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« on: January 19, 2021, 06:27:15 PM »
So when will voting on Biden's nominees start to take place?
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2021, 01:48:00 AM »
ICYMI:
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2021, 11:08:56 AM »
Lloyd Austin has been confirmed as the Defense Secretary by the Senate. Vote was 93-2.

The 2 no votes were from Mike Lee and Josh Hawley. 5 senators did not vote.
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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2021, 02:22:56 PM »
Quote from: Zache on January 22, 2021, 02:20:12 PM
Will Hawley vote for any of Biden's nominees?
I doubt it.
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« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2021, 03:46:09 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2021, 07:56:46 PM »
The amount of misinformation on social media is just ridiculous. Earlier today on Twitter, some Trump supporters were sharing a fake/altered picture of a news article in which it shows Lloyd Austin saying that he would "defund the military" and "hand over control of the U.S. military to China".

The article was clearly false and edited but that didn't stop the Trump supporters from going nuts and of course saying that Biden and the Democrats are "puppets of the CCP" and "radical socialists". The misinformation is absolutely sickening.
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2021, 11:21:37 PM »
Quote from: Horus on January 22, 2021, 10:05:55 PM
Who will have the most trouble getting confirmed? Tanden?
Tanden (and maybe also Raimondo) is probably going to have the most trouble.

I could see it being the case where Republicans are unilaterally opposed to Tanden and Manchin/Sinema/Tester potentially also being opposed to her. It might end up being a 50/50 split with Kamala needing to tiebreak. Kamala obviously wouldn't vote against Tanden's nomination.
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2021, 10:37:58 AM »
Around 5:30 pm EST.
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2021, 10:47:56 AM »
Quote from: Sir Mohamed on January 25, 2021, 10:39:44 AM
How many votes is she expected to get? I think more than 80 is ensured, possibly over 90.
I would be very surprised if Yellen gets less than 80 votes. The Senate Finance Committee approved her unanimously so she will get overwhelming support.
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2021, 01:46:16 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2021, 03:59:44 PM »

Hopefully, Blinken gets confirmed tomorrow.
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« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2021, 05:16:41 PM »
Janet Yellen is from New York. She's a born and bred Brooklynite like myself.
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« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2021, 05:48:27 PM »
Of course, Josh Hawley has already voted NO on Yellen's nomination.

So far there are 4 NO votes (Hawley, Boozman, Paul, Cotton).
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« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2021, 06:01:25 PM »
12 NO votes for Yellen currently. This is the most NO votes for a Biden nominee so far.
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« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2021, 06:32:22 PM »
Quote from: We Made PA Blue Again! on January 25, 2021, 06:24:15 PM
Yes, but her home state is California. She was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Another poster pointed out that her residence is based in California. She's still a New Yorker above all else (at least in my opinion).

Hillary Clinton is an Illinoisan above all else despite the fact that she represented NY in the Senate and currently resides here.
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« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2021, 06:37:59 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2021, 12:27:24 PM »
17 NO votes so far on Blinken's nomination. The most NO votes for a Biden nominee so far.
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« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2021, 12:41:09 PM »
Antony Blinken has been confirmed as the Secretary of State by the U.S. Senate. Vote was 78-22.
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« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2021, 01:47:47 PM »
Quote from: We Made PA Blue Again! on January 26, 2021, 01:39:59 PM
Raimondo will probably breeze through.


I hope not. Raimondo sucks.
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« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2021, 12:25:17 PM »
Cruz, Blackburn and Rick Scott voted NO.
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« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2021, 02:19:24 PM »


I didn't know that Mayorkas would be so controversial. Bad news for Tanden.
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« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2021, 02:32:53 PM »
Quote from: brucejoel99 on January 27, 2021, 02:22:02 PM

Not really. Tanden will still get confirmed as long as Kamala shows up, the only problem being that the Senate will likely be forced to eat up days of floor time on her nomination too. Moreso bad news for the Senate than for her.
I think that Manchin will vote no on Tanden. Sinema may vote no as well.
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« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2021, 02:40:50 PM »
Quote from: brucejoel99 on January 27, 2021, 02:35:14 PM
Neither of them have said or done a single thing that would indicate their opposition to her.
We'll see.
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« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2021, 02:47:34 PM »
Why not?
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« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2021, 03:03:53 PM »





Clever. Very clever.
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