Posted on 01/24/2017 3:06:05 AM PST by onyx
The Senate has just voted to confirm Representative Mike Pompeo as CIA Director. This represents the third intelligence and security nomination confirmed – General Kelly (DHS) and General Mattis (DoD) receiving earlier confirmations.
WASHINGTON – The Senate has confirmed Rep. Mike Pompeo, a Kansas Republican, to be President Donald Trump’s CIA director. The vote tally is 66-32, with a significant number of Democrats voting no. Two senators are delayed by weather. (link)
Two republican senators Tom Cotton (Yes) and Rand Paul (No) outline the dynamic within the overall DC intelligence outlook from the GOP. Neither are 100% correct; each distinct outlook has both merit and concern.
In the space between the two Senators, we can identify the fundamental position of President Trump toward this nomination. The “deep state” is dangerous, even when it is necessary; however, liberty must not be sacrificed upon the alter of security.
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Tom Cotton comes from a background firmly grounded in a strong military approach toward our enemies. Cotton highly supported Mike Pompeo:
ICYMI – I spoke on the Senate floor in support of CIA Director nominee Congressman Mike Pompeo. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/Rn1qWtLdim
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) January 23, 2017
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Senator Rand Paul, did not support Pompeo:
“I voted against the new CIA Director because I worry that his desire for security will trump his defense of liberty.More than ever before, oversight of the secretive world of intelligence is critically important.
Programs are authorized, money is spent, and operations are carried out in the name of the American people, yet only a few members of Congress are even allowed to know what is happening in the dark corners of these U.S. intelligence programs.
Most of Congress was surprised to learn that the U.S. government was collecting all of our phone records in bulk. Most of what our intelligence community does is shielded from the rank and file of Congress. Only eight legislators are privy to the full extent of the surveillance state. (read more)
There is a valid position being espoused by Senator Rand Paul within his concerns.
Freedom and Security can often be at odds, and we must tread carefully while we travel upon this path. President Donald Trump has continually expressed a firm approach toward national security. President Trump also has shown keen insight in understanding the Deep State.
In addition, President Trump has been the recipient of the worst form of domestic conflict created by politicization of the CIA and Intelligence Community, via John Brennan and James Clapper.
The negative long-term impacts of the Patriot Act were arguably created an overreaction to the events of Sept. 11th 2001. The deep state absorbed our fear and the responding reaction from DC, and benefited by engorging itself. We should never turn away from the valid voice of Rand Paul’s position.
We need strong guardians on the wall; scary men skilled in war are necessary for our security. We also need the ability to stop the blood letting before we cross the line into blood-lust. Righteousness requires internal meters, controls and safety valves.
General Mattis is the perfect representative image of this approach in conduct and action.
With a citizen president holding office, our role as thoughtful voters is more important than ever. We have an executive office team attempting to punch holes within the walls of the DC echo-chamber so they can continuously hear the voice of all Americans.
We are all, essentially, in the space between Tom Cotton and Rand Paul. Thankfully, we can debate the substance of the issues and know our voices are being heard.
XML U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress - 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
| Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ) | |||
| Vote Number: | 32 | Vote Date: | January 23, 2017, 07:01 PM |
| Required For Majority: | 1/2 | Vote Result: | Nomination Confirmed |
| Nomination Number: | PN43 | ||
| Nomination Description: | Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | ||
| Vote Counts: | YEAs | 66 |
| NAYs | 32 | |
| Not Voting | 2 |
| Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
| Alexander (R-TN), Yea Baldwin (D-WI), Nay Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Nay Blumenthal (D-CT), Not Voting Blunt (R-MO), Yea Booker (D-NJ), Nay Boozman (R-AR), Yea Brown (D-OH), Nay Burr (R-NC), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Capito (R-WV), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Nay Carper (D-DE), Nay Casey (D-PA), Nay Cassidy (R-LA), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Coons (D-DE), Nay Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Cortez Masto (D-NV), Nay Cotton (R-AR), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Cruz (R-TX), Yea Daines (R-MT), Yea Donnelly (D-IN), Yea Duckworth (D-IL), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Yea Ernst (R-IA), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Fischer (R-NE), Yea Flake (R-AZ), Yea |
Franken (D-MN), Nay Gardner (R-CO), Yea Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Harris (D-CA), Nay Hassan (D-NH), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Yea Heinrich (D-NM), Nay Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea Heller (R-NV), Yea Hirono (D-HI), Nay Hoeven (R-ND), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johnson (R-WI), Yea Kaine (D-VA), Yea Kennedy (R-LA), Yea King (I-ME), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Lankford (R-OK), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Nay Lee (R-UT), Yea Manchin (D-WV), Yea Markey (D-MA), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Nay Merkley (D-OR), Nay Moran (R-KS), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murphy (D-CT), Not Voting Murray (D-WA), Nay |
Nelson (D-FL), Nay Paul (R-KY), Nay Perdue (R-GA), Yea Peters (D-MI), Nay Portman (R-OH), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Risch (R-ID), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rounds (R-SD), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay Sasse (R-NE), Yea Schatz (D-HI), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Scott (R-SC), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shaheen (D-NH), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Sullivan (R-AK), Yea Tester (D-MT), Nay Thune (R-SD), Yea Tillis (R-NC), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea Udall (D-NM), Nay Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay Warner (D-VA), Yea Warren (D-MA), Nay Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay Young (R-IN), Yea |
| Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
| YEAs ---66 | ||
| Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Capito (R-WV) Cassidy (R-LA) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Cotton (R-AR) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Daines (R-MT) Donnelly (D-IN) Enzi (R-WY) Ernst (R-IA) Feinstein (D-CA) Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) Gardner (R-CO) |
Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hassan (D-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Heitkamp (D-ND) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johnson (R-WI) Kaine (D-VA) Kennedy (R-LA) King (I-ME) Klobuchar (D-MN) Lankford (R-OK) Lee (R-UT) Manchin (D-WV) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Murkowski (R-AK) |
Perdue (R-GA) Portman (R-OH) Reed (D-RI) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rounds (R-SD) Rubio (R-FL) Sasse (R-NE) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shaheen (D-NH) Shelby (R-AL) Sullivan (R-AK) Thune (R-SD) Tillis (R-NC) Toomey (R-PA) Warner (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wicker (R-MS) Young (R-IN) |
| NAYs ---32 | ||
| Baldwin (D-WI) Bennet (D-CO) Booker (D-NJ) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Coons (D-DE) Cortez Masto (D-NV) Duckworth (D-IL) |
Durbin (D-IL) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Harris (D-CA) Heinrich (D-NM) Hirono (D-HI) Leahy (D-VT) Markey (D-MA) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Murray (D-WA) |
Nelson (D-FL) Paul (R-KY) Peters (D-MI) Sanders (I-VT) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Udall (D-NM) Van Hollen (D-MD) Warren (D-MA) Wyden (D-OR) |
| Not Voting - 2 | ||
| Blumenthal (D-CT) |
Murphy (D-CT) |
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| Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Yea | Shelby (R-AL), Yea |
| Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK), Yea | Sullivan (R-AK), Yea |
| Arizona: | Flake (R-AZ), Yea | McCain (R-AZ), Yea |
| Arkansas: | Boozman (R-AR), Yea | Cotton (R-AR), Yea |
| California: | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea | Harris (D-CA), Nay |
| Colorado: | Bennet (D-CO), Nay | Gardner (R-CO), Yea |
| Connecticut: | Blumenthal (D-CT), Not Voting | Murphy (D-CT), Not Voting |
| Delaware: | Carper (D-DE), Nay | Coons (D-DE), Nay |
| Florida: | Nelson (D-FL), Nay | Rubio (R-FL), Yea |
| Georgia: | Isakson (R-GA), Yea | Perdue (R-GA), Yea |
| Hawaii: | Hirono (D-HI), Nay | Schatz (D-HI), Yea |
| Idaho: | Crapo (R-ID), Yea | Risch (R-ID), Yea |
| Illinois: | Duckworth (D-IL), Nay | Durbin (D-IL), Nay |
| Indiana: | Donnelly (D-IN), Yea | Young (R-IN), Yea |
| Iowa: | Ernst (R-IA), Yea | Grassley (R-IA), Yea |
| Kansas: | Moran (R-KS), Yea | Roberts (R-KS), Yea |
| Kentucky: | McConnell (R-KY), Yea | Paul (R-KY), Nay |
| Louisiana: | Cassidy (R-LA), Yea | Kennedy (R-LA), Yea |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Yea | King (I-ME), Yea |
| Maryland: | Cardin (D-MD), Nay | Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay |
| Massachusetts: | Markey (D-MA), Nay | Warren (D-MA), Nay |
| Michigan: | Peters (D-MI), Nay | Stabenow (D-MI), Nay |
| Minnesota: | Franken (D-MN), Nay | Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Yea | Wicker (R-MS), Yea |
| Missouri: | Blunt (R-MO), Yea | McCaskill (D-MO), Yea |
| Montana: | Daines (R-MT), Yea | Tester (D-MT), Nay |
| Nebraska: | Fischer (R-NE), Yea | Sasse (R-NE), Yea |
| Nevada: | Cortez Masto (D-NV), Nay | Heller (R-NV), Yea |
| New Hampshire: | Hassan (D-NH), Yea | Shaheen (D-NH), Yea |
| New Jersey: | Booker (D-NJ), Nay | Menendez (D-NJ), Nay |
| New Mexico: | Heinrich (D-NM), Nay | Udall (D-NM), Nay |
| New York: | Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay | Schumer (D-NY), Yea |
| North Carolina: | Burr (R-NC), Yea | Tillis (R-NC), Yea |
| North Dakota: | Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea | Hoeven (R-ND), Yea |
| Ohio: | Brown (D-OH), Nay | Portman (R-OH), Yea |
| Oklahoma: | Inhofe (R-OK), Yea | Lankford (R-OK), Yea |
| Oregon: | Merkley (D-OR), Nay | Wyden (D-OR), Nay |
| Pennsylvania: | Casey (D-PA), Nay | Toomey (R-PA), Yea |
| Rhode Island: | Reed (D-RI), Yea | Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea |
| South Carolina: | Graham (R-SC), Yea | Scott (R-SC), Yea |
| South Dakota: | Rounds (R-SD), Yea | Thune (R-SD), Yea |
| Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Yea | Corker (R-TN), Yea |
| Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Yea | Cruz (R-TX), Yea |
| Utah: | Hatch (R-UT), Yea | Lee (R-UT), Yea |
| Vermont: | Leahy (D-VT), Nay | Sanders (I-VT), Nay |
| Virginia: | Kaine (D-VA), Yea | Warner (D-VA), Yea |
| Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Nay | Murray (D-WA), Nay |
| West Virginia: | Capito (R-WV), Yea | Manchin (D-WV), Yea |
| Wisconsin: | Baldwin (D-WI), Nay | Johnson (R-WI), Yea |
| Wyoming: | Barrasso (R-WY), Yea | Enzi (R-WY), Yea |
| Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
Good to see progress against socialist obstruction.
Some RED state Democrats, up for reelection in 2018 voted “nay.” Not a smart move on their part.
Is there any reason to be particularly thrilled about Pompeo as CIA dir? Someone fill me in.
Here is the page on the 2018 Senate races.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2018
The vote tally is 66-32, with a significant number of Democrats voting no
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Well, they couldn’t call it a ‘party line’ vote as 15 D’s voted yes.
INCLUDING VP nominee Kaine...does this get him thrown to the far back of the bus?
Love the reporting...66-32 is considered close - if not Party line.
If the vote would have been 49-51 the same press would have called it a D/LIB landslide and we would be hearing of the crumbling administration for weeks....
Trump can NOT take the typical R stance and start ‘feeling sorry’ for D’s....They are NOT to be trusted....
And Schumer, since he knew Pompeo would be confirmed, votes “Yea” in full blown “CYA I’m bipartisan” credibility mode.
Not bad. I like that he rightfully sees Islam vs. West as a clash of civilizations.
Just wish he were better on domestic privacy issues. Tired of these surveillance programs/etc being weaponized against Americans (as they were under Barry’s watch, and would’ve been scaled up under Hillary’s).
HOORAY Mike Pompeo
Figured someone would say this. That’s an extremely low bar to go by…
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