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  • #106
    Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

    Originally posted by walrus View Post
    Looks like Ryan is getting a scare, I'd laugh if he lost(no chance but)
    There's no way. Paul Nehlen makes Donald Trump look competent.

    Seriously, this is basically his ad:

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    • #107
      Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

      Back to the I'm ******* stupid category. Thom Tillis (R-NC - What a shock) doesn't believe that confirming judges is part of his job.

      Democrats including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) made repeated requests Wednesday to confirm a batch of Obama’s judicial nominees who are ready for votes. Each time they tried, Tillis objected and suggested the Senate shouldn’t be spending time on judges.

      “What we get are things that have nothing to do with doing our jobs,” he said. “I’m doing my job today and objecting to these measures so we can actually get back to pressing matters.”

      It’s a weird thing to say since it is literally the Senate’s job to confirm judges, as spelled out in the Constitution. It’s also ironic that Tillis is the one saying this, given that he’s overseeing the longest federal court vacancy in the country. There’s been an empty seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina for 3,848 days, or 10.5 years.
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...fb422?section=

      And people believe that NC is Purple? No. It's full derp mode. It's lost. It had great great potential. I believed in NC at one time. Now I wouldn't move there if you paid me to move there.
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      Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
      Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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      • #108
        Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

        Originally posted by ShirtlessBob View Post
        My Rep didn't buy his seat. My district is solidly red, meaning my Charlie cat could run as a Republican and win.
        My rep has switched each of the last four elections. Y'all think Congress is doing such a ****poor job, well we're doing our part...

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        • #109
          Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

          Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
          Back to the I'm ******* stupid category. Thom Tillis (R-NC - What a shock) doesn't believe that confirming judges is part of his job.



          http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...fb422?section=

          And people believe that NC is Purple? No. It's full derp mode. It's lost. It had great great potential. I believed in NC at one time. Now I wouldn't move there if you paid me to move there.
          And yet, both parties have had control of the Senate during that time. If that doesn't tell you everyone there is only concerned about the letter next to the name, nothing will.

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          • #110
            Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

            Again not doing their ****ing jobs.

            http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/op...smtyp=cur&_r=0
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            Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
            Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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            • #111
              Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

              Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View Post
              And yet, both parties have had control of the Senate during that time. If that doesn't tell you everyone there is only concerned about the letter next to the name, nothing will.
              Irrelevant. This is a Senate Responsibility. There is no control in the Senate unless you have a 60-40 majority. In some cases a 2/3 majority. Neither party has had that. This is the GOP not doing their jobs again.
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              Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
              Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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              • #112
                Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

                It's part of the game. Congress adjourns without doing anything, sticking it with Obama. Obama passes an executive order in the absence of any Congressional action to deal with the problem. Then the GOP Congress brays to their supporters about "executive overreach."

                The Republicans are a 30-year old still living at home and leaving Mom to make his bed and then complaining she violated his privacy by going into his room.
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                • #113
                  Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

                  Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                  Back to the I'm ******* stupid category. Thom Tillis (R-NC - What a shock) doesn't believe that confirming judges is part of his job.



                  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...fb422?section=

                  And people believe that NC is Purple? No. It's full derp mode. It's lost. It had great great potential. I believed in NC at one time. Now I wouldn't move there if you paid me to move there.
                  NC (along with PA) does not tax Federal retirement pensions (nor state pensions). A heck of a lot of ex Federales live there. I wouldn't mind - especially for the golf.
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                  • #114
                    Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

                    Originally posted by joecct View Post
                    NC (along with PA) does not tax Federal retirement pensions (nor state pensions).
                    AZ too.
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                    • #115
                      Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

                      It is not the senate's job to confirm judges. It's to provide a check to the executive branch from controlling the judiciary.

                      The president is to appoint by and with the advice and consent of the senate.

                      I don't agree with what they are doing, but the constitution doesn't require them to confirm the president's appointments.
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                      • #116
                        Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                        It is not the senate's job to confirm judges. It's to provide a check to the executive branch from controlling the judiciary.

                        The president is to appoint by and with the advice and consent of the senate.

                        I don't agree with what they are doing, but the constitution doesn't require them to confirm the president's appointments.
                        There would be zero vacancies if the President could just appoint them. So something doesn't jive here.
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                        Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                        Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                        • #117
                          Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

                          And?
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                          Originally posted by SanTropez
                          May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                          Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                          I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                          Originally posted by Kepler
                          When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                          He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                          • #118
                            Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                            And?
                            So my point stands. Not doing their job. They're not even voting. No record.
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                            Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                            Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                            • #119
                              Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

                              No, the president is to appoint judges by and with the advice and consent of the senate.

                              The senate is under no obligation to approve his appointments.
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                              Originally posted by SanTropez
                              May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                              Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                              I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                              Originally posted by Kepler
                              When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                              He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                              • #120
                                Re: The 114th Congress: Two More Years!

                                Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                                No, the president is to appoint judges by and with the advice and consent of the senate.

                                The senate is under no obligation to approve his appointments.
                                If the Senate is in recess I believe the President may use a recess appointment to get the judge/justice in his/her post (until Senate returns).
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