Posted on 11/12/2024 8:20:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind
a rank choice voting on the first ballot will flush Scott off the ticket
All by McConnnel design
Truth is we’re at $36 Trillion in debt and it will head to about $38 this time next year — and it doesn’t matter who is SML or Speaker. They will always vote to raise the debt ceiling. Always.
There will be some meaningless posturing about spending cuts and they will actually get some. Maybe $50M. A couple of hours interest on the debt. And this will be called a great conservative victory and justifies raising the ceiling.
Secret ballot. I’d paint them all with the same brush. Even the good ones. Why hide it from us?
We couldn’t afford Mitch McConnell when he was first elected.
Who is up for reelection?
Knowing might bring about unwanted change for incumbents.
HE IS SO 1970.
The real battle is in the House and having Trump hold firm for the Constitution. If he doesn’t have people appointed in positions to lead departments then he simply doesn’t agree to any spending programs for those departments until they have the appointees in place to oversee the money being spent. But that requires legislation. All it takes right now is 218 solid members of the House and then 218 starting January 3rd and they win on this.
“Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner,” Trump said in a post on X. “Sometimes the votes can take two years, or more. This is what they did four years ago, and we cannot let it happen again. We need positions filled IMMEDIATELY!”
“100% agree,” Scott wrote on X, sharing Trump’s post. “I will do whatever it takes to get your nominations through as quickly as possible.”
Thune said in an X post: “We must act quickly and decisively to get the president’s nominees in place as soon as possible, & all options are on the table to make that happen, including recess appointments. We cannot let Schumer and Senate Dems block the will of the American people.”
“It is unacceptable for Senate Ds to blockade President @realDonaldTrump’s cabinet appointments,” Cornyn wrote on X. “If they do, we will stay in session, including weekends, until they relent. Additionally, the Constitution expressly confers the power on the President to make recess appointments.”
But yes the role of Majority Leader is critical for timely processing of presidential appointments. That’s why if Justice Sotomayer or any other Justices retire from the Bench it’ll be necessary for POTUS and the Majority Leader to have a good working relationship for the advice/consent process.
Mutiny Mitch! It’s past time he and his cronies were thrown overboard!
Let Mr. Scott dole out the money. I want to back who he backs. Please.
Right on, princess!!!!!
Mutiny Mitch! It’s past time he and his cronies were thrown overboard!
I know it and Thune and Cornrow are just like Turtle. None of them deserve to be in the Senate
Mitch is uniparty.
Want a truly republican senate? Don’t put any uniparty folks in any leadership capacities.
Mitch McConnell took bribes from everyone including the communists in Russia and China.
The one he wants as senate leader, does he take bribes as well?
The VP of George Washington, John Adams, was the leader of the Senate. For him ‘President of the Senate was a real thing with iron in it. With such an awesome precedent what went wrong?
Dems did the same with Feinstein & Pelosi
Feinstein was never speaker. Why would you say she commanded that much power when she was just a senator from California
You mean, there’s not one vote per person?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.