Posted on 04/03/2019 1:15:59 PM PDT by jazusamo
I live in Maine and did a write-in in 2014 and probably will do the same next year. We’ll see, but I can’t stand this moron Collins.
As a guy that has watched America's party of opposition in play, it is clear the next time the Dem Socialists take the Senate they will almost certainly hold the House as well - in which event we are screwed. IMO, it is beyond politics as usual.
Lee & Collins....a Mormon and a moron.
Better a "Known RINO" than a Dim... They are but PUB relics in their respective DIM States. Only their incumbency allows them to hang on!
Amen!
I really can’t say anything good about Lee’s vote- makes me question his mental stability if he’s a supposed strong conservative and can’t make an easy call like this.
"When OUR side was changing the rules, it was great! Now that THEIR side wants to do it, it's immoral and evil."
A non issue. The Rats will never again hold the White House.
“It’s the only way to be sure.”
Not even that is enough, if they want to put out a sequel.
Oh ye ever trumpers of little faith.
Good news is never good enough for the sanctimonious
Well, they never took off and nuked it, did they? I think the power plant eventually blew. You know the company manufacturers that!
Ripley was too busy fighting the Queen and I think she forgot to nuke it before going into hyper-sleep.
By the time the got the second drop-ship from the Sulaco, it was just Ripley, Bishop and Newt.
And the Queen in one of the landing skis bay.
:)
Wait, what, Romney supported this and Lee didn’t?
THAT makes me even more suspicious of these “Trump” judges. I won’t count these chickens until they hatch. Gorsuch looks solid so far. Jury is still out on Kavanaugh. We have no idea how the lower court judges will be over their careers. Too earlier to tell.
I guess Lee really doesn’t want that SCOTUS gig.
This is a good start. The Constitution calls for a simple majority and the filibuster rule, I believe, would not pass a test case with the Supremes. Especially if we get one more conservative vote.
I’m guessing Trump cut a deal. He backed off shuting down the border for this probably.
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You’ve guessed wrong. This has been in the works for some time in the Senate. McConnell has been doing it using “regular order” (worked it through the rules committee) in this Congress now that the naysayers (e.g., McCain, Flake) are gone and there are votes for it amongst the Senate Republicans.
Just 2 years late.
Constitutional option bump!
One way to defeat the corrupt deep state is to seed DC bureaucracies with lots of conservatives. Good for Mitch McConnell...
Excerpt from updated article:
"In back-to-back votes, Republicans changed the rules for the amount of time it takes to confirm most executive nominees and district judges — marking the second and third time Republicans have used the hardball tactic since taking over in 2015."
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