If he did he didn't get much in exchange. Pompeo was pretty radical in his confirmation process.
A vote is not "protest." It is what Warner is constitutionally called on to do, but which he abdicated.
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Constitutionaly, the Senate consented. I don't demand my Senator cast a feel good vote if it can help his relationship w/cia
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He's supposed to be oversight, not dating the agency. You don't exercise oversight by handing away all your leverage
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how would a no vote have given leverage? Thats the mechanism I don't understand
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Yes, I see that.
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c'mon, no need for snark. Same side here. Hypothetical Leverage is gone after vote...How do we know it wasn't used?
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Look, I'm actually writing stuff. There is 1) constitutional duty Warner shirked 2) no obvious payback 3) tactics.
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1 is dependent on 2, key word being obvious. 3 is far more necessary for interparty tactics
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