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Posted on 04/18/2015 2:00:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Jeb Bush called on Republicans in the Senate to stop holding up the confirmation of the nomination of Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. attorney general.
Lynch has been waiting for 160 days for congress to take a vote on her nomination, which is more than five times the amount of time that Janet Reno waited to be confirmed as President Bill Clinton's attorney general and three times the length of days that John Ashcroft waited to be confirmed as the attorney general under the George W. Bush Administration, reports The Huffington Post.
However, a majority of the Republicans in the Senate have stalled her confirmation process over a sex-trafficking bill that includes a controversial abortion provision.
"I think presidents have the right to pick their team," Bush said, according to The New York Times.
The former Florida governor also took a jab at current Attorney General Eric Holder, noting that Republicans should confirm Lynch in order to remove Holder from the position.
"If someone is supportive of the president's policies, whether you agree with them or not, there should be some deference to the executive," Bush said, reports Time. "It should not always be partisan."
Earlier this week, civil rights activists announced that they are launching a hunger strike to help Lynch move closer to becoming Holder's successor.
An advocacy group founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton and female civil-rights leaders dubbed the hunger strike as the "Confirm Loretta Lynch Fast."
"As long as the Senate refuses to take 15 minutes to confirm someone for Attorney General that they have already confirmed twice for U.S. Attorney, [National Action Network and its allies] will do everything in our power to draw attention to this completely unfair and unnecessary delay to vote to confirm Loretta Lynch," said Sharpton, who founded NAN, on Wednesday, according to Politico.
"We stand with Loretta Lynch and are so in support of this cause that we are willing to sacrifice our daily meals to impress upon the U.S. Senate that it's time to call a vote," NAN executive director Janaye Ingram said.
Lynch, the current U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, New York, would be the first African-American woman to serve in the position.
But would he embrace Castro and a warming of relations with Cuba?
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Jeb ? You mean like how Obama has taken over what ? 5 years or more to make a decision on the Keystone pipeline project and then when Congress approves it, Obama veto’s it...
FUJB
See Jeb. Here’s the thing.
Just because he wants it does not mean he gets it. We are in no mood to go along to get along.
The choice is between the constitution and a nominee who has said she will not enforce the law.
So go lay down somewhere Jeb. We have had way too much Bush and not nearly enough law and order.
Linda Graham Jr
El Jebbe and Loretta should get a room.
Jeb should run against Hillary in the Democrat primary. They have a lot of positions in common. Common Core, Amnesty, Bi Lingual education. Jeb is an Arabist just like W. He would have let Bin Ladin’s family leave the USA after 911 just like his brother W did.
The Bushes always treated the Clintons with respect even after impeachment, this is part of the reason Clinton made so much money and why Hillary can even run for President.
Dumb Bush family, aiding Dems all the way.
No one is this stupid. I suspect RINOs are running him as a punching bag for the right while the real candidate slips by.
Jeb is the face of the modern GOP.
My thought, too.
Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.
I despise Jeb. He’s a weakling.
"During the 108th Congress in which the Republicans regained control of the Senate by a 51-49 margin, the nominees that the Senate Democrats had blocked in the 107th Congress began to be moved through the now Republican Senate Judiciary Committee.[10] Subsequently Senate Democrats started to filibuster judicial nominees. On February 12, 2003, Miguel Estrada, a nominee for the D.C. Circuit, became the first court of appeals nominee ever to be successfully filibustered.[citation needed] Later, nine other conservative court of appeals nominees were also filibustered. These nine were Priscilla Owen, Charles W. Pickering, Carolyn Kuhl, David W. McKeague, Henry Saad, Richard Allen Griffin, William H. Pryor, William Gerry Myers III and Janice Rogers Brown.[11] Three of the nominees (Estrada, Pickering and Kuhl) withdrew their nominations before the end of the 108th Congress."
And Jeb, I guess you haven't you learned yet that "bipartisan" means "do what the Democrats want" or maybe you're a really a closet Democrat.
Source: Wikipedia
Are there recess appointments for cabinet members? Let zer0 do it that way next time there is a recess.
We currently have the worst CIC and the worst AG in the history of the republic. Anyone zer0 puts in the position will be equally awful.
Add this to the million other reasons why none of us will be voting for this clown!
Nice try little Selena. Despite what you said about Bush, you lied in your article when you said “ a majority of the Republicans in the Senate have stalled her confirmation process over a sex-trafficking bill that includes a controversial abortion provision.” It is the Democrats who have stalled vote on her nomination. It is Demorats who are refusing to negotiate or give in on the abortion provision and McConnell has said it is the bill first, then the nomination vote. Try getting your facts straight you little liberal POS.
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