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Vote Summary Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Avril Danica Haines, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence ) Vote Number: 3 Vote Date: January 20, 2021, 06:23 PM Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Nomination ConfirmedNomination Number: PN78-10Nomination Description: Avril Danica Haines, of New York, to be Director of National IntelligenceVote Counts:YEAs84NAYs10Not Voting6*Information compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate bill clerk under the direction of the secretary of the SenateBaldwin (D-WI), YeaBarrasso (R-WY), YeaBennet (D-CO), YeaBlackburn (R-TN), NayBlumenthal (D-CT), YeaBlunt (R-MO), YeaBooker (D-NJ), YeaBoozman (R-AR), YeaBraun (R-IN), NayBrown (D-OH), Not VotingBurr (R-NC), YeaCantwell (D-WA), YeaCapito (R-WV), YeaCardin...

President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said that as a member of the president's defense team in his upcoming impeachment trial he's preparing to argue that the president's claims of voter fraud did not constitute incitement to violence because the claims are true. "They basically claimed that anytime [Trump] says voter fraud, voter fraud — or I do, or anybody else — we're inciting violence; that those words are fighting words because it's totally untrue," Giuliani told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl. "Well, if you can prove that it's true, or at least true enough so it's...

Republican senators say they feel a sense of growing regret over not standing up to President Trump sooner — a day after a violent mob ransacked the Capitol building in one of the darkest and most humiliating days in U.S. history. One Republican senator who requested anonymity to discuss his conversations with GOP colleagues acknowledged GOP lawmakers should have served as a stronger check on the president over the past four years

As we just reported, almost a dozen more Senators will now be joining Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and dozens of House members in objecting to the electoral count on Jan. 6. That’s caused a reaction from some on the left, including from Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) who termed the senators who said that they would be objecting “enemies of democracy.” Name & shame these enemies of democracy:Ted Cruz (TX)Ron Johnson (WI)James Lankford (OK)Steve Daines (MT)John Kennedy (LA)Marsha Blackburn (TN)Mike Braun (IN)Cynthia Lummis (WY)Roger Marshall (KS)Bill Hagerty (TN)Tommy Tuberville (AL) https://t.co/5QNFpHGr7X— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) January 2, 2021This of course is nonsense,...

Vice President Mike Pence said he welcomes efforts by lawmakers to challenge Electoral College results in the upcoming congressional joint session on Jan. 6, when the votes are formally counted, according to a statement sent by his chief of staff to reporters. Vice President Chief of Staff Marc Short issued the statement on Saturday saying that Pence, who will be presiding over the Jan. 6 session as president of the senate, is open to considering planned objections by Republican House members and senators to Electoral College votes cast for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Short added that the vice president...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R. MO) officially stated that he will object to the Electoral College vote count to be held in the Senate on January 6. May this courageous man be the first of many Senators to take a stand against the overwhelming evidence of election fraud. If neither candidate wins enough Electoral College votes on January 6, Trump should win – and it’s all in the Constitution without the need for any strained statutory interpretations.Let me start with an overview of what happens on January 6. It’s crucial to appreciate how this can end if Hawley is joined by...

Here’s a suggested communication from y’all fortunate enough to have a non-Progressive US Senator “representing your interests”. BTW, I live in Ca so there is no sense in my trying this since the two most worthless twits in the Senate were put there by my neighbors. Identify your Senator; RINO, Independent, or real conservative; and send them a missive emphasizing the following: if not so much as a single Senator stands up and formally objects (along with expected Representatives) to the electors, you all go down. Pick lots if you must. We know that regardless of the outcome, the Senator...

A GOP member of Congress again pushed both Texas senators to object during the counting of Electoral College votes on Jan. 6.“I’m Lance Gooden. I am proud to be the U.S. Congressman for Texas’ 5th Congressional District,” wrote Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) on Saturday. “I am also proud to stand with @realDonaldTrump by OBJECTING on January 6th. I call on every fellow member of Congress to do the same. RT!”In a follow-up tweet, Gooden called on Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) to join him in objecting to the vote-counting of certain key states’ electors.“We have an obligation...

One of the things that irked me the most about most Republicans and even many conservatives over the past four years is their support of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. They would often tout his ability to get Trump-nominations, particularly in the judiciary, pushed through at a “record” pace. He was simply doing the most basic requirement of his job. Praising him for getting nominations on the book is like praising a middle manager at small company for writing an employee schedule every week.McConnell’s opportunity to shine came when Republicans held control of the House, Senate, and White House from...

Sunday December 20, 2020 3:10 PM According to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Republican lawmakers who refuse to accept President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory “are bordering on sedition and treason.” “Each of us who are serving as senators took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. One of the most fundamental principles of the Constitution is the peaceful transition of power,” Shaheen said. “These senators and members of Congress who have refused to acknowledge that we had a free and fair election in which Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by over 7 million votes, are bordering...

The Constitution provides for a remedy in case there is any suspicion of fraud in a Presidential election. A single Senator can object to the seating of electors as valid and the election will be thrown to the States. There are signs that Sen Majority Leader McConnell is willing to suppress the votes of Senators against the election. No doubt they are pushing the line that changing the election outcome now would let loose Antifa and BLM, the dogs of war of the Dem. Party and the MSM. Not to worry--they are domiciled in blue states so let them loose...

Robert Barnes @Barnes_Law The letter I am writing to Senators to object to the certification of any elector from any contested state where no meaningful audit of the vote occurs prior to January 6. No copyright asserted by me; feel free to borrow, steal, or copy, as you please. Link: https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/285794/senator-letter-draft Dear Senator, I request you exercise your Constitutional and statutory authority to object to the certification of any elector from any state that refuses to allow a meaningful audit of the November general election for electors to the Presidency, which must include: 1) a re-canvass of the vote that...

I require some education about the US political system. Let us say that the Georgia electoral system is completely corrupt, which I know is a huge stretch at this point in time. (Sarc). If Kemp were to resign or get defeated in the next election and a new governor was elected and the Georgian residents didva cleaning of the legislation and put in honest politicians, (again sarc), can the new Governor and legislature recall it's Senators or is a state stuck with its choices until the next Senatorial and House elections?

Agent Strasser: “I am trying to twist you a little bit” “I am scaring you here”...” we have Senators involved...DOJ involved...reason they called me is to try to harness that storm.”

Democrats, their media friends want us to know, are furious. If Republicans exercise their constitutional prerogative and fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court, the Democrats are prepared to burn it all down. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) told his caucus on Saturday that if Republicans move forward with a nomination, "nothing is off the table." Others were more explicit: If the Democrats retake the Senate in 2021, Massachusetts senator Ed Markey vowed to abolish the filibuster; his failed primary challenger, Rep. Joe Kennedy, promised to pack the Court. They'll bestow statehood on Puerto Rico and...

WASHINGTON – Jong Woo Son, 23, a South Korean national, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for his operation of Welcome To Video, the largest child sexual exploitation market by volume of content. The nine-count indictment was unsealed today along with a parallel civil forfeiture action. Son has also been charged and convicted in South Korea and is currently in custody serving his sentence in South Korea. An additional 337 site users residing in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,...

After years of pressure, the Washington Redskins National Football League team has agreed to change its name. As compensation for the loss of value of the team's inventory of trademarked gear, the team will be renamed the Washington Senators and be granted the privilege of employing a filibuster play in all home games. Once the Senators' team captain or head coach notifies the referee that the team is calling for the filibuster play the ball may not be snapped unless 60% of the players on the field agree to allow the ball to be snapped. Head Coach Ron Rivera says...

Do these lives matter - Mekhi James, Sincere Gaston and Lena Marie Nunez ? If so, what are you going to do about their loss? /****************End of email********************/ For your reference: https://www.foxnews.com/us/children-shot-dead-wounded-one-week-in-chicago

Five Democrat senators knelt during a moment of silence for George Floyd — a black man who recently died in police custody in Minneapolis — on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Michael Bennet (D-CO) knelt during the tribute, which lasted for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time that video showed fired Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck before he died. Chauvin faces a second-degree murder charge over the incident.

Seven top Senators said Sullivan's actions violate the Constitution's clear separation of powers on which branch of government may prosecute American citizens. The actions of the rogue federal judge in the Michael Flynn criminal case are an unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power that represent a “recipe for tyranny,” seven top senators, including the Senate Majority leader, told a federal court on Monday. In an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) blasted the refusal of Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to grant the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss...