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Trump’s Nominees Face ‘Unprecedented’ Democrat Obstructionism
The Daily Signal ^ | January 22, 2017 | Rob Bluey

Posted on 01/23/2017 7:31:43 AM PST by Perseverando

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1 posted on 01/23/2017 7:31:43 AM PST by Perseverando
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To: Perseverando

I’m not worried. :)


2 posted on 01/23/2017 7:32:23 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Perseverando

And?


3 posted on 01/23/2017 7:34:37 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Perseverando

If anything were to happen while we have no CIA head or SOS, Dems own it.

Barney just announced that Rubio will vote yes on Tillerson.


4 posted on 01/23/2017 7:34:55 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: Perseverando

Every obstructionist should be hammered. Now that Obama doesn’t control the IRS, I’m calling McCain.


5 posted on 01/23/2017 7:35:14 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Perseverando

Great graphic.

I think I saw it on CNN this morning. NOT!


6 posted on 01/23/2017 7:35:19 AM PST by Starboard
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To: jazminerose

Damn auto correct. Varney just announced that Rubio will support Tillerson.


7 posted on 01/23/2017 7:36:06 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: Perseverando

WAR...Time to take the left to the woodshed.


8 posted on 01/23/2017 7:36:44 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Perseverando

Let’s darn sure hope our enemies on the battlefield and in the financial markets take a break while the US hobbles along without a fully functioning cabinet in place because Chuck Schumer has no job now except obstructionism

I would like to see cameras banned from the hearings


9 posted on 01/23/2017 7:37:15 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Perseverando

Unprecedented?

Not really.

Look up the Borking of Judge Bork as an example.

Think about what they did to Clarence Thomas.


10 posted on 01/23/2017 7:38:01 AM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Perseverando

I’m LOVING the angry intolerant howling I’m hearing from the leftist freak “educators” I know regarding DeVos.


11 posted on 01/23/2017 7:38:10 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Me either. They first have to have some kind of presence that amounts to anywhere near a majority. Our task here is to make our Representatives and Senators to stay on target.

In the end the Democrats cannot win with what they have.


12 posted on 01/23/2017 7:39:40 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Drango

“”WAR...Time to take the left to the woodshed””

THIS is ALL McConnell’s fault-
The repugs have the senate AND the RULES!-

Obviously working with the DEMONS to make Trump look bad


13 posted on 01/23/2017 7:40:17 AM PST by mj1234
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To: Iron Munro

the one that I don’t want Trump to cave on is SCOTUS. If they Bork his nominee then leave it open until the Dems have to cave.


14 posted on 01/23/2017 7:41:30 AM PST by RummyChick (Trump Train Hobo TM Rummychick. Example - Ryan Romney Kasich. Quit trying to Jump on the Train)
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To: Perseverando

OK so the Republicans control the Senate. The Republicans control the committees. The Republicans control the schedule for the committees. The Republicans decide when votes are held in the Senate. Why have they only voted on two nominees?


15 posted on 01/23/2017 7:41:47 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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Ace, Marco, Mitch and the other coward “Republican” Senators.


16 posted on 01/23/2017 7:45:07 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Perseverando

We’ll see plenty of attempts to disrupt and/or obstruct Trump’s agenda and I expect that the media will report it as being effective, especially when it is not, which should be the vast majority of the time.


17 posted on 01/23/2017 7:45:42 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Perseverando

That graphic is misleading. Trump was inaugurated three days ago (on a Friday, at that), so it doesn’t make sense to post the number of appointees that have been confirmed in his first WEEK.


18 posted on 01/23/2017 7:46:26 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: jazminerose
Barney just announced that Rubio will vote yes on Tillerson.


19 posted on 01/23/2017 7:46:30 AM PST by Right Brother
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To: Iron Munro

I’ve actually changed my opinion about the “borking” of Judge Bork over time. In the last few years I’ve heard stories that the Republicans in the U.S. Senate were perfectly content to let the Democrats sink his nomination. From what I’ve heard, there were many long-time Republicans who despised him for what he did when he served as Richard Nixon’s hatchet man in the infamous “Saturday Night Massacre” in 1973.


20 posted on 01/23/2017 7:52:13 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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