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Democrats mull audacious play to block Pompeo
MSN News ^ | 04/20/2018 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 04/20/2018 12:09:27 PM PDT by detective

Democrats are mulling an audacious plan to bottle up President Trump's nominee to head the State Department in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - even though Mike Pompeo likely has enough votes to win confirmation on the Senate floor.

The plan under consideration would involve Democrats on the panel refusing to vote to discharge Pompeo from the committee with even an unfavorable recommendation.

This would force Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to offer a motion to bring Pompeo's nomination to the Senate floor. Democratic senators and aides say that motion would be subject to a filibuster, allowing Democrats to block Pompeo.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: democrats; pompeo; senate
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Democrats on the panel say if they also vote against the unfavorable recommendation to discharge, then Pompeo will be bottled up in committee and McConnell will have to offer a motion on the floor to discharge him, which is subject to a filibuster and a 60-vote threshold.
1 posted on 04/20/2018 12:09:27 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

A good reason to can the filibuster.


2 posted on 04/20/2018 12:11:41 PM PDT by AU72
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To: detective

Guess they are unhappy about his American success with NoKo.


3 posted on 04/20/2018 12:13:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: detective

Mitch can go nuclear.

Mitch went nuclear with judges because Dingy Reid set the precedent.

Mitch can set precedent with Presidential appointments.


4 posted on 04/20/2018 12:14:10 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: detective

What is wrong with Pompeo? Why do they want to block him?


5 posted on 04/20/2018 12:15:32 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: detective

It’s time for Trump to make his own rules
The dems can sink in their own swamp pit. They have done enough .. and the public opinion will be on Trumps side.
The media is miscalculating the public..
Trump can use the constitution and make it serve his purpose.. the left has torn it to pieces.


6 posted on 04/20/2018 12:18:02 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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There may be some problems with his military resumé.


7 posted on 04/20/2018 12:18:51 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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What is wrong with Pompeo?

He's pro-life for one thing. They hate that even though it has little, if anything, to do with being SOS.

8 posted on 04/20/2018 12:18:52 PM PDT by Kipp
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How do I know for SURE Pompeo is NOT a Deep State HACK?

Take just one look at how the DemonRats are conspiring to stop his appointment as Secretary of State. THAT'S how I know.

9 posted on 04/20/2018 12:19:49 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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He isn’t a lunatic LIB as they all are.


10 posted on 04/20/2018 12:19:55 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: robroys woman

They dont want Trump to have any success and n Korea would be a huge deal..


11 posted on 04/20/2018 12:20:01 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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That’s my question. Why are they willing to pay the price that it will be to continue blocking him?


12 posted on 04/20/2018 12:21:14 PM PDT by Principled (No one will conquer America, from within or without, until its citizenry are disarmed.)
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Communists of a feather stick together


13 posted on 04/20/2018 12:22:57 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: detective

The hate his Christianity.


14 posted on 04/20/2018 12:23:50 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: robroys woman

That’s easy, he is a Republican that supports Trump.


15 posted on 04/20/2018 12:25:53 PM PDT by falcon99
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The DemonRATs are using Pompeo as a poke in the eye of President Trump. They don't care about the security of America. All they want is power.

Power.

Power.

Power.

Here is what America will get:


16 posted on 04/20/2018 12:27:00 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Trump continues to have all the right enemies.)
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Yes, but they are paying such a high price.


17 posted on 04/20/2018 12:27:23 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: detective

Clearly this isn’t about Pompao, it’s about the Democrats and the DC establishment’s hatred of the nonestablishment Trump and working to make him a failed president.


18 posted on 04/20/2018 12:28:08 PM PDT by drypowder
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There won’t be a price and they know it. They are doing it out of spite and because they can. No other reason. Democrats never pay a price for the crap they pull.


19 posted on 04/20/2018 12:28:29 PM PDT by Avalon Memories ( Proud Deplorable. Proud born-in-the-USA American Dreamer.)
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To: frnewsjunkie

Bingo.

Mitch better grow a set and get this done.


20 posted on 04/20/2018 12:28:34 PM PDT by bigbob
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