Posted on 02/06/2025 10:24:45 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Democrats succeeded Thursday in delaying a committee vote to advance the confirmation of FBI director nominee Kash Patel until next week at least.
The vote, which was slated to happen at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, was pushed to next week after Senate Democrats demanded a second hearing from the Trump-aligned former Defense Department official, citing concerns about his previous remarks and candor.
In a statement Tuesday night, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa., said attempts by top Judiciary Democrat Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and others to force Patel to testify again were "baseless" as he already sat before the committee for more than five hours and disclosed "thousands of pages" of records to the panel, as well as nearly 150 pages of responses to lawmakers' written questions.
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Which, if any, Republican senators have expressed reservations about Kash Patel? Is there any basis for the Democrats’ strategy to delay the vote?
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME !!!!!!!
What is the contingency if something were to happen to mcconnel? Are we currently at the same 50/50 with JDV being the tie breaker? If no mcconnel are we at a 49/50 disadvantage?
My guess is, they can’t face reality but they can send out fundraising letters pretending they can stop him. After confirmation that gets a lot harder to do. Schiff likes to hear himself talk.
BECAUSE EPSTEIN LIST. SENATE IN FULL PANIC. BILL GATES FREAKING OUT, begging Trump.
What happened to not taking weekends off as long as the nominations are not approved? Keep them there all weekend.
Collins and Murkowski are nominally Republicans, so if they and McConnel voted against Patel, JD Vance could still break the tie as he did before. I suppose what I am asking is whether there are any Republican senators other than those three who might waver.
The Democrats are a terrorist organization. They should be approached as such.
Is she the one that has the abilty/access to release them?
I appreciate the urge to punish RINOs but that would not change the delay. It’s a committee rule that members can delay the vote even if they don’t have a majority.
recess appoint him. We are at war.
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Or, Trump can announce that if Patel doesn’t pass committee, he’ll simply appoint General Flynn as temporary acting. That’ll move the process along.
that works
They are delaying it because his delay is a delay from being charged and arrested
Yes, she has already stated that she plans to release the Epstein files. The juvenile Senate Democrats deserve it.
How about that Senate majority?
yes, and this time there MUST be arrests and prosecutions. Anything short of that will guarantee more of the same if they grab power down the road. This is truly a fight to the finish.
No we would be at a 50/49 advantage because McConnel has been throwing a temper tantrum and voting no with the two weak sisters from ME and AK against Presdient Trump’s nominees
Doesn’t matter until they vote.
Yes they can, if the Republicans do nothing they’ll stall week after week after week.
I don’t get that either. Can’t the Republicans simply call for a vote and get him out of committee?
Is there a filibuster rule in committees too?
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