influence state appointments.
Also, end 33 of the most expensive elections that occur every two years, and we also stop the flow of money from the donors to the media, laundered through the Senate campaigns.
Kill the MSM beast by repealing the 17th amendment and cutting off the cash flow to the MSM.
-PJ
Nice work, JL.
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