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Democrats won't be able to block Trump appointments due to rules they imposed
The Gazette ^ | November 19, 2016 | The Washington Post

Posted on 11/19/2016 9:07:35 AM PST by BulletBobCo

Senate Democrats are not going to be able to block Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions bid to become attorney general. And they can’t do much to stop Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo from assuming the helm of the CIA.

And they have only themselves to thank for it.

That’s because exactly three years ago, the Democratic Senate majority — led by Harry Reid (Nev.) — rammed through controversial rules fundamentally changing the way the Senate does business. They unleashed in November 2013 what’s called the “nuclear option” allowing senators to approve by a simple majority all presidential appointments to the executive branch and the judiciary, with a big exception for Supreme Court justices.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: harryreid; nuclearoption; trumpappointments; trumpcabinet; trumpwinsagain
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To: BulletBobCo; billyboy15

Yeah me neither

Guess I remembered the articles where he was going to return the senate to the way it was before.

My bad....misremembered


81 posted on 11/19/2016 1:12:05 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: BulletBobCo
Winning and watching the RATS smug, holier-than-thou expression turn to grief: ALMOST better than sex :)
82 posted on 11/19/2016 2:58:03 PM PST by upchuck (Obama once thought that he belonged to the ages. Now he belongs in the rubbish bin. h/t D.Greenfield)
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To: BulletBobCo

Can’t Trump approve and appoint his candidate if congress goes into recess without a vote?


83 posted on 11/19/2016 3:29:37 PM PST by Evil Slayer ((Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war....))
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To: BulletBobCo

Use their own rules against them. Especially Saul Alinksy’s Rules for Radicals #4.

4. “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules.

Like my daddy would say; what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.


84 posted on 11/19/2016 4:10:31 PM PST by Wisconsinlady (What we tolerate today, our children will embrace tomorrow)
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To: Ann Archy

There have to be a few DINOs as well.


85 posted on 11/19/2016 4:12:08 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: BulletBobCo

For the remaining items (SCOTUS and legislation) the GOP should change the filibuster rules to their original configuration, that is one or more people trying to talk the bill or appointment to death, to be overridden by a 2/3 vote. It will be fun to watch the leftoids make spectacles of themselves by reading the phone book or some Dr. Seuss book.


86 posted on 11/19/2016 4:12:58 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Just one of a basket of deplorables.)
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To: BulletBobCo
The problem is, those tools are now severely limited. It would fall to Republicans to join Democrats to stand in the way of any Trump appointment deemed objectionable.

"Republicans to join Democrats"...you mean, Republicans to reach across the aisle? I can think of some


87 posted on 11/19/2016 4:27:27 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: BulletBobCo

Karma is sweet


88 posted on 11/19/2016 5:13:05 PM PST by luvie (I love the troops. That is all....)
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To: BulletBobCo

Don’t the libhole demonic rats believe they are smarter than God? If so, they should have known their nukyular option was gonna come back and bite them in the donk-ass.


89 posted on 11/19/2016 5:16:06 PM PST by Vision Thing (You see the depths of my heart, and You love me the same...)
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To: BulletBobCo

When Reid forced that change I recall asking “is this a good idea? How will you react when your political opponent has this power?”


90 posted on 11/19/2016 5:31:16 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Some may become DINOs. 23 Dem senate seats are up in 2018, 11 in states won by Trump.


91 posted on 11/19/2016 5:37:26 PM PST by Betty Jane
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

You cannot say God Bless to Harry Reid!
Can you? LOL :-)


92 posted on 11/19/2016 6:51:43 PM PST by TheNext (Hillary Hurts Children & Women)
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To: TheNext

I was hoping his head would explode if I did! ;)


93 posted on 11/19/2016 7:18:30 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: BulletBobCo

Don’t count chickens before they hatch. We have more than three Rino senators that can bolt at any time. Notice the MaCinsane bleat today on waterboarding.


94 posted on 11/19/2016 10:52:17 PM PST by itsahoot (Three words I don't want to hear is Comprehensive Immigration Reform.)
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To: GMMC0987
We have a slim majority. If anyone like Rand Paul decides to object to someone, there’s little to be done.

He's against John Bolton for Sec. of State

95 posted on 11/19/2016 10:59:14 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (qa)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“I would be hesitant to change rules, just because, if you think longer term, you have to think about how your political opponents would use those rules when they again take power.”

They’d change the rules anyway. They will fight dirty for their agenda, wile Repubs will give theirs up, in order to be nice and honorable


96 posted on 11/20/2016 12:03:12 AM PST by ari-freedom (The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
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To: BulletBobCo

I thought I had heard the R’s were going to put the rules back in place?


97 posted on 11/20/2016 12:49:25 AM PST by Bubba Gump Shrimp (A Liberal is someone who cannot accept that there is a Law of Unintended Consequences)
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To: prairiebreeze

marker


98 posted on 11/20/2016 7:01:31 PM PST by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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