As Obama Nominees Languish, Committee Schedules Vote On Right-Wing McConnell Nominee
As Obama Nominees Languish, Committee Schedules Vote On Right-Wing McConnell Nominee
During his reign as Senate Minority Leader, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has led his party to engage in an unprecedented level of obstruction — wielding the filibuster to block even routine bills and nominations while simultaneously lying about his own previous support of majority rule in the Senate. No one has fared worse under McConnell’s blanket obstructionism than President Obama’s nominees to key government positions, ambassadorships and judgeships. A massive 237 Obama nominees presently await Senate confirmation, yet Mitch McConnell has done nearly everything in his power to ensure that Obama’s nominees will never even receive a Senate vote.
Because the government includes several agencies and boards whose members are required by law to be bipartisan, however, the party-out-of-power’s Senate leader traditionally gets to make a few nominations of his own. One such McConnell nominee is Sharon Browne, a nominee to the Legal Services Corporation’s board who fundamentally disagrees with the Corporation’s mission of providing legal services to the poor. Browne has spent most of her career with a right-wing litigation shop that repeatedly fought to cut off funding for indigent legal services; and she was a plaintiff in a court case which claimed that a method of funding legal services for poor Californians violated that state’s law. In other words, McConnell has selected someone to help lead the Legal Services Corporation who is committed to destroying the Legal Services Corporation.
Yet despite Browne’s obvious unfitness for this job, and despite the fact that her patron has fought tooth and nail to prevent President Obama’s nominees from even receiving a Senate vote, Senate HELP Committee Chair Tom Harkin (D-IA) scheduled a committee vote on Browne’s nomination this Wednesday. Not one Democratic senator has taken a serious step to slow down Browne — such as placing a hold on the nomination — and she appears to be on track for confirmation.
Of course, it remains to be seen how Wednesday’s vote will go. Maybe HELP Committee Democrats will do the right thing and kill Browne’s nomination outright. It’s also possible that the HELP Committee members will lack sufficient spine to do so, but a minority of Senate Democrats will block Browne’s nomination by subjecting it to a McConnell-style filibuster. Or maybe Browne’s nomination will simply be rejected by the full Senate. Should the Senate majority allow Browne to be confirmed, however, they will send a clear message to Mitch McConnell and his ilk: “keep on blocking President Obama’s nominees, because there will be no consequences whatsoever if you do so.”
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March 8th, 2010 at 4:10 pmvote his nominee down
March 8th, 2010 at 4:10 pmthe senate, and it’s processes sicken me… the Bullies continue to push the weaklings around and cry when someone calls them on it…
the party with good ideas can not lead and the party that knows how to lead has no idea what it is doing…
March 8th, 2010 at 4:10 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Re: “Not one Democratic senator has taken a serious step to slow down Browne–such as placing a hold on the nomination–and she appears to be on track for confirmation.”
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March 8th, 2010 at 4:12 pmThe Dems don’t seem to have their own house under control. It’s about time to shake things up, methinks. If only Pelosi were running the Senate, crap like this would happen less.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:13 pmWhy bother voting for a democrat when this nonsense is allowed?
March 8th, 2010 at 4:16 pmWhat is this? A troll fest? Seems like they are coming out of the woodwork.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:20 pmIf this person is confirmed, the Dems will have a great deal to answer for. The fact no is blocking the hearing means very little. The purpose of confirmation hearings is to decide if a nominee meets the criteria to perform a job. If she gets passed, we have a serious problem. If she gets flagged, then the system is still working.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:24 pmall cult trolls have been voted down and flagged.
flagged for being to ignorant to be so stupid Also (S.T.U.I.P.)
March 8th, 2010 at 4:26 pmDuring his reign as Senate Minority Leader, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has led his party to engage in an unprecedented level of obstruction
well it`s easy why he does this. Cause he knows if any one of them bills past that they the GnoP (we put the NO in NOvember) cult racist party will be out on its collective azzzz
March 8th, 2010 at 4:28 pmOne party with two names: pussies and pricks.
Why not hold up that nominee until all majority party noms are filled? If this nomination is killed, it might force recess appointments since repubs would then refuse to confirm anyone.
Obama could and should recess appoint every position not confirmed by the Senate before the next recess. The minority leader doesn’t have that option. The time for bipartisanship is long gone.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:30 pmVer26, Agreed. Reid is useless. We need someone to twist arms. Tom (The Hammer) Delay used all sorts of arm twisting. The Dems have to stop being ‘Fair’. They have to be agressive in order to move ahead.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:30 pmShould n they be getting ready for spring break there in DC?
So I say recess appointments, should be able to do at lease haft of them that way.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:31 pmI dont think Federalist society is in any way non-partisan.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:35 pmThe right thing to do is to schedule a vote…and vote that heartless b**ch down. That’s how the Senate ought to work; every nominee deserves an up or down vote.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:35 pmBrowne is up for a committee vote, not confirmation by the full Senate. It is too early to tell if the Dems are going to allow a full vote on the floor of the Senate. My bet is that a Dem is going to put a hold on the nomination until more Obama nominees are allowed a full vote.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:36 pm@15 flagged, voted down and forgotten.
LOL>>> TLA WTF
March 8th, 2010 at 4:37 pmFreddie. Finger. _[]_ Two. Count them. Two words.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:38 pmFreddie Got Fingered says:
Pilotshark, two words: Iwo Jima.
Freddie Got Fingered, two words: Homosexual queen:
March 8th, 2010 at 4:41 pmhttp://www.ourchurch-graphics.com/member/r/royalkinggeteqh/Jeff3.jpg
This is a no-brainer. Put an indefinite hold on her nomination. Period. No explanations, and no promises to lift it under any circumstances.
There is no point in treating the Republicans in the Senate with any respect, since they have been nothing but disrepectful since this Congress started.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:41 pmVery interesting video regarding the banks, Fannie & Freddie, the financial terrorists, the elite and the evisceration of the middle class. (26 minutes) Some pretty startling numbers on poverty in the US.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/821.html
March 8th, 2010 at 4:43 pmTwo in the pink, one in the stink, eh Freddie….
March 8th, 2010 at 4:43 pmBetween the Let Them Eat Cake (LTEC) party between the We Are Spineless (WAS) party, the poor are screwed.
And more from them on the poor deserving to be poor from Tom Delay
March 8th, 2010 at 4:46 pmTom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want To Be
Freddie must be a bowling ball..
March 8th, 2010 at 4:46 pmI mean what elses rolls about in a gutter and gets fingered by all?
March 8th, 2010 at 4:47 pmXisithrus says:
I mean what elses rolls about in a gutter and gets fingered by all? Also @27
LOL>>> true so true,, but i think it has a flat spot as well cause it dam sure dont roll. more like sliding.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:49 pmSome one please give us a courtesy flush i smell and see a cult troll turd. dam thing just can not blossom.
@30 voted down and flushed and forgotten.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:52 pmThis is a golden opportunity to give the repugniscum a bit of their own shit – but will the Dems actually do it — or will they just continue to play nice and hope the big bullies will not eat their lunch?
March 8th, 2010 at 4:53 pmThe troll is pretty full of himself, ain’t he? ‘Respect’? I think scorn, derision, is what he merits. Let’s ignore him. He needs to huff some more.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:54 pmOh sweet Jeebus..
March 8th, 2010 at 4:54 pmMust the conservatards be sooo stupid?
March 8th, 2010 at 4:55 pmFreddie is not spherical and oft gets trapped in the ball return..respect that.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:56 pmMarie says:
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This is a golden opportunity to give the repugniscum a bit of their own shit – but will the Dems actually do it — or will they just continue to play nice and hope the big bullies will not eat their lunch?
Either way, their hands are kind of tied.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:56 pmFreddie Got Fingered says:
I command
respectderision and laughter because I am the most oftresponded to contrarianmost ridiculous here at this blog. I wear it as a badge of honor.Fixed that for you, dummy.
Also, you’re a pussy, aren’t you?:
March 8th, 2010 at 4:57 pmhttp://www.ourchurch-graphics.com/member/r/royalkinggeteqh/Jeff3.jpg
FreddiegotSTUPID
No one here or anywhere on the entire planet respects you and no one ever will.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:57 pmThey either bend over backwards to accept the nomination and be called “pansies” or “weak” or if they show some spine and try to block this nomination, they will be called “obstructionists” and “un-american”…
March 8th, 2010 at 4:57 pmEither way, they’ll displease the right..
March 8th, 2010 at 4:58 pmAnd make them reaveal themselves for the spoiled children that they really are…
March 8th, 2010 at 5:00 pmHow do you think this will be spun by FauxSnooze and hate radio today?
March 8th, 2010 at 5:01 pmOoh Droopy McChinhead is on tv!!
March 8th, 2010 at 5:02 pmI command respect because I am the most oft responded to contrarian here at this blog. I wear it as a badge of honor.
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March 8th, 2010 at 5:02 pmBetter talk to the pretend doctor as oddly enough he used the exact same line. You are such a weak pos….
Why is this guy still important?
March 8th, 2010 at 5:02 pmlinz@44, What are you watching?
March 8th, 2010 at 5:03 pmPlease stick around Freddy, for whilst I may not respect that what you bring to the forum, I find myself amused by your wordsmithing.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:04 pmNothing..I just saw the caption and I thought that Droopy McChinhead was going on to FauxSnooze for an interview on tv or something..
March 8th, 2010 at 5:05 pmTime to grow some balls, please.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:05 pmDoes saying ‘Oh God’ when you get fingered count as a prayer?
March 8th, 2010 at 5:05 pmLOL! I wonder what the trolls think about their heroine Sarah Palin? The fact she and her family went to Canada for their Health care? I guess ‘Socialized’ medicine is OK if it is for Quenn Sarah and HER family.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:06 pmI would just laugh my butt off watching him go onto the MSM for an interview and having to answer some “gotcha” questions…
March 8th, 2010 at 5:06 pm“Respect” and “attentiopn” seem to be synonyms for our friend with the rectally-inserted digit…
March 8th, 2010 at 5:07 pm@51
March 8th, 2010 at 5:08 pmTime for me to go and get some Brain Bleach..Yuck!
@52, all I can say is..she’s a conservative;
March 8th, 2010 at 5:09 pmwhat did you expect?
The Dems Senate leadership is allowing this to happen….they love to play, “But, what can we possibly do?” Senator Reid will find out in November what we can do.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:09 pmDo the Dems have much option on this nomination – isn’t it one of those bodies, like the FEC and the FCC, where it’s membership is equally split between the two Party’s? Maybe what the report fails to mention is that by approving McConnell’s nominee, the GOP will lift a hold on an Obama nominee to fill the places on the Board. Might be worth checking facts, or don’t they much matter anymore?
March 8th, 2010 at 5:10 pmHow do you think this will be spun by FauxSnooze and hate radio today? -=LL08=-
I think they want the Dems to obstruct the nomination and will wait until that time to throw themselves upon the cheesy-puff dust covered mosaic and wailing like cholic stricken baybehs about agendas and whatnot other silliness that lees in their curdled minds.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:11 pmFreddiegotSTUPID
You wouldnt know the truth from a Dodo bird. You pathetic punkass troll FOAD
March 8th, 2010 at 5:13 pmSo you voted me down. Why? Because I dared to speak the truth.
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March 8th, 2010 at 5:16 pmI never vote anyone down but you don’t speak truth. See you are more just about attention. You are a complete poser and I continue to make an ass of you as I have all your incarnations…
Inquiring minds want to know if getting fingered as a troll means they are just trying to plug their ears.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:17 pmI command respect because I am the most oft responded to contrarian here at this blog. I wear it as a badge of honor.
Pffft, there goes another spray of coffe all over my desk!!
March 8th, 2010 at 5:18 pm@60 Voted down flagged as a routine lier.
or as someone who is incapable to speak any thing remotely close to being truth.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:19 pmNo one on this blog wants to know where freddie’s fingers have been.
Nobody.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:19 pmSo you voted me down. Why? Because I dared to speak the truth. -FGF-
No doubt that Iwo Jima is a historical fact. And I did not vote you down. But I would not compare a tribe of children flailing weak appendages at the hard surface their soft bellies go upon, in protest for the high muckymuck partisan Brown, to the battle for Iwo Jima
March 8th, 2010 at 5:25 pm@67 there’s no comparison between the battle of the 101st Chairborne division and the people who fought at Iwo Jima…
March 8th, 2010 at 5:38 pmAh, go ahead and appoint her. Then ask for her resignation the next day. Or fire her. Or ask for an investigation.
Do not give her a key to the office or an entry pass or badge.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:57 pmI command respect because I am the most oft responded to contrarian here at this blog. I wear it as a badge of honor.
Wasn’t “Dr.” Hunt saying the same thing? Busted!
March 8th, 2010 at 6:02 pmDearest finger, I do not carry membership with any group and am sovereign as my body and soul are my property not to be judged by you, or any other. As to whatever your imagination and opinion you might have about being upset….no.
March 8th, 2010 at 6:22 pmmy contrarianism seems to be upsetting the liberal apple cart, wouldn’t you say?
March 8th, 2010 at 6:30 pm—
No but your annoying cries for attention sure are getting old…
FreddiegotSTUPID
No Freddie your stupidity is just getting boring thats all
March 8th, 2010 at 7:10 pmFreddie Got Fingered says:
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ralph, my contrarianism seems to be upsetting the liberal apple cart, wouldn’t you say?
March 8th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Nah , you’re just an over-sized pimple that needs to be squeezed , shithead ……..
March 8th, 2010 at 7:27 pmBACK on topic:
The President needs to use recess nominations to get his people into office. Demonstrably incompetent nominees by the right need to be given the boot as soon as their incompetence evidences itself.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:44 pmThis is not just an ideological battle; this is also a partisan battle. People who serve in top positions gain credentials; they becomre more credible candidates. It is one of the advantages of winning the Presidency; your people gain important credentials. The Republicans are blocking nominees to obstruct this process. Yet it is vital that Progressive people gain the credentials that they need in order to fill the bureaucratic ranks in more and more important and powerful positions.
We can’t pretend that the old paradigm of comity still exists. Bush rejected a moderate road and filled the government with extremists like Bolton. He didn’t ‘go along to get along’. We shouldn’t either.
Being moderate won’t bring back collegiality. They only want it when it benefits them.
March 8th, 2010 at 8:40 pmFreddie Got Fingered- perhaps one of the worst movies ever made, with one of the most juvenile “comedians” ever placed on earth. It fits.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:01 pmOf course, when conservatives talk about rights, they mean “white-guy rights.”
Republicans and their ilk love to prattle on about rights. But it’s only the rights that are important to white males–mostly the right to badmouth people and the “right” to brandish guns.
In winger utopia, white-guy aşk şiirleri rights will be inviolable. But there will be no privacy, especially in sexual matters. Gays will be çiçek constantly watched; women will be forced to have babies; and people will be allowed to criticize only Democrat Presidents.
March 9th, 2010 at 7:34 am