Senate Republicans are throwing up obstacles to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plans to confirm a batch of executive and judicial branch nominees this weekend.
Sen. Chuck Grassley,the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said if Reid wants to confirm 12 pending federal district judges, he will have to run them through the regular floor process, which could take days.
Grassley said he would not yield back time to let Reid confirm the batch of nominees Friday evening or Saturday.
Sen. Marco Rubio, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he would not yield back any time on Anthony Blinken’s nomination to serve as deputy secretary of State.
Reid said Tuesday that he wanted to confirm Sarah Saldana before adjourning Congress for the year but Sen.Ted Cruz ||fingershake.gif' border=0> has called her a “rubber stamp for amnesty.”
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There is no need to rush these nominees and jam them through a lame duck session. The people spoke in the mid term election.. in January the new Republican Senate should review these people to make sure they are actually responsible quality nominees..and not just political appointees ...
Senate Republicans are throwing up obstacles to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plans to confirm a batch of executive and judicial branch nominees this weekend.
Sen. Chuck Grassley,the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said if Reid wants to confirm 12 pending federal district judges, he will have to run them through the regular floor process, which could take days.
Grassley said he would not yield back time to let Reid confirm the batch of nominees Friday evening or Saturday.
Sen. Marco Rubio, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he would not yield back any time on Anthony Blinken’s nomination to serve as deputy secretary of State.
Reid said Tuesday that he wanted to confirm Sarah Saldana before adjourning Congress for the year but Sen.Ted Cruz ||fingershake.gif' border=0> has called her a “rubber stamp for amnesty.”
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There is no need to rush these nominees and jam them through a lame duck session. The people spoke in the mid term election.. in January the new Republican Senate should review these people to make sure they are actually responsible quality nominees..and not just political appointees ...
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