Posted on 09/22/2020 6:28:09 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
He is just being what he is...
I vote for this....in fact, that's why I voted for Trump.
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“She also said that Rubio had asked Schumer for permission to meet, and Schumer had denied it.”
Why is he asking permission? He’s the Chairman of the Committee.
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Gee, I sure wish I didn’t have to schedule any meetings after 2:00.
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If McConnell does not allow a vote and confirmation before election, he is DONE!!!!! Period!!!
I figured we could just have a mail-in vote on the confirmation.
Requires unanimous consent for any exceptions.
You can’t change the rules every time someone invokes the rules.
That’s why McConnell must put an end to this nightmare that is forming. Before it even begins. Call for the floor vote and be done with these wicked leftists. There is NO compromising with them. And we KNOW this by now. DAMNIT..NIP THIS. IN THE BUD.
McConnell should change the rules. WWHRD?
Under the rule, committees can only meet outside its time constraints if the Senate grants unanimous consent for them to meet, the majority and minority leaders agree to permit the meeting, or if the Senate adopts a privileged motion to allow the meeting. If a meeting takes place without a committee obtaining permission, any action that it takes is considered “null, void, and of no effect.”
But committees are not without options. Once it’s invoked, a committee may reschedule its meeting to take place either before or after the Senate is in session, “early in the morning before the Senate has convened or after it has adjourned,” according to the Congressional Research Service. Another possibility is that the Senate may go into recess, so the committee to meet during the hours that would otherwise be restricted by the rule.
For now, the Senate Homeland Security Committee will not be holding its hearing with Wolf, and the Senate Intelligence Committee will not receive its scheduled briefing from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on election security. A hearing by the Judiciary Committee slated for Wednesday has already been postponed.
The election security briefing was to take place Tuesday afternoon. In a tweet on Tuesday, Intelligence Committee Chair Marco Rubio said that Schumer had a “temper tantrum” over the Supreme Court and had blocked a briefing with Bill Evanina, the official leading the nation’s election security efforts.
outrageous.
Just send the confirmation vote to the floor. That was easy.
They’ve already promised to change the rules if they win back the Senate.
Repubs only want you to think that there will be a vote before election. Schumer gives them an excuse...in fact, I’d say Mitch and he worked out this gambit. Repubs want to get rid of Trump as badly as the Dems.
Is it required to have a committee hearing before the Senate votes? The Constitution says the President nominates then the Senate votes on confirmation.
Shumer is blocking election security.
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