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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:23 PM Mar 2013

Republicans Block Obama Nominee To Appeals Court, Again

Source: AP/TPM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked the confirmation of federal appeals court nominee Caitlin Halligan for the second time, denying President Barack Obama a key judicial appointment.

Republicans say Halligan is too liberal to sit on U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and cited citing her work on lawsuits against gun manufacturers. The National Rifle Association opposed her nomination.

Democrats say the effort to block her is about maintaining a conservative majority on a key appellate court.

A majority of senators, 51, supported her nomination, but Democrats needed 60 votes in the 100 member Senate to get it past Republican objections.

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Republicans Block Obama Nominee To Appeals Court, Again (Original Post) onehandle Mar 2013 OP

The Republicans are a nuisance and they will have to go Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2013 #1

Minority rules again. Webster Green Mar 2013 #2

It's a good thing Harry Reid reached an 'agreement' with the GOP on filibuster reform Cali_Democrat Mar 2013 #3

headline should be harry reid enables the gop to continue obstructionism leftyohiolib Mar 2013 #4

Charlie Brown rope-a-doped Lucy. And Charlie Brown knew what he was doing graham4anything Mar 2013 #13

i need your rosey glasses cause the only thing charlie did with lucy and the football leftyohiolib Mar 2013 #15

Who was Charlie Brown, but Charles Schulz himself. graham4anything Mar 2013 #16

thanks Harry LiberalLovinLug Mar 2013 #5

So basically, the Republicans reneged on the filibuster promise. Fat Bastard Mar 2013 #6

I agree: This is an effort to maintain a conservative majority. Influencing a key appellate court. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #7

How is that handshake deal with Mitch McConnell working out Harry? Botany Mar 2013 #8

And democracy loses again aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #9

Every day I get upset about Harry Reid's EC Mar 2013 #10

Harry Reid should step down as Senate Majority Leader...today! eom Purveyor Mar 2013 #11

Are you kidding? There are any number of DUers onenote Mar 2013 #17

This upsets me too, John2 Mar 2013 #12

Statement by President Obama on Republican Filibuster of Caitlin Halligan Tx4obama Mar 2013 #14

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)

1. The Republicans are a nuisance and they will have to go

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:24 PM

Mar 2013

Webster Green

(13,905 posts)

2. Minority rules again.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:27 PM

Mar 2013

The Senate is as useless as the House.

Filibuster abuse has run the country off the rails.

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

3. It's a good thing Harry Reid reached an 'agreement' with the GOP on filibuster reform

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:39 PM

Mar 2013

Otherwise Republicans could block judicial nominations and filibuster cabinet secretary appointments.

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)

4. headline should be harry reid enables the gop to continue obstructionism

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:49 PM

Mar 2013

harry reid is now charlie brown and the gop is lucy with the fotball

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)

13. Charlie Brown rope-a-doped Lucy. And Charlie Brown knew what he was doing

Reply to leftyohiolib (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:30 PM

Mar 2013

AFter all, Charlie Brown always won everything in the end, though it did not seem so in the middle of the game.

Charlie Brown though looked 10 steps ahead and attained victory each time.

After all, he was never wrong.

He picked the nicest Christmas tree there was.
But it took 10 steps later to see it.

Harry Reid and President Obama are ropingthedopes again and again

Keep your eye on the long term prize. We are getting there.

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)

15. i need your rosey glasses cause the only thing charlie did with lucy and the football

Reply to graham4anything (Reply #13)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 05:24 PM

Mar 2013

was get conned into trusting her and again she pulled the ball and charlie ended up on his back looking like a fool. but hopefully you are correct

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)

16. Who was Charlie Brown, but Charles Schulz himself.

Reply to leftyohiolib (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 05:36 PM

Mar 2013

Without Charlie, there was no Peanuts.

The rope a dope is letting the opponent keep hitting you til they tire themselves out or show their hand

It really doesn't matter in the long scheme of things

Much like the NRA is dead, but it will take a few cycles to happen

It's a shame people get hurt, but its like a cure for a major disease.
There comes a cure, and everyone from that point forward is in no danger of dying.
YES of course it is very sad for those who are hurt prior, but long term, 99% end up saved.

(and who is to say, had the Peanuts crew grown up, that Charlie Brown would not have married Lucy, but by then, she would not be able to bully him around, and their marriage would be one of love and equalness.
So in effect, long term, Charlie Brown pulled the football from Lucy.
She just doesn't know it yet.)

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)

5. thanks Harry

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:49 PM

Mar 2013

For giving up on any new filibuster rules.

Fat Bastard

(47 posts)

6. So basically, the Republicans reneged on the filibuster promise.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:52 PM

Mar 2013

Time to go nuclear option and throw the Republicans out.

Why does everything have to be controlled by a minority party?

Fuck that.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

7. I agree: This is an effort to maintain a conservative majority. Influencing a key appellate court.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:59 PM

Mar 2013

Botany

(70,516 posts)

8. How is that handshake deal with Mitch McConnell working out Harry?

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:02 PM

Mar 2013

After all he (Mitch) promised that the republicans would not abuse the filibuster anymore.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

9. And democracy loses again

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:23 PM

Mar 2013

This must pretty strange to foreign political scientists.

EC

(12,287 posts)

10. Every day I get upset about Harry Reid's

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:51 PM

Mar 2013

decision to believe McConnell was really going to be honorable.

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)

11. Harry Reid should step down as Senate Majority Leader...today! eom

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 03:10 PM

Mar 2013

onenote

(42,714 posts)

17. Are you kidding? There are any number of DUers

Reply to Purveyor (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 05:43 PM

Mar 2013

silently giving thanks to Harry for not having stopped the filibuster now that its being used by Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and other tea monsters to try to derail Brennan's nomination.

John2

(2,730 posts)

12. This upsets me too,

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:09 PM

Mar 2013

and maybe he needs to be primaried from the Left. If the Democrats win the Senate again, then someone needs to challnhge Reid for leadership. And if I was the President, I would have a problem with Reid's leadership and getting judicial appointments through. When is enough, enough? The Republicans have gotten ridiculous. The Democratic Party Leadership need to stop caving to Republicans when they have the majority or get out of office.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)

14. Statement by President Obama on Republican Filibuster of Caitlin Halligan

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:53 PM

Mar 2013

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 06, 2013

Statement by the President on Republican Filibuster of Caitlin Halligan

I am deeply disappointed that despite support from a majority of the United States Senate, a minority of Senators continues to block the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Nearly two and a half years after being nominated, Ms. Halligan continues to wait for a simple up-or-down vote. In the past, filibusters of judicial nominations required “extraordinary circumstances,” and a Republican Senator who was part of this agreement articulated that only an ethics or qualification issue – not ideology – would qualify. Ms. Halligan has always practiced law with the highest ethical ideals, and her qualifications are beyond question. Furthermore, her career in public service and as a law enforcement lawyer, serving the citizens of New York, is well within the mainstream.

Today’s vote continues the Republican pattern of obstruction. My judicial nominees wait more than three times as long on the Senate floor to receive a vote than my predecessor’s nominees. The effects of this obstruction take the heaviest toll on the D.C. Circuit, considered the Nation’s second-highest court, which now has only seven active judges and four vacancies. Until last month, for more than forty years, the court has always had at least eight active judges and as many as twelve. A majority of the Senate agrees that Ms. Halligan is exactly the kind of person who should serve on this court, and I urge Senate Republicans to allow the Senate to express its will and to confirm Ms. Halligan without further delay.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/06/statement-president-republican-filibuster-caitlin-halligan

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