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« Reply #1225 on: August 03, 2021, 07:42:51 PM »



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« Reply #1226 on: August 03, 2021, 10:58:50 PM »

King (I-ME) sounds like a No on David Chipman. Would kill the Nomination assuming all GOP are in attendance when it gets a vote.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/03/biden-aft-nominee-resistance-king-502341
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« Reply #1227 on: August 05, 2021, 05:32:10 PM »

 
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« Reply #1228 on: August 06, 2021, 12:06:53 AM »

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« Reply #1229 on: August 06, 2021, 06:58:13 AM »




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« Reply #1230 on: August 07, 2021, 10:33:51 AM »





I wonder how long his title is. Like, is it “The Honorable Jose W Fernandez, Alternate Governor to the Latin American Development Bank, African Development Bank, and Assistant Secretary of State for Energy”
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« Reply #1231 on: August 07, 2021, 04:47:01 PM »

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« Reply #1232 on: August 07, 2021, 10:05:12 PM »



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« Reply #1233 on: August 09, 2021, 03:18:29 PM »



Why was she so controversial? This is only the second judicial nominee Murkowski has voted against and the first for Collins. Graham has yet to vote against a judicial nominee, but he's still in quarantine, so I still wonder how far his deference goes.
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« Reply #1234 on: August 09, 2021, 03:32:54 PM »



Why was she so controversial? This is only the second judicial nominee Murkowski has voted against and the first for Collins. Graham has yet to vote against a judicial nominee, but he's still in quarantine, so I still wonder how far his deference goes.

Because she was legit handpicked by Schumer (it's a NY seat on the 2nd circuit), i.e. "If it's the Dem leader's choice it must be bad"
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« Reply #1235 on: August 09, 2021, 03:58:24 PM »


Why was she so controversial? This is only the second judicial nominee Murkowski has voted against and the first for Collins. Graham has yet to vote against a judicial nominee, but he's still in quarantine, so I still wonder how far his deference goes.

He's of the belief that a Senator is only empowered to vote against the confirmation of a President's judicial nominee in the event that such a nominee isn't qualified for the job &/or is of unfit character. Indeed, he's even gone so far as to express a belief that Senators are constitutionally-forbidden from voting against a nominee based on ideological disagreement with the nominee (they're obviously not, but hey, I'm not complaining since it means he's voting to confirm Biden's judicial nominees), & so he's fine with confirming any & all qualified judicial nominees of good character whose substantive views fall within the broad mainstream of legal thought (i.e., he'll vote to confirm any mainstream Democratic judicial nominee).
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« Reply #1236 on: August 09, 2021, 05:09:04 PM »

Because she was legit handpicked by Schumer (it's a NY seat on the 2nd circuit), i.e. "If it's the Dem leader's choice it must be bad"/quote]

Yeah, but those are the Senators least likely to care about something like that.

He's of the belief that a Senator is only empowered to vote against the confirmation of a President's judicial nominee in the event that such a nominee isn't qualified for the job &/or is of unfit character. Indeed, he's even gone so far as to express a belief that Senators are constitutionally-forbidden from voting against a nominee based on ideological disagreement with the nominee (they're obviously not, but hey, I'm not complaining since it means he's voting to confirm Biden's judicial nominees), & so he's fine with confirming any & all qualified judicial nominees of good character whose substantive views fall within the broad mainstream of legal thought (i.e., he'll vote to confirm any mainstream Democratic judicial nominee).

I was just wondering where he draws the line in reality. He may have a set of principles, but that doesn't mean he'll vote for every nominee. If may also be that they didn't have cover on this vote. Would Graham have been a Yes vote on this nominee?
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« Reply #1237 on: August 09, 2021, 06:00:04 PM »

He's of the belief that a Senator is only empowered to vote against the confirmation of a President's judicial nominee in the event that such a nominee isn't qualified for the job &/or is of unfit character. Indeed, he's even gone so far as to express a belief that Senators are constitutionally-forbidden from voting against a nominee based on ideological disagreement with the nominee (they're obviously not, but hey, I'm not complaining since it means he's voting to confirm Biden's judicial nominees), & so he's fine with confirming any & all qualified judicial nominees of good character whose substantive views fall within the broad mainstream of legal thought (i.e., he'll vote to confirm any mainstream Democratic judicial nominee).

I was just wondering where he draws the line in reality. He may have a set of principles, but that doesn't mean he'll vote for every nominee. If may also be that they didn't have cover on this vote. Would Graham have been a Yes vote on this nominee?

Presumably, as there've been no public qualms about her qualifications, character, or position within the legal mainstream.
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« Reply #1238 on: August 09, 2021, 08:46:18 PM »







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« Reply #1239 on: August 11, 2021, 01:53:19 PM »

Confirmed by Voice Vote:

Calendar #189 Taryn Mackenzie Williams to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor
Calendar #247 Alejandra Y. Castillo to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development
Calendar #267 Andrew Eilperin Light to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs)
Calendar #268 Jennifer Lester Moffitt to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Calendar #321 Kenneth Lee Salazar to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States
Calendar #301 Damon Y. Smith to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Calendar #270 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Calendar #295 Evelyn M. Fujimoto to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 2022
Calendar #296 Lori Peek to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 2022
Calendar #297 Kimberly L. Jones to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 2023
Calendar #298 William E. Holloway to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 2021
Calendar #299 William E. Holloway to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 2024. (Reappointment)

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Cal. #64 Kvaal to be Undersecretary of Education
Cal. #252 Estudillo to WD WA
Cal. #260 Kelley to D MA
Cal. #251 Rossman to 10th Cir.
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« Reply #1240 on: August 25, 2021, 01:34:51 PM »

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« Reply #1241 on: August 25, 2021, 01:46:00 PM »


This would elevate the Milwaukee Common Council's President, Dist. 2 Alderman Cavalier Johnson, to the acting mayoralty & make him the 2nd Black man to serve as acting mayor of Milwaukee, although there's yet to be a Black full-on Mayor.
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« Reply #1242 on: August 30, 2021, 11:15:04 PM »

Should Biden fire Blinken and replace him with Jane Harman?
Should Biden fire Austin and replace him with Seth Moulton or Leon Panneta?
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« Reply #1243 on: August 31, 2021, 05:16:27 PM »

Should Biden fire Blinken and replace him with Jane Harman?
Should Biden fire Austin and replace him with Seth Moulton or Leon Panneta?

I don't think he needs to fire anyone, but it couldn't hurt for him to designate some fall guys like Trump used to, to take the blame for things in his administration and point the finger elsewhere. I would argue that it worked pretty well for him over those four agonizing years.
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« Reply #1244 on: September 02, 2021, 09:16:07 PM »

Should Biden fire Blinken and replace him with Jane Harman?
Should Biden fire Austin and replace him with Seth Moulton or Leon Panneta?
Moulton just went on a unauthorized trip to Afghanistan and Leon Panetta is 82

No reason to fire Blinken Or Austin, more reason to fire Burns than anything else
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« Reply #1245 on: September 06, 2021, 12:44:33 PM »

Should Biden fire Blinken and replace him with Jane Harman?
Should Biden fire Austin and replace him with Seth Moulton or Leon Panneta?

If Biden were to fire his Secretary of State/Defense not even nine months after taking office, he would be seen as unreliable and weak. What the international community expects from the U.S. is consistency, now more than ever.
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« Reply #1246 on: September 11, 2021, 12:59:58 AM »

No judicial appointments for over a month now, since 7 August, despite 26 nominations pending.

Is the Senate adjourned?
Couldn't they set a rule that they vote on one nominee every week, as a warm up on Monday morning?
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« Reply #1247 on: September 12, 2021, 01:48:01 PM »

No judicial appointments for over a month now, since 7 August, despite 26 nominations pending.

Is the Senate adjourned?
Couldn't they set a rule that they vote on one nominee every week, as a warm up on Monday morning?

August Recess dude. (Never mind that it doesn’t end until 3 pm 9/13)
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« Reply #1248 on: September 13, 2021, 06:38:30 PM »
« Edited: September 13, 2021, 09:21:26 PM by Lincoln Deputy Dwarven Dragon »

Kvaal passes CLOTURE 55-37:

NAYs ---37
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 8
Booker (D-NJ)
Braun (R-IN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Padilla (D-CA)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schatz (D-HI)
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« Reply #1249 on: September 14, 2021, 04:19:05 PM »

Kvaal confirmed 58-37:

NAYs ---37
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 5
Braun (R-IN)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schatz (D-HI)
Young (R-IN)

Estudillo passes CLOTURE 52-42:

NAYs ---42
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Fischer (R-NE)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 6
Braun (R-IN)
Kaine (D-VA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schatz (D-HI)
Young (R-IN)

Estudillo confirmed 54-41:

NAYs ---41
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Fischer (R-NE)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 5
Braun (R-IN)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schatz (D-HI)
Young (R-IN)

Kelley passes CLOTURE 52-43:

NAYs ---43
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 5
Braun (R-IN)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schatz (D-HI)
Young (R-IN)
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