Biden Cabinet Confirmation Live Thread ***hearings, votes, etc.***

[NYDem]

I'm honestly sick and tired of treating someone who voted with Trump more often than not, voted for 80% of his judges, and already has or plans to cast several deciding votes against the dems in this congress, as a Democrat. We need to kick him out of the caucus.

Sounds like a good way to ensure McConnell can block Covid relief and prevent Breyer from retiring.

Oh, haven't you heard!? Joe Manchin's just itching to kill the COVID relief stimulus package (that no legitimate Republican even supports) even though he's already come out in support of it, AND then he's gonna personally shoot Justice Breyer with his own NRA-provided shotgun just to open up his seat & save it for when McConnell returns to the majority leadership. Of course, even though Manchin is obviously a secret Republican at heart, he's doing all of this without switching parties & actually putting McConnell in charge so he can do all of these things - & more - that Manchin has made very clear in public that he doesn't actually wanna do. It almost makes TOO MUCH sense!!

Well if we can't kick him out, then we need to take away his committee chairmanship. This treachery should not go unpunished.

23,978 posts on a political forum & you don't know how politics works. It's honestly a shame, really.

When Republicans held majorities in Congress, they repeatedly stripped members of committee assignments when they repeatedly did not do as they were told on the floor. Democrats should do the same.

If you want Manchin to actually switch parties and give Republicans the majority that’s a great idea. Even if he sinks one nomination that is infinitely preferable to Republican control. Democrats are in no position to “punish” him for wrong votes when he is a team player most of the time.

[NYDem]

Hawley is going to be the Gillibrand of 2024 at this rate, voting against almost all of Biden's Cabinet picks.

Hopefully his 2024 campaign goes even worse than hers.

I don’t think that’s even possible.

[NYDem]

Interesting to see Graham stick to his old voting habits on judges. Dems + Collins + Graham is a bit of an odd route to 52 votes.

[NYDem]

Biden is two and a half years into a four year term and there are still many vacancies. Either the number of Senate-confirmed positions needs to be reduced, or the length of the confirmation process needs to be shortened. Perhaps both.

[NYDem]

Campbell confirmed 92-5:

NAYs ---5
Hawley (R-MO)
Sanders (I-VT)
Scott (R-FL)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Vance (R-OH)

Not Voting - 3
Barrasso (R-WY)
Braun (R-IN)
Lummis (R-WY)

Baggio (D OR) passes CLOTURE 54-43:

NAYs ---43
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Britt (R-AL)
Budd (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)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Mullin (R-OK)
Paul (R-KY)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Vance (R-OH)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 3
Barrasso (R-WY)
Braun (R-IN)
Lummis (R-WY)

Why was Sanders a no? Little unusual.