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Dems slow Trump Appointees
Senate Democrats Stall Trump Nominees at Record Rate Compared to Predecessors

Quote:Senate Democrats pushed three times as many cloture votes to stall President Donald Trump’s nominees as were pushed during his four previous predecessors’ combined first terms.
  • The Senate forced Cloture on 101 Trump appointees over the span of two years
  • Cloture called on on 32 appointees combined from Bush, Clinton, W, BHO

Quote:Trump has 145 nominees still awaiting a Senate vote and 162 nominees still in committee. While cloture—a procedure that requires 30 hours of debate—can’t block a vote from occurring (as a filibuster could), it delays a vote long enough to create a backlog of nominees.

Cloture calls for 30 hours of debate per appointee. That's over 3,000 hours required before confirming.

If you work a full-time job there are 2,080 hours in a work year.
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(11-11-2018 01:46 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  Senate Democrats Stall Trump Nominees at Record Rate Compared to Predecessors

Quote:Senate Democrats pushed three times as many cloture votes to stall President Donald Trump’s nominees as were pushed during his four previous predecessors’ combined first terms.
  • The Senate forced Cloture on 101 Trump appointees over the span of two years
  • Cloture called on on 32 appointees combined from Bush, Clinton, W, BHO

Quote:Trump has 145 nominees still awaiting a Senate vote and 162 nominees still in committee. While cloture—a procedure that requires 30 hours of debate—can’t block a vote from occurring (as a filibuster could), it delays a vote long enough to create a backlog of nominees.

Cloture calls for 30 hours of debate per appointee. That's over 3,000 hours required before confirming.

If you work a full-time job there are 2,080 hours in a work year.

McConnell should either change the rules or make them work every weekend.
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RE: Dems slow Trump Appointees
1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.

2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.

3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.

So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.
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(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.
2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.
3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.
So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.

With democrats controlling the house, not much else is going to happen.
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RE: Dems slow Trump Appointees
(11-11-2018 04:26 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.
2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.
3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.
So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.

With democrats controlling the house, not much else is going to happen.

I like how the trumpbots are trying to blame democrats for their lazy prez. He doesn't really care about doing his job. He's to busy playing golf and looking for new blondes. It's his own fault nothing is getting done. Besides, he has a long track record of looking for the worst possible candidates to fill positions. But keep blaming the Dems. It's all the bots want to do.
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(11-11-2018 07:52 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:26 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.
2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.
3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.
So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.
With democrats controlling the house, not much else is going to happen.
I like how the trumpbots are trying to blame democrats for their lazy prez. He doesn't really care about doing his job. He's to busy playing golf and looking for new blondes. It's his own fault nothing is getting done. Besides, he has a long track record of looking for the worst possible candidates to fill positions. But keep blaming the Dems. It's all the bots want to do.

That isn't blaming anyone, merely pointing out what is the most logical expectation. Do you seriously expect anything to get done? If so, what?

And by the way, since you've been so free with your "bonespurs" putdown, what branch of the military did you serve in?
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(11-11-2018 08:06 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 07:52 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:26 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.
2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.
3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.
So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.
With democrats controlling the house, not much else is going to happen.
I like how the trumpbots are trying to blame democrats for their lazy prez. He doesn't really care about doing his job. He's to busy playing golf and looking for new blondes. It's his own fault nothing is getting done. Besides, he has a long track record of looking for the worst possible candidates to fill positions. But keep blaming the Dems. It's all the bots want to do.

That isn't blaming anyone, merely pointing out what is the most logical expectation. Do you seriously expect anything to get done? If so, what?

And by the way, since you've been so free with your "bonespurs" putdown, what branch of the military did you serve in?

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I'm just an ass. Sorry. I did work a civilian job at an air force base in logistics moving soldiers. I was an E5, just a grunt. Soldiers are a funny group to work with. In a good way.
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RE: Dems slow Trump Appointees
(11-11-2018 04:26 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.
2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.
3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.
So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.

With democrats controlling the house, not much else is going to happen.

House doesn't have anything to do with nominations. That's all on the Senate.

And the delays would stop if the Dems had to start working weekends. As for the Republicans, they would have to work weekends to get things done if they had a real job.
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(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.

2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.

3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.

So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.

Trump had lots of nominations out there. No president has had his nominations lag more than Trump.
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(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.

2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.

3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.

So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.

The act of calling for Cloture and abandoning the long-standing status quo is 100% the Dems fault.
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(11-12-2018 01:25 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.

2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.

3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.

So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.

The act of calling for Cloture and abandoning the long-standing status quo is 100% the Dems fault.

Exactly. They have filibustered appointees who later got approved 100-0.
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(11-11-2018 07:52 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:26 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.
2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.
3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.
So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.

With democrats controlling the house, not much else is going to happen.

I like how the trumpbots are trying to blame democrats for their lazy prez. He doesn't really care about doing his job. He's to busy playing golf and looking for new blondes. It's his own fault nothing is getting done. Besides, he has a long track record of looking for the worst possible candidates to fill positions. But keep blaming the Dems. It's all the bots want to do.

This is either a deliberate falsehood or lack of knowledge.

There is quite a lengthy list of accomplishments over the first two years. Of course, it's difficult to be aware of these things if you get your information strictly from Fake News sources.
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(11-12-2018 01:26 PM)bullet Wrote:  
(11-12-2018 01:25 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  
(11-11-2018 04:07 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  1. Some of these nominations were not made until fairly recently.

2. The GOP senators don’t want to work on weekends anymore than the Dem senators do.

3. For most of 2017, they were taking up time to work on ObamaCare, tax-reform, etc.

So this isn’t 100% the Dems’ fault. But from here on out, moving these nominations should absolutely be Priority #1. And I suspect McConnell knows that.

The act of calling for Cloture and abandoning the long-standing status quo is 100% the Dems fault.

Exactly. They have filibustered appointees who later got approved 100-0.

Their specific intent is to slow down the appointments because Trump is radically changing the face of the judiciary.

Translation: It will increasingly become more difficult to find judges who will engage in the Dem's judicial activism model.
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