Posted on 01/31/2017 12:19:23 PM PST by Enlightened1
Democrats are breaking records for stalling and denying President Trump his slate of top cabinet appointees.
The childish “Party of No” has only approved three of Trump’s appointees as of Monday.
ArSquared
The Daily Signal noted that this obstructionism from Democrats was “unprecedented” and Sen. McConnell reiterated the same point during a floor speech last week:
“I urge colleagues to remember that we worked with the administration of former President Obama after he was first inaugurated…We confirmed seven members of his Cabinet the day he took office, and nearly the entire Cabinet was filled within two weeks.”
On Tuesday Democrats bumped up their stall tactics by boycotting committee votes on President Trump’s cabinet picks.
Reuters reported:
U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday boycotted a planned committee vote on two of President Donald Trump’s nominees, Steve Mnuchin to be Treasury Secretary and Tom Price to head the Health and Human Services department, making it impossible for the vote to go forward.
Democrats said they were delaying the vote because they wanted more information on Price’s stock trades in an Australian medical company and reports that Mnuchin’s former bank, OneWest, used automated “robosignings” of foreclosures, which apparently contradicted statements he made to senators.
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It’s as if the Republicans do not control both houses of congress.
If this is the type of leadership we will get from Paul and McConnell, then they need to be replaced ASAP.
They are too weak.
Can the Committee Chairman compel the Dems to be there? Can they lose their vote?
I don’t know.
Let him appoint acting directors that he’ll REALLY hate and then they’ll confirm the ones he nominated.
The GOP rules people need to pull their heads out of their asses. McConnell’s primary selling point is what a great Parliamentarian he is. Wake up! Hello?
They are too weak.”
They aren't weak, they are simply complicit in trying to derail President Trump. They still are being paid by wealthy donors who want to return to being in-charge of our country. This silly notion that “the people” should be rulers of our Republic are an anathema to them.
See then Majority leader Byrd 1988
He is just the problem that Trump ran against.
Time for President Trump to announce he will personally visit the districts of all Democrat Senators and Congressmen up for reelection in 2018 to describe how they have helped or hindered America, and let the people decide
Please send “balls” to McConnell and Ryan.
This would be good move. Name Sarah Palin as acting director of any agency and the Dems will be running to the committee room to vote.
“Bi-partisanship” is always a one way street with the Democrat Party.
There ya go. Appoint Sarah Palin as Acting Secretary of the Treasury. That would be fun.
So, I won, do I get my way or not?
If not. Then I’m playing a different game from now on!
“This would be good move. Name Sarah Palin as acting director of any agency and the Dems will be running to the committee room to vote.”
They name an interior secretary yet? I would love to hear Palin announce they are opening up a few million acres of land for oil drilling.
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