Posted on 02/16/2017 1:14:46 PM PST by jazusamo
Senate Democrats are planning an all-night talkathon Thursday over President Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Asked whether Democrats are planning to hold the floor all night, a spokeswoman for Sen. Tom Carper (Del.) the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee confirmed that "that's the plan."
A spokesman for Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) directed questions to Carper's office but noted that Democrats aren't planning to yield back debate time.
The late-night floor drama comes after senators voted to move forward with Scott Pruitt's nomination earlier Thursday in a 54-46 vote.
A final vote, absent a deal, is expected early Friday afternoon.
Democrats don't have the manpower to block Pruitt on their own. Cabinet nominees only need a simple majority, and Republicans have 52 seats.
Though Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is expected to vote against Pruitt, Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) are supporting him.
Democrats blasted McConnell on Thursday for refusing to delay a vote on Pruitt. They wanted more time to wait for records from his time as Oklahoma attorney general requested more than two years ago.
The Center for Media and Democracy had sought, under Oklahomas state records law, copies of emails between Pruitts staff and representatives of various fossil fuel and conservative interests.
Eleven Democrats had already taken to the floor as of Thursday afternoon to protest Pruitt's nomination.
Are they going to have pillow fights, eat pizza, paint each others' fingernails? ;^)
This is just “Lightweight” Schmucky Schumer throwing his weight around again...
They might “order” some pizza but what shows up could be something else entirely.
Susan Collins id rapidly becoming a pain in the ass.
Roosevelt tried that....didn't work then, won't work now.
Donald should send over some coffee and donuts.
LOL! That’d be a hoot.
I’m glad that you picked up on that; it WAS what I was alluding to. :-)
How in earth will they manage this combined with the "day without immigrants?"
What cry babies! The DIMs have shown their true selves: whiney little malignancies bent on disruption and self-degradation. What absolute losers.
Don’t sweat it `rats. Think of it as a receivership with him as a trustee winding down a defunct business.
Has there EVER been a Time when the ENTIRE CONGRESS WAS against the sitting POTUS? Poke the Bear..
Did anybody else notice that the democrats have uniformly opposed all of the Trump picks, without regard to their resumes. And they called the Republicans the party of NO. Do you ever remember the Republicans ever, ever doing that?
We should all flock to the balcony and hold up cue cards rating each speech. Lots of 1s and 2s . . . maybe an occasional 4. Never a 10, unless Pocahontas is asked to sit down.
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