Responding to GOP complaints, Leahy reschedules Holder hearing.
Responding to GOP complaints, Leahy reschedules Holder hearing.
In recent weeks, GOP senators have been balking over the scheduled Jan. 8 confirmation hearings for Eric Holder, President-elect Obama’s nominee for attorney general. Following the lead of Karl Rove, these senators have been claiming that they need more time to prepare their attacks on Holder. Today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced that he has decided to postpone the hearings one week until Jan. 15:
The Committee has not yet received the names of other designees for high-ranking Department of Justice officials that we had anticipated and more time is now available to the Judiciary Committee. Therefore, to accommodate the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, at their request we are delaying the hearing, again, until January 15. The Assistant Republican Leader said last year that ‘attorney general nominees have been confirmed, on average, in approximately three weeks.’
Nonetheless, in order to accommodate the Republicans members, I am rescheduling the hearing on Mr. Holder for twice that long, until more than six weeks after his official designation. It is disappointing to me that they are insisting that we delay at a time when the nation needs its top law enforcement officer and national security team in place and working. I trust that with this additional time to prepare, they will cooperate in proceeding promptly to Committee and Senate consideration of the historic Holder nomination as Democrats did for President Bush.
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The GOP must be afraid of Holder. Very afraid…
December 15th, 2008 at 2:16 pmSPINELESS AND WEAK KNEE’D THE DEMOCRATIC EXCUSE MACHINE IS ALREADY ON “FULL”
CONGRATS AND GOOD BYE.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:18 pmParty over country — it’s the Republican way!
December 15th, 2008 at 2:18 pmI feel a Rethug filibuster coming.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:18 pmWhen will the Democrats grow a spine and remind these Republicans they are in the minority. It looks like the Democrats are paving the way back from the wilderness for the Republicans with gold. What the hell good is a “mandate of the people” if not acted upon?
December 15th, 2008 at 2:19 pmWhen the new Congress is seated, with all the new Democratic faces, there better be clear action by the Democratic majority. There IS a mandate and there must be change to match it.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:27 pmThis is BS, Spector is going on vacation.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/loop/2008/12/when_it_comes_to_holder_specte.html
December 15th, 2008 at 2:29 pmI don’t think that’s what they have in mind Leahy. What happened to a straight up or down vote gop hypocrits? Then we can show the Americans your true colors……again.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:29 pmRepublican racist pig-Senators are deathly afraid of a light-skinned African-European American as Attorney General… Imagine their terror with a full-blooded African-American coming to power… Ah, the double-standard of white racist Senators, Representatives and their supporters…
December 15th, 2008 at 2:33 pmLeahy knows what the deal is an I hope Obama/Biden pull a rabbit out of the hat if these GOP idiot keep delaying the confirmation of Mr. Holder. Fitz is one name and Iglesias is always avaible to set in the top spot until they complete their so called review. It’s funny how Ashcrof, Gonzales and the current AG just quickly went threw the job and all are crooks but Holders is a problem. Now all the talk of Scooter Libby’s client Mark Rich getting a pardon. A first year Law Student taking Law 101 knows it’s only the President who can pardon someone. Specter is a lawyer and so is Leahy so we know it’s all a scram and both are not doing the business of the American people. As for letting a criminal like Karl Rove speak well they will have to get his testimony or opinion from his jail cell soon.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:39 pm“I trust that with this additional time to prepare, they will cooperate in proceeding promptly to Committee and Senate consideration of the historic Holder nomination as Democrats did for President Bush.”
consideration, as in be considerate?….
December 15th, 2008 at 2:42 pmLeahy should know better than use words that Republicans cannot even seem to find in the dictionary, much less understand the meaning of.
The GOP is following the “lead” of Karl Rove?
Seriously?
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, please GOP, continue following Rove. Why, just look where his “lead” has taken you! Yep, a guy who gives the finger to congressional subpoenas, engages in treasonous activity by outing a covert CIA agent…..why, that’s just the kind of guy the GOP needs to follow!
December 15th, 2008 at 2:43 pmSo just who is in power? It still feels like the GOP. They must really fear this guy Holder.
They are still playing the same old game. And the Democrats are still responding the same old way. Ducking and covering and hoping the Republicans won’t say bad things and hurt those tender Democratic feelings.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pmWe haven’t had an AG for eight years. Will a couple weeks more make much difference?
December 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pmAnd it’s time to start letting them know now that’s what we expect.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:45 pmAccommodate! ACCOMMODATE!! WTF? The rethuglicans but the Democrats in the Basement when they held power. Why in the hell would you accommodate them?
December 15th, 2008 at 3:03 pmHmmmmm, how many of Clinton’s nominees were held up due to the GOP whining that they weren’t good enough?
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Not saying Holder’s the best nominee possible, but remember the Republicans never allowed more than 200 of Clinton’s nominees to see the light of day, and then they had the GALL to suggest that Democrats were engaged in an unprecedented campaign of obstruction…
December 15th, 2008 at 3:03 pmLet’s face it…the two parties are all involved in one cynical game…One party hates the left, but actively so. The other party uses the left to get votes and then pisses on them while boasting that they are standing up to the left and therefore have spine!
December 15th, 2008 at 3:09 pmPat must’ve just fallen off the turnip truck. He’s putting trust in republicans, thinking that they’ll treat others as they want to be treated.
I’ve got a bridge I ‘trust’ you’ll like. Since your my friend, I’ll make you a great deal.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:11 pmguys…the republicans are just playing the same old games…..holder will be confirmed and they know it….they only want to bring up the rich pardon,and try to hold it over holder’s head……….because they KNOW bush will pre emptively pardon some of his cronies before jan 20th,leahy is being smart on this one,that is why he said …jan 15th will be the confimation hearing date……or he has the option to say jan 25th after bush leaves office
December 15th, 2008 at 3:13 pmWhen, when, when is the Democratic party stand up to these thugs?!!!
Although, second thought, maybe they’re hoping Franken will be elected and a Dem will replace Obama. That stupid bluto has screwed things up in more ways than one.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:18 pmIf a Presidential pardon is absolute and non reviewable, what is all this for? Is the right side going to say that Holder pushed through the pardon – over the objections of the Clenis?
Besides being the obstruction kings, what are the GOP up to with this? Why all the bother, because they lost the election?
December 15th, 2008 at 3:20 pmMaybe they think they can stall all nominations for Attorney General for the next eight years. It is their only hope.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:26 pmWhy are we responding to “GOP complaints”?
Don’t we have a solid majority in the new Congress?
Don’t we have a Democrat about to take office as President?
Why give these GOPers in this Congress the time of day?
December 15th, 2008 at 3:27 pmLOL … who is the majority party that just won speaking victories this election? What a bunch of morons these Dems are.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:33 pmChildren, today’s word is filibuster. Can you say filibuster boys and girls? I knew you could.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:46 pmmk3872 Says: Nothing Much. I love to project!
December 15th, 2008 at 3:46 pmOnce a Troll, always a Troll.
I thought only a president could nominate the cabinet leaders. Since Obama won’t actually BE president until January 20, why are confirmation hearings going to be held for his nominees before he’s in office? I’m confused….
December 15th, 2008 at 3:49 pmDemocratic negotiating at its best.
I saw something somewhere else that was pointing out that it looks like Republicans would like to chew up Holder over the Marc Rich pardon in order to create a counter-narrative to upcoming Bush pardons, a la “see, they do bad pardons too!”
In any case, he’s the one they’ll want to try to discredit in the media, since he’s sure to be coming out with plenty of interesting information about the Bushites over the next eight years.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:50 pmJebus Creebus!! PUSSIES.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:52 pmI called Leahy’s office and managed to not scream at the guy who I spoke to. The dem’s still haven’t figured out that they are going to get punked every single freaking time by the rethugs. Tell the to go pound sand. Accommodate nothing.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:30 pmRandomChaos – And you are defending these weaklings? Couldn’t stand up to Bush. Couldn’t stand up to Gingrich. Couldn’t stand up to Lott. Couldn’t stand up to Frist. If the legacy Dems had any idea what they were doing, national elections would be no contest and not lead us to 8 years of Bush & the religious-right crazies.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:34 pmEven with the delayed hearing, Holder (and the rest of Obama’s nominees) will be confirmed without much problem.
That said, I don’t think Holder’s the best for the job. Obama should’ve gone with…Patrick Fitzgerald. A tough US Attorney with an impeccable reputation who goes after gov’t crooks regardless of party. Of course, that’s damn near impossible now..
December 15th, 2008 at 4:37 pmGosh! It’s good to see that our trolls have gotten their second wind. ;o)
WB, trollies! I’m going to enjoy the next 8 years of schadenfreude at your expense!!
December 15th, 2008 at 5:37 pmThe GOP is afraid of Holder and the Dems are afraid of the Repugs.
December 15th, 2008 at 6:37 pmOne week postponement – it better not be any longer than that – enough time for all of us to spread the word that Libby, the felon whose sentence was commuted by the criminal-in-chief, was the attorney for Marc Rich, the fugitive, that the repugs want to hang around Holder’s neck.
Thats it GOP, piss Holder off, maybe he’ll just forget about all the illegalities if you guys give him a hard time and he is confirmed anyways, like he will be. Nothing like kicking on the top law enforcement officer of the land in the middle of all these investigations.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:38 amThese are the people that gave us Palin, go figure.
C’mon, folks! Let’s hear these un-American right wing BS’ers out. In fact let’s invite the man who is spearheading their effort to testify to Holder’s deficiencies in front of the Judiciary Committee. Then while they’re at it they can clear up some other old business with Mr. Rove, and at the end of that, bind him over for trial.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:02 amJust like the cold war when everyone who didn’t agree with the U.S. was either a communist or a communist sympathizer. toki This poor crazy guy spent half a decade being tortured because a bunch of stupid politicians araç sorgulama were sure the NVA was in bed with the Russians (minimal help) and/or the Chinese (ancient enemy of the vietnamese). ssk sorgulama You would think he would have learned from others’ mistakes. Guess not. Republicans need an enemy. key ödemeleri This century it apparently will be all Muslims, health all of whom must be alQaeda operatives.
March 1st, 2009 at 1:32 pmThe GOP is afraid of Holder and the Dems are afraid of the Repugs. araç sorgulama
March 18th, 2009 at 5:16 am