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To: dp0622

According to headline news via Twitter, Ted Cruz was the lone senator who skipped the confirmation vote.


14 posted on 04/23/2015 11:15:24 AM PDT by Gefn (April really is the cruelest month.)
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To: Gefn

Well, the total number of votes recorded was 99, so that’s probably accurate.

I wonder why he skipped the vote.


28 posted on 04/23/2015 11:17:20 AM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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Loretta Lynch Confirmed as New Attorney General — Here Are the 10 Republicans Who Voted for Her

The Senate voted 56-43 in favor of Lynch, approving her with help of:

Sens. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.),

Thad Cochran (Miss.),

Susan Collins (Maine),

Jeff Flake (Ariz.),

Lindsey Graham (S.C.),

Orrin Hatch (Utah),

Ron Johnson (Wis.),

Mark Kirk (Ill.),

Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
33 posted on 04/23/2015 11:18:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Gefn

Cruz voted against cloture, and we all know where he stood. If there was a chance to stop her, he would have stayed...


116 posted on 04/23/2015 11:34:06 AM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: Gefn

Don’t blame him one bit for wanting no part of that vote...it was a joke.


133 posted on 04/23/2015 11:37:27 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Gefn
According to headline news via Twitter, Ted Cruz was the lone senator who skipped the confirmation vote.

Ted Cruz for Present in 2016!

164 posted on 04/23/2015 11:53:23 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Celebrate Holy Week by flogging a banker. It's what Jesus would have done.)
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