I guess the Senate Republicans realized that they were acting like children and caved. Good for them. They will allow the Senate to pass four bills by unanimous consent:
— H.R. 2319, the Native American Veterans’ Memorial Amendments Act,
— H.R. 623, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act,
— H.R. 767, amending the Energy Policy Act to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project, and
— S. 1614, the Accuracy for Adoptees Act.
They will also stick around to hold votes on the nominations for IRS Commissioner, the deputy secretary of Homeland Security, and a judge for the Middle District of Florida.
Janet Yellin’s nomination to be chairman of the Federal Reserve has been postponed until January 6th.
This is better than what the Republicans planned, which was to skip town after the Defense bill was authorized and leave just enough senators in place to screw the Democrats out of Christmas with their families.
I kind of wish the Republicans had followed through and played their games.
That would have ensured that the filibuster rules that Merkley and Udall are pushing would finally have been passed, requiring the minority to actually find 40 votes to block instead of requiring the majority to find 60 votes to invoke cloture.
Ridiculous!
And Harry Reid is now in the hospital .. probably to be released tomorrow(last I heard) so there is that.
They are going to stop Janet Yellin. This postponement is bad news.
Meanwhile, Menendez and the bi-partisan gang are screwing around with screwing up the negotiations with Iran because of their fealty to AIPAC and now the terrorist MEK, safely sanitized by the Clinton Department of State.
Are Democrats just genetically drawn to stupid policies every time some Republican says “Boo!”? or are they so bought out that they forget the safety of the American people?
Kay Hagan is treading on thin ice with my vote. How many more shit sandwiches do we smilingly have to down?
Yes and yes.
More! More! More!
Are Democrats just genetically drawn to stupid policies every time some Republican says “Boo!”? or are they so bought out that they forget the safety of the American people?
I’d go with the 2nd though I wouldn’t discount the first. It’s just that the 2nd is the cause of the first, to me.