New Senate rules allowed @DHSgov nominee Jeh Johnson to blow-off questions from GOP http://ow.ly/rRPdS #immigration @ByronYork
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@ByronYork And yet, as you point out, he was confirmed with 76 votes. Maybe GOP wasn't entirely dissatisfied.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork You may want to save this issue for a person confirmed with, you know, less than 77 votes or less. See also: G McCarthy nom.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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A sad reality & even more polarization
@ByronYork: In post-nuclear Senate, Obama nominee thumbs nose at lawmakers. http://ow.ly/rRPdS -
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@bleehayes@deckerjh@ByronYork - Bullschit Bert. Been going on in both parties for years.#TermLimits are a great first step. -
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@bleehayes@deckerjh@ByronYork - National debt will more than double under Obama admin. More than all other POTUS' combined.#ImportantMath
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@ByronYork More government officials who are unqualified & inexperienced are moving into sensitive positions. Only have to be O's buddy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork If Republicans win Senate in 2014, Reid will, no doubt, reverse the rules change and leave to the new majority to pull same stuntThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork lower threshold for confirmation = lower standard for noms; Sen challenge Nevadan’s experience to head BLM http://shar.es/OjG5wThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork Absent the checks and balances the founders foresaw and they debated in the Federalist Papers, this is the tyranny they predictedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork Dems--as you implied with Dems, those R question were bad faith! Designed to delay--just like D's efforts, right? So let's cut -
@ByronYork the crap and let presidents expeditiously fill their administrations--so the government can function. Good for GOP presidents too
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@ByronYork cloture. b) The number don't lie about the filibuster and sheer delay. Give that up--not even remotely close. c) So be it re:Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork a) any reason to think Johnson nomination wouldn't have been delayed or denied under the old requirement? He got only breakThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork This is horrible!! Hopefully though Democrats will be the ones complaining after 2014!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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