Posted on 06/20/2018 7:58:34 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is reportedly considering using votes on President Trump’s appellate court nominees as a bargaining chip for demands on two separate issues.
CNN reported that Flake may block votes on the court nominations while he attempts to secure action on tariffs and travel restrictions to Cuba.
“We’re discussing it,” he told the network.
Flake is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Republicans hold a one-seat advantage over Democrats.
If Flake does not support the appellate nominees, it could compromise their nominations. Most judges are voted out of the committee along party lines.
However, Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told CNN that he will not schedule votes on the judges until Flake has indicated he’ll support the nominees.
Grassley added that the Senate nominations calendar is full, and he does not feel pressured to vote on judges at this time.
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We always talk about RINOs. With Flake, I’d like to propose a new acronym. DIES. Democrat in Elephant Suit.
Do a little research and read about the Flake’s past!
What is wrong with the lunatics who keep voting for them? Fools.
“kick Flake off of the committee.”
That is a solution right there. Flake will not be voting for the next leader, so he has no future value to McConnell.
He needs to be replaced in a few months anyway
I agree with you so much. This man has become a criminal in his negligence. ARREST SESSIONS!!
Kick him from committees
Remove him from the committee since he’s retiring anyway. Or, start restricting funds to his state - especially any military etc. that are under the discretionary budget.
What was The Flakester’s net worth coming outta the House?
Now?
...A call to a receptive Majority Leader (well, we can dream, can’t we?) could get you relocated to the back bench
in the cloak room
It is currently ten times what is was when he was in the House. As a Rep, he was poor - net worth less than $300k.
Now he is worth about $2.5m. Yep, that insider trading and K street payoffs sure do boost your earnings, don’t they?
The real problem is that decent individuals don’t seek elected office.
Flake apparently got “The Talk” from someone.
Flake is just another little, crybaby, swamp critter being run out of “the swamp”. Poor baby is mad so he’s going to take it out on Arizonans and the American people.
Another favorite of the Tea Party “movement”.
McSally is just as bad.Wake up Arizona!
Oh yeah, he sure did. I don’t know whether it was the cash, or the threat of exposing his weird whatever, but those Swamp creatures sure know how to drive the values out of people.
Flake is truly despicable, as loathsome as they get.
Vote for Kelli Ward.
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