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Very interesting. I know the chattering left will claim this is another sign of a WH in chaos, whereas I see this as a president consolidating a strong, working team, more interested in the boss's vision rather than pushing their own agenda.
Sessions better watch his azz.
Considering that, among his handpicked staff, the WH's turnover rate rivals that of the average McDonald's, this doesn't speak well for his ability to recruit and successfully manage a team.
I don't recall Bush or Obama having such issues with their own Administrations.
Do any of you have business experience? Ever work in a startup? Ever been part of a new division pushing a new product?
Trump is a businessman, not a politician. He doesn't think like a politician, that's why so many of us like him. Tillerson fought Trump's agenda...so he's out and Pompeo's in. Trump isn't going to let his SoS run roughshod over him the way Hillary did anything she wanted under Obama.
You libs just miss the feckless and ineffective no-drama-Obama.
I don't agree with Obama on a number of issues, and I never voted for him, but I most certainly do miss the lack of drama.
Whatever Trump's trying to do isn't worth the possible consequences.
The filibuster is dead. All that is required is a simple majority of 51. Republicans hold 51 seats in the Senate. They don’t need a single Democrat or Independent vote.
Here’s an instance where Grassley told Trump to rethink 2 of his nominations to the bench.
Correct - the Obstructionist Leftists can't easily stop the Nominations - BUT
they can Delay them, and Delay them, and Delay them ........ some for over a year now.
They have 3 Main Ways to do that + with some help from additional Delays in the Ethics Office - They have 4 ways. It's all part of the Senate Rules. In fact - it's Senate Rules 101.
Democrats can’t put off final votes indefinitely because Republicans hold 52 seats in the Senate and a simple majority of 51 votes is needed to confirm most presidential nominations. Democrats, however, are able to use several procedural tactics to slow down the confirmation process.
Senate rules and procedures allow Democrats to employ three basic tactics to delay confirmation votes on a president’s appointments, Rachel Bovard, director of policy services at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal:
1. Strictly Adhering to Committee Meeting Times
2. Preventing a Quorum for Committee Meetings
3. Using Paperwork Tactics
ANY Senator can't stop the entire Nomination process by placing a hold, and when that hold expires - another Senator can do exactly the same thing.
Anyone that shows signs of sanity must go! I wouldn`t be surprised if he was replaced by Ted Nugent or that crazy Palin lady.
Trump fires Tillerson, taps CIA chief Pompeo for state
President Trump announced early Tuesday morning that he was dismissing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replacing him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The State Department said the news came as a surprise to Tillerson, which appeared to contradict claims made by the president that the pair had discussed the move. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-fir...140519399.html
Turn on the radio now to listen to Rush and listen to Hannity who follows.
This is the heroin addiction of the Trump crowd. The feel-good drug of choice.
Trump needs as much distraction as he can get to keep attention diverted from his countless failures and pending indictments. Tillerson was always a lightweight and was a throw-away -- a sacrificial lamb for the Trump ego. I've lost count of the number of firings, resignations, indictments, replacements, and belittled humiliations of even his own family members (not to mention lickspittle minions) that we've seen. He will thrash out at anyone to divert attention from the bad news mounting against him.
What is the motive behind this? Why did Trump oust him? Because Tillerson contradicted him too often? Honest question, trying to understand why this happened.
Of all the firings and resignations so far in Trump's White House, this is by far the most significant.
My guess would be this:
"And on Monday, Tillerson struck a far different tone than the White House when he strongly attacked Russia over the attempted assassination of a former spy now living in Britain. The White House declined to blame the poison-gas attack on Russia despite assertions by the British government."
Correct - the Obstructionist Leftists can't easily stop the Nominations - BUT
they can Delay them, and Delay them, and Delay them ........ some for over a year now.
They have 3 Main Ways to do that + with some help from additional Delays in the Ethics Office - They have 4 ways. It's all part of the Senate Rules. In fact - it's Senate Rules 101.
Democrats can’t put off final votes indefinitely because Republicans hold 52 seats in the Senate and a simple majority of 51 votes is needed to confirm most presidential nominations. Democrats, however, are able to use several procedural tactics to slow down the confirmation process.
Senate rules and procedures allow Democrats to employ three basic tactics to delay confirmation votes on a president’s appointments, Rachel Bovard, director of policy services at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal:
1. Strictly Adhering to Committee Meeting Times
2. Preventing a Quorum for Committee Meetings
3. Using Paperwork Tactics
ANY Senator can't stop the entire Nomination process by placing a hold, and when that hold expires - another Senator can do exactly the same thing.
That sounds right. But how many nominations are actually a victim of this? I have no idea. It's pretty well known that they have not even tried to fill hundreds of positions.
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