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Posted on 02/05/2010 8:22:51 AM PST by RummyChick
Maybe the Republicans in the Senate just got fed up with Obama trying to ram through his nominees and holding up Brown’s seating to do it.
Evidently, Obama has a guy nominated for TSA who is even further left than the first nominee and he wanted him voted on before Brown got seated.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
Thank you Senator Shelby....I hope this sticks....
its nice to see the Rs are growing a set.
Don’t get too excited. He’s just trying to save porkulous for his own state - and thus, his job.
This move has got nothing to do with growing a spine or a set of brass ones. I despair of the R’s ever really ‘getting’ it. As soon as some issue comes up that the R’s think will make them ‘look’ bad if they take the conservative position, they’ll cave like they always do.
My bad, I didn’t read the whole article.
Yes,it’s not good to heap praise on any Republican.
Maybe more information will be forthcoming. But the Republicans have to be steamed about Kirk being allowed to vote after he was no longer legally a Senator.
Hey, the Dems have Snowe, Collins, Graham, McCain and a few others.
Now this is the way you do it! Keep that slate of radicals on hold till Nov.
I’m sure the MSM will treat this EXACTLY like they did when the tables were turned.
Let’s hear it for Senator Shelby.
Hip, Hip, Hooray!
No more insane radical appointments.
are those cannon balls or Acai berries? Hard to tell from this photo
From later in the article:
Shelby applied the holds because of a dispute over a contract to build Air Force refueling tankers. The original deal was awarded to Northrop Grumman, which would have constructed the planes in Mobile, Ala.
But Boeing protested the award to the Government Accountability Office, which negated the deal in a report that faulted the Pentagon’s selection process.
The Pentagon then reopened the competition, but Northrop has argued that it has given Boeing an unfair advantage in that process by disclosing price information to Boeing. It has threatened to pull out of the competition, and has been conducting a lobbying and public-relations campaign criticizing the competition.
Though holds on nominees are commonly used to protest unrelated issues, blanket holds occur less frequently and affect a wider swath of nominees before the Senate.
The Defense Department “must recognize” that the tanker deal “needs to be significantly and substantively changed,” Shelby spokesman Jonathan Graffeo said in a statement.
Shelby is also not happy with the Obama administration’s decision to hold back funding for an FBI facility in Alabama dedicated to research on explosives used by terrorists.
They are all 41 now.
Brought to you by the Number 41.
You got it, Lurker! WOO HOO!
Image above courtesy of FReeper STARWISE.
Earmarks for his state. He is insisting the RFP for a big contract be tweaked so Airbus can win it, thereby giving his state the ability to make the parts. A huge boon for his state. Will any Republicans come out against this earmark grab before the Dems do? It would be smart politics for them to do so. There’s also a 2nd earmark he wants for his state but I forget what it is.
The only better United States Senator is Jeff Sessions, and ALABAMA’s got them both. Roll Tide, and even (very reluctantly) War Eagle.
So many people are looking for the current day founding fathers.
I love this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfRaWAtBVg
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