On June 28, 2009, President Obama had had 183 nominees confirmed by the Senate. As of June 28, 2001, President Bush had 130 nominees confirmed.

As of June 28, 2017, President Trump has had 46 of 176 appointees approved. (It's now 48 of 197.)

The obstruction has come from Chuckie Schumer and his band of precedent busting Senators. The scummy Democrats have required cloture on virtually every nominee, effectively throwing the process into a state of protracted Parliamentary maneuvers.

As of today, the United States does not have a chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers or an undersecretary of Treasury for International Affairs.

This is an overt attempt to shut down the government and hardly anyone is talking about it.

Link to WSJ (pay site)

it's all they have left in the cupboard....

it's not an enigma...

the animal is backed in the corner w/o fodder....

their 'shooting' balls are smaller than bb's on cocaine after a sex change....

Lol..... McConnel wrote the book

(07-11-2017 07:59 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  Lol..... McConnel wrote the book

130 vs. 46?

McConnell just needs to make them pay. Keep the Senate open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. See how long it lasts.

Schumer's talking about it.. he's blaming Trump for being slow in putting up his nominees.

Hell, look at it this way... maybe it's Trump "draining the swamp" showing we don't need all these undersecretaries and assistants to...

As long as we get his judges taken care of..

(07-11-2017 08:03 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Schumer's talking about it.. he's blaming Trump for being slow in putting up his nominees.

Hell, look at it this way... maybe it's Trump "draining the swamp" showing we don't need all these undersecretaries and assistants to...

As long as we get his judges taken care of..

that's the biggest one of all if one believes this shi(t)p can right itself....

I'm still in the camp of 'fingers crossed'....

once the courts began 'legislating', it was the beginning.....

that "quagmire" MUST change at any cost.....

Really? "Unprecedented"

Quote:Since taking control of the Senate in early 2015, Republicans have confirmed only 17 federal judges, a historically low number. The Senate confirmed just 11 judges in 2015, the fewest since 1960. There have been only two appellate court judges approved since Republicans took control, with seven appeals court nominations left pending. If the Senate doesn’t confirm any appellate judges this year, it will have confirmed the fewest since the 1897-98 session, when there were just 25 circuit court judges nationwide, compared with 179 now.

At the end of 2015, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, agreed to let five judges get a vote before Presidents’ Day this year—a commitment that he followed through on. But only one additional judge has has been confirmed since then. Republicans would have to go on a spree of votes for the rest of the year to match the 68 judges that President George W. Bush got through the Democratic Senate in the last two years of his presidency—38 of whom had already been confirmed by April 2008

It's amazing how partisan and one-side you guys are. Hilarious that it's only a problem when a dem does it. As usual.

This from the guys who fingered the dems for "do as I say not as I do" last election cycle

(07-11-2017 08:03 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Schumer's talking about it.. he's blaming Trump for being slow in putting up his nominees.

Look at the numbers Chuckie.

Obama: 183 confirmed
Trump: 48 out of 197

How is that slow? Maybe Chuckie doesn't understand math.

(07-11-2017 09:02 AM)john01992 Wrote:  Really? "Unprecedented"

Quote:Since taking control of the Senate in early 2015, Republicans have confirmed only 17 federal judges, a historically low number. The Senate confirmed just 11 judges in 2015, the fewest since 1960. There have been only two appellate court judges approved since Republicans took control, with seven appeals court nominations left pending. If the Senate doesn’t confirm any appellate judges this year, it will have confirmed the fewest since the 1897-98 session, when there were just 25 circuit court judges nationwide, compared with 179 now.

This thread isn't about judges. It has everything to do with the functioning of government.

The numbers provided in the OP clearly demonstrate the "unprecedented" obstructionism of the Democrats.

Does this obstruction have anything to do with that drug resistant gonorrhea thread?

(07-11-2017 10:08 AM)LeFlâneur Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 09:02 AM)john01992 Wrote:  Really? "Unprecedented"

Quote:Since taking control of the Senate in early 2015, Republicans have confirmed only 17 federal judges, a historically low number. The Senate confirmed just 11 judges in 2015, the fewest since 1960. There have been only two appellate court judges approved since Republicans took control, with seven appeals court nominations left pending. If the Senate doesn’t confirm any appellate judges this year, it will have confirmed the fewest since the 1897-98 session, when there were just 25 circuit court judges nationwide, compared with 179 now.

This thread isn't about judges. It has everything to do with the functioning of government.

The numbers provided in the OP clearly demonstrate the "unprecedented" obstructionism of the Democrats.

Agreed.. John, it's not just about the judges being appointed. I just used the judges as to say those are the ones that I hope get pushed through faster than the other government 'bureau-quack' positions.

But by your argument.. let's just say that both Obama and Trump had the same low number of judges appointed, let's just say x (I don't rmember how many judges Obama needed to apoint. Why did the Senate move so quickly on the other positions for Obama (183 - x), and are demanding full procedure for all of Trump's appointees? (197- x)

As i said.. It doesn't matter to me who the Undersecretary to the Treasury of Foreign Affairs is. (at least not really).. if the government can survive without the position.. GREAT! But for people to not notice the double standard

(07-11-2017 10:18 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  It doesn't matter to me who the Undersecretary to the Treasury of Foreign Affairs is. (at least not really).. if the government can survive without the position..

He would have been a key member of the President's team at the G20 meetings last week.

(07-11-2017 10:04 AM)LeFlâneur Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 08:03 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Schumer's talking about it.. he's blaming Trump for being slow in putting up his nominees.

Look at the numbers Chuckie.

Obama: 183 confirmed
Trump: 48 out of 197

How is that slow? Maybe Chuckie doesn't understand math.

You're ignoring his point. trump has been notoriously slow in putting forth candidates to even get a hearing, much less approval.

Also, if you were supporting the Merrick Garland cabal, you should probably just kindly STFU about obstruction!

(07-11-2017 11:45 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 10:04 AM)LeFlâneur Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 08:03 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Schumer's talking about it.. he's blaming Trump for being slow in putting up his nominees.

Look at the numbers Chuckie.

Obama: 183 confirmed
Trump: 48 out of 197

How is that slow? Maybe Chuckie doesn't understand math.

you should probably just kindly STFU

Bless your heart.

(07-11-2017 11:45 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 10:04 AM)LeFlâneur Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 08:03 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Schumer's talking about it.. he's blaming Trump for being slow in putting up his nominees.

Look at the numbers Chuckie.

Obama: 183 confirmed
Trump: 48 out of 197

How is that slow? Maybe Chuckie doesn't understand math.

You're ignoring his point. trump has been notoriously slow in putting forth candidates to even get a hearing, much less approval.

Also, if you were supporting the Merrick Garland cabal, you should probably just kindly STFU about obstruction!

Who?

The POTUS is under investigation. Shouldn't we wait for Pence to take office?

(07-11-2017 12:23 PM)LeFlâneur Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 11:45 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 10:04 AM)LeFlâneur Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 08:03 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Schumer's talking about it.. he's blaming Trump for being slow in putting up his nominees.

Look at the numbers Chuckie.

Obama: 183 confirmed
Trump: 48 out of 197

How is that slow? Maybe Chuckie doesn't understand math.

you should probably just kindly STFU

Bless your heart.

Going to add you to my short bus all Star team.

(07-11-2017 12:37 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  The POTUS is under investigation. Shouldn't we wait for Pence to take office?

sorry to burst your bubble, but Hitlery did not win the White House last November.