12 Nov 2014 3:15 pm
WTF is wrong with Harry Reid?
He is thinking of delaying the confirmation of the new Attorney General until after the new Congress is seated in January, because 1. there isn't enough time in the lame duck session and 2. Senate Republicans don't want Lynch’s nomination moving through the lame-duck session.
First of all, who gives a **** what Republicans want?
The Dems are still in charge until January.
As for not enough time, the 2010 lame duck session was one of the most productive ever.
Among the session's accomplishments on the Senate side were passage of:
* The tax cut compromise extending the Bush tax cuts, creating new Obama tax cuts and extending unemployment insurance (12/15)
* The repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (12/18)
* The food safety bill (12/19)
* The 9/11 First Responders Bill (12/22)
* New START ratification (12/22)
And in 1998 the Republicans impeached Bill Clinton during the lame duck session.
So that's ****.
So maybe they won't be so hard on the Dems when they take control of the Senate?
ROFL, that'll happen.
He is thinking of delaying the confirmation of the new Attorney General until after the new Congress is seated in January, because 1. there isn't enough time in the lame duck session and 2. Senate Republicans don't want Lynch’s nomination moving through the lame-duck session.
First of all, who gives a **** what Republicans want?
The Dems are still in charge until January.
As for not enough time, the 2010 lame duck session was one of the most productive ever.
Among the session's accomplishments on the Senate side were passage of:
* The tax cut compromise extending the Bush tax cuts, creating new Obama tax cuts and extending unemployment insurance (12/15)
* The repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (12/18)
* The food safety bill (12/19)
* The 9/11 First Responders Bill (12/22)
* New START ratification (12/22)
And in 1998 the Republicans impeached Bill Clinton during the lame duck session.
So that's ****.
They don't need Republican votes to approve these nominees, so why Reid making deals with them?Reid has also signaled that he’s open to making a deal with Republicans to clear a finite list of President Barack Obama’s languishing nominees.
There are 35 nominated ambassadors, 16 lifetime judicial nominees and dozens of other nominees ready for consideration on the Senate floor.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/senate-dems-squabble-over-nominations-112727.html#ixzz3ItHnr2zC
So maybe they won't be so hard on the Dems when they take control of the Senate?
ROFL, that'll happen.