When you win, you certainly have the right to nominate your cabinet members. You should not have the right to nominate them, and withhold the information necessary to determine if the nominees are appropriate to handle their very important responsibilities.
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Mitch McConnell lost his soul long, long ago. He is immoral, amoral, and unethical.
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Oh weâll get âŚâif we meet them half wayâ bromides from the sniveling class.
Wake the fuck up.
These people are out to fuck us
No more Mr. Moderate
No More Mr. Nice guy
Those days are gone
Escorted out of town by a sociopath tweeter
and a Congress on a path to roll back every progressive accomplishment since the New Deal.
Revenge on FDR in the 21st century
whoda thunk
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We need some posters that say, âGot Ethics?â
Put a GOP luminary on each, with a URL to a site that lists his/her shady connections.
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Grow up, Mitch. Complete the ethics reviews.
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Obamaâs nominees played by the rules. Trumpâs should too. If later filed disclosures reveal a problem, what are you going to do? Re-open the hearings?
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Oh please he wonât but that doesnât mean we canât.
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Iâve always been partial to some of the biblical plagues myself. Smiting is quick and easy for the smitee, I want anguish, humiliation, and a lot of discomfort (no pain, there are med for that).
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Not too mention the known quality and history of the Obama picks.
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Maybe Chapel Hill. Canât think of one place in manure land.
Democrats are simply abiding by the rules established by the GOP leaders:
- âMcConnell ruleâ of making âthis a one-term Presidentâ
- the âGOP leadership ruleâ of opposing the President on EVERYTHING, ALL THE TIMES
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So says the expert on the Senate âfluâ.
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From a legal and procedural point of view, how can they have those hearings and confirm anyone for Agent Orange when he isnât president yet?
We didnât like most of them either, but he won the election," McConnell said
Does this mean that Merrick Garland will soon receive his up or down vote, Senator?
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TPM articles like this one need to provide the context that the NYT and other MSM almost never provide. This article should have contrasted what McConnell said with what he wrote on Republican confirmation requirements to Majority Leader Reid in 2009. Câmon TPM you can do better than this.
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Thatâs not it. They are saying they want to âconfirmâ on DAY ONEâŚâjust like they did for Obamaâ. First off it was February when they confirmed a bunch of picks AND they had all their papers in. Again, itâs apples and oranges and sleight of hand to âshowâ that the conservatives are REALLY the âvictimsâ.
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At the risk of sounding like someone interested in sports, I would remind Mitch McConnell what New Englad Patriotâs coach, Bill Belichick says â DO YOUR JOB. McConnell needs to go through the process. If the process reveals that some of these characters should not be nominated (a proposed attorney general who is opposed to civil rights, say) then nominations will not be confirmed. If he truly believed in these candidates, he would be follow the dictum of Philadelphia 76er fans who, despite years of losing, believe they now have the makings of a winning team â STICK WITH THE PROCESS. If McConnell believed he had winners, he would be happy to use the process.
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Yertle was the primary sponsor of the following bills that were enacted:
S. 799: Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015
S. 625: Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015
S. 2183 (113th): A bill entitled âUnited States International Programming to Ukraine and Neighboring Regionsâ.
S.J.Res. 29 (111th): A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
S.J.Res. 17 (111th): A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
S.J.Res. 41 (110th): A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
S. 1927 (110th): Protect America Act of 2007
S.J.Res. 16 (110th): A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
S. 3930 (109th): Military Commissions Act of 2006
S.J.Res. 38 (109th): A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
S. 2370 (109th): Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006
S.J.Res. 18 (109th): A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
S.J.Res. 39 (108th): A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
S.J.Res. 36 (108th): A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
S. 1714 (107th): A bill to provide for the installation of a plaque to honor Dr. James Harvey Early in the Williamsburg, Kentucky Post Office Building.
S. 2323 (106th): Worker Economic Opportunity Act
S. 1543 (106th): A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to release and protect the release of tobacco production and marketing information.
S. 1481 (106th): A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to release and protect the release of tobacco production and marketing information.
S. 2316 (105th): A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation for the disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will be used to treat
S. 2282 (105th): Agriculture Export Relief Act of 1998
S. 1886 (102nd): Medicaid Moratorium Amendments of 1991
S. 1731 (102nd): United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992
More than 1/3 (8 of 22) were resolutions about trade with Burma. Two of the 22 were tobacco-related bills (basically hiding information about tobacco production and marketing). Heckuva job, Yertle.
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I used to love turtles before this fucker became a thing. Now I see them as bathed in salmonella. Dude is as corrupt as he is ugly.
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Itâs amazing how many redneck 4x4 trucks I see in NC with republican and UNC stickers. Most rednecks like NCSU for the agricultural aspects, but our sports teams have sucked for a good number of years now so all these non-college folks pull for the winning team in spite of the collegesâ liberal student majority.(Edit: Also Duke) Most of the bigger cities in NC have fairly liberal local and county governments, itâs just the surrounding/rural counties that are white republican. Check out downtown Asheville sometime if you want to see an eclectic hippy revival. Iâd guess KY is similar.
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