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John Thune: Senate Republicans to Hold Senate Open ‘Nights, Weekends, Recesses’ to Confirm Trump Nominees
Breitbart ^ | 01/22/2025 | Sean Moran

Posted on 01/22/2025 1:57:27 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Senate Republicans are ready to hold the Senate open “nights, weekends, and recesses” to confirm Trump’s nominees.

Thune on the Senate floor on Tuesday decried Senate Democrats holding up the nomination of John Ratcliffe to become the next CIA director.

For instance, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) spent much of his floor time this week obsessing over the January 6 protests after Trump pardoned many of the January 6 protestors.

In early January, one poll found that that only five percent of American registered voters believe that the January 6 protests were the biggest memory of Trump’s first term in office.

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KEYWORDS: confirm; nights; nominees; open; republicans; senate; thune; trump; weekends
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I am giving Thune the benefit of the doubt for now.
1 posted on 01/22/2025 1:57:27 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Trump’s supporters/MAGA is BIG and will be heard thru phone messages, emails (politicians do read them), commenting in their social media posts on Facebook, Twitter (X). The MAGA numbers can be overwhelming. No matter what the issue, let your Reps know where you stand.

https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member


2 posted on 01/22/2025 2:02:13 PM PST by tsowellfan
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) spent much of his floor time this week obsessing over the January 6 protests after Trump pardoned many of the January 6 protestors.

This Murphy is a real ass. He spent floor time asking Stafanik about insinuations against Musks. He needs an early exit from the Senate. Even Megyn Kelly has thought of running for the seat.

3 posted on 01/22/2025 2:02:25 PM PST by aspasia
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To: aspasia

SUCCESS LIKE MUSK’S REALLY PISSES OFF THESE DUNCES, DOESN’T IT???


4 posted on 01/22/2025 2:06:02 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I am not because in this sentence it looks like he took recess appointments off the table and he can’t seem to keep RATs from stalling cabinet appointments.


5 posted on 01/22/2025 2:06:46 PM PST by dforest
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Open All Night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqVPFhlnO_E


6 posted on 01/22/2025 2:07:06 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Do whatever needs to be done to get those nominees confirmed, but don’t make threats unless you plan to follow through, because you will be seen as weak for not enforcing your own threats.


7 posted on 01/22/2025 2:10:26 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If true, why is Pam Bondi’s confirmation delayed until next week?


8 posted on 01/22/2025 2:13:46 PM PST by Common Sense 101
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Isn’t the better strategy to recess the Senate? Trump gets his recess appointments and they can drag out the process without impact to the agenda.


9 posted on 01/22/2025 2:22:34 PM PST by PTBAA
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To: aspasia

Murphy reminds me of Jimmy Piersall (Fear Strikes out), who played for the Red Sox, from my home town of Waterbury Ct. Piersall was played by Anthony Perkins (Psycho) in the movie. When I was 11, I saw Joan Joyce strike out Ted Williams at Waterbury’s Municipal Stadium at a Jimmy’s charity event for mentally disturbed people. I stood right behind the backstop. How I got there I don’t know.


10 posted on 01/22/2025 2:25:34 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good if true.


11 posted on 01/22/2025 2:26:09 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: dforest

I think recess appointments are still an option and, as I understand it, Trump doesn’t need Thune to go along with it anyway. He just needs one chamber to declare recess then he, as President, can declare a recess for the other chamber.

I think they’re trying to work out another strategy first, but if they’re unable to do so within the next few days, I would imagine we’ll see Congress go the recess route. All else being equal, it would be better for Trump’s appointments to be confirmed rather then be recess appointments. Recess appointments have to eventually be confirmed or they eventually expire.


12 posted on 01/22/2025 2:31:28 PM PST by mbrfl
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Doesn’t recess appointments only last for 2 years?


13 posted on 01/22/2025 2:50:34 PM PST by roving (Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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To: mbrfl

When Biden took over his team had quite a few in place by now. Most of them were weirdos and scum yet they sailed through.

Thune should have never given Adam Schiff a committee seat.

Geesh, I would prefer them not to be recess appointments, but we know how it goes from before.


14 posted on 01/22/2025 2:52:46 PM PST by dforest
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To: roving

Yes, they last till the end of the next session of Congress, which is approximately two years when appointed early in the session.


15 posted on 01/22/2025 3:02:18 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Some Democrat has put a 7 day hold on Pam Bondi’s final vote.


16 posted on 01/22/2025 3:02:19 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dforest

Do you know what committee Schiff’s been assigned to? Nothing that deals with anything important, I hope.


17 posted on 01/22/2025 3:07:43 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He wouldn’t need to if he just got everyone on board

Tell them, “ vote no on any and NO committees, NO campaign money,”

Grow a pair Thune, you squishy RINO puke.


18 posted on 01/22/2025 3:15:05 PM PST by Fledermaus (SANITY RETURNS!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Tell these rats keep playing games and filibuster by by
Should be anyway it is what the rats ran on no?


19 posted on 01/22/2025 3:34:00 PM PST by italianquaker
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ll give Thine the benefit of the doubt as well. Nice to see he’s demonstrating having some testiclees


20 posted on 01/22/2025 4:44:58 PM PST by irish guard
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