Please explain
They couldn’t stop the law in 2010, they weren’t going to stop it by refusing to ever confirm anybody to lead the thing.
note that no only could they not really filibuster, they didn’t even have enough votes to keep him from getting less than 60 for approval.
Yes!! 100% This administration governs by the principle that they should never let a crisis go to waste, because it gives them the opportunity to get things done that they couldn’t do otherwise. They can get them done in two ways: In one, they have legislation and executive orders on the shelf waiting for the right kind of crisis so that they can ram them through while people’s emotions are high. in the second, which is the Trayvon Martin scenario, they can put through totalitarian legislation, especially when it is complex, without serious objections when the public is focused elsewhere.
With everyone filled with righteous indignation about Trayvon Martin and the government fueling racial hatred among black people, they are able to partner with the RINOs to pass legislation that Conservatives would oppose if only they would focus on it.
Instead, we are running around like the proverbial chickens with our heads cut off, moving from indignation to rage to anxiety over this or that issue, while they are ginning it all up and acting systematically.
When you lose control over yourself, you lose. Many good people on our side are losing control over themselves about the Trayvon Martin case, and as a result they have just pushed through Cordray’s appointment as well as the NLRB nominations that will give them the power to do what they want, to the disadvantage of the nation.
Moreover, they are about to get the Republicans in Congress to legitimize the illegal action that Obama took in unilaterally deferring the employer mandate in Obamacare, while everyone’s attention is focused on Trayvon Martin.
Wake up, everyone. They are playing chess, thinking seven moves ahead, while we are struggling through checkers.
>> The Traytable circus will not make any difference in your life... too many Freeps are pawns.....
If you don’t understand the PROFOUND effect the Zimmerman prosecution has on all of us, then you’re a clueless moron. GFY, boss.
Mark Levin went ballistic over this -— in great detail (second hour)
Source articles below are from Levin’s website, but Levin explains it best.
“The entire purpose of the CFPB is to limit the choices of consumers in financial markets, making it harder and more expensive to obtain credit. This unaccountable agency will operate autonomously within the Federal Reserve and will not be subjected to congressional appropriations or oversight. Now Republicans will have no leverage to preclude this time bomb from taking root. Worse, they gave away their bargaining chip to strike down all the illegal rules that were issued by the agency while Cordray was illegitimately serving at its helm.”
http://www.redstate.com/2013/07/16/compromise-senate-gop-style/
“Sen. Mike Enzi (Wyo.), a senior Republican on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke out against agency before the vote.
“The reason this is of utmost concern to me and has been for the past three years is the lack of congressional oversight and [the] blatant privacy intrusions of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,” he said.
Enzi objected to the bureau’s revenue stream, which is through the federal reserve instead of the Congress.
“The bureau, as allowed by the Dodd-Frank Act, could collect up to $600 million every year but is not subject to the congressional appropriations process,” he said. “
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/311315-senate-votes-71-29-to-advance-cordray-as-nuclear-threat-recedes#ixzz2ZEL40PQC
I disagee. The Zimmerman case potentially could have set precedent to impact our ability to defend ourselves against thuggery.
Time to Primary Corker & Alexander.
I wasn’t expecting Republican senators to take a stand against the Democrats cause history has shown senate Republicans are without ideology and don’t respect the Constitution.