Posted on 01/30/2017 4:02:55 PM PST by jazusamo
Republicans managed to turn back a quick-strike effort by Senate Democrats to revoke President Trump’s new extreme vetting executive order Monday night.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein tried to force an immediate vote on her bill but was stymied by GOP objections, leaving Mr. Trump free to continue to deny admissions from seven majority-Muslim countries with histories of terrorism.
But Democrats said the fight is just beginning.
“President Trump’s muslim ban is unnecessary, it’s unconstitutional and it’s un-American,” Mrs. Feinstein said. “We won’t stand for these types of actions.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Good. I thought only the house could start a bill?
This is theater. She knows that unless the statutes which authorize the EOs/Proclamations are repealed that her bill is meaningless.
I’d like to see her reprimanded.
Di and Schumer, too bad the next terrorist that gets through into the U.S. has little chance of cutting off their worthless heads.
They keep saying unconstitutional , so where in the Constitution it states non Americans had a right to come here.
I want a vote. Get these dems on record so they cannot weasel out of this at election time. Especially, the red state dems who are up re-election in 2018.
Whenever Feinswine is thwarted, America chalks up another victory !
Even if the law passed with Veto Proof majorities Trump, with the clear Constitutional Powers granted to him, could tell the other two branches of the Federel Govermnment “too bad” and proceed anyway.
I don’t think it’s unconstitutional. They’re making all of this crap up.
I believe the House has to start only the spending bills.
You know it
As usual they will “sue”
Pathetic. The whole lot of them.
I’ve been reading that it’s not unconstitutional and that Dem presidents have done the same thing in the past, of course the Rats don’t think that applies to the GOP.
Now as I sit and watch as President of the United States Trump do what he said he would do in all those rallies I sat and watched and prayed as many Americans were doing, I know now that God has His Hands on President Trump and America...he was chosen by God to lead America and anything that God decides to do will get done...
I am sitting here watching these people who haven't got a clue about life outside of ‘The Swamp’ and I'm watching the Miracle of God performing and it brings tears to my eyes that we, a Country who has been so badly mistreated by a lot of her own people, are being blessed...
“President Trump’s muslim ban is unnecessary, it’s unconstitutional and it’s un-American,” Mrs. Feinstein said. “We won’t stand for these types of actions.”
Obviously deranged and unhinged, clearly biased and antagonistic. Has No business EVER being on Any Official committee doing the Peoples Business.
Paging Mitch McConnell, Why is she on ANY COMMITTEE?? SHe is Unqualified and CAN NOT READ!!!
by the way, it’s Mrs Richard BLUM. (CBRE)
This is strange. Why did Republicans not act this swiftly in trying to stop Obama’s power grabs ?
This is a jaw-dropping exhibition of the scope of President Trump’s strategic leverage. Remember how Secretary of State Rex Tillerson refused to take the bait from Senator Marco Rubio regarding Saudi Arabia? Put this outcome in the dividend column.
Those who have not followed the back-story of non-extremist politics in the middle-east will miss the obvious play identified more readily by those who have followed closely.
One of the major influences and advisers for King Salman of Saudi Arabia is Egyptian President Fattah Abdel el-Sisi. El-Sisi has already established a productive relationship with President Trump both before and after the election. No doubt King Salman and President Sisi debriefed the prior conversations between Trump and el-Sisi.
Today King Salman agrees to a primary expressed policy position of President Trump. Saudi Arabia will support and finance “safe zones” within Syria and Yemen. This is a big, big deal.
(Via Reuters) Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, in a phone call on Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump, agreed to support safe zones in Syria and Yemen, a White House statement said.
Trump, during his presidential campaign last year, had called for Gulf states to pay for establishing safe zones to protect Syrian refugees.
A statement after the phone call said the two leaders agreed on the importance of strengthening joint efforts to fight the spread of Islamic State militants.
“The president requested and the King agreed to support safe zones in Syria and Yemen, as well as supporting other ideas to help the many refugees who are displaced by the ongoing conflicts,” the statement said.
[…] A senior Saudi source told Reuters the two leaders spoke for over an hour by telephone and agreed to step up counter-terrorism and military cooperation and enhance economic cooperation. But the source had no word on whether the two leaders discussed Trump’s order to put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily ban travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries.
The source said Saudi Arabia would enhance its participation in the U.S.-led coalition fighting to oust Islamic State from its strongholds in Iraq and Syria.
The White House statement said the two leaders also agreed on the need to address “Iran’s destabilizing regional activities.” SPA also mentioned Trump and the King had similar visions on “confronting whomever seeks to destabilise security and stability in the region and interfere in the affairs of other countries,” an apparent reference to Riyadh’s arch-foe Iran.
Both countries share views about Iranian policies in the region, the Saudi source said, suggesting Trump agreed with Riyadh’s suspicion of what it sees as Tehran’s growing influence in the Arab world. Iran denies it meddles in Arab countries. (read more)
In addition to el-Sisi there are modern entities within the Gulf States, specifically the UAE, who will understand and support a more strategic White House relationship.
Predictably, Qatar, the worst of the bunch, will be excluded if they don’t fall in line. The Gulf States have grown more open in their admonishment of the actions under the table of those holding extremist views. When Qatar expelled the five leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, this was an early indication that Sisi’s moderate ideological influence was empowering push back. The Gulf States rallied around Sisi’s call for expulsion.
A move by King Salman (Saudi Arabia) to support the safe zones in Syria and Yemen is evidence of Sisi’s growing alliance holding more influence. King Abdullah (Jordan) is already on team Sisi.
This is good news for everyone who wants to see Islamic extremist elements confronted and removed.
Well said, FRiend!
The Rats won’t give up, they’re unhinged and will continue to make fools of themselves.
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