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Related: About this forumWhite House preparing to defy GOP in pushing through Holder replacement
The White House is preparing to defy Republicans and possibly push through the confirmation of a new attorney general in the lame duck session of Congress if Democrats lose control of the Senate in Novembers midterm elections.
Though refusing to speculate on the exact timing of a replacement for Eric Holder, who announced his resignation on Thursday, Obama administration officials began laying the ground for such a strategy by listing precedents under previous presidents. The stakes have been heightened after a recent rule change under Senate majority leader Harry Reid which means that only 51 votes are required to confirm White House nominations rather than the 60 previously needed to avoid a filibuster.
The examples being cited by the White House include Robert Gates, defence secretary under George W Bush, who was confirmed in December 2006 despite the Republicans losing control of the Senate in the previous months elections.
There is a precedent for presidents making important cabinet nominations and counting on Congress to confirm them promptly, even in the context of a lame duck session, if necessary, Obama spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Friday.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/26/eric-holder-replacement-lame-duck-confirmation-vote
Though refusing to speculate on the exact timing of a replacement for Eric Holder, who announced his resignation on Thursday, Obama administration officials began laying the ground for such a strategy by listing precedents under previous presidents. The stakes have been heightened after a recent rule change under Senate majority leader Harry Reid which means that only 51 votes are required to confirm White House nominations rather than the 60 previously needed to avoid a filibuster.
The examples being cited by the White House include Robert Gates, defence secretary under George W Bush, who was confirmed in December 2006 despite the Republicans losing control of the Senate in the previous months elections.
There is a precedent for presidents making important cabinet nominations and counting on Congress to confirm them promptly, even in the context of a lame duck session, if necessary, Obama spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Friday.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/26/eric-holder-replacement-lame-duck-confirmation-vote
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White House preparing to defy GOP in pushing through Holder replacement (Original Post)
herding cats
Sep 2014
OP
Boehner stalls any war approval legislation, immigration legislation, etc. but of course the major
Fred Sanders
Sep 2014
#1
Really, good to know...GOP obstruction all over as the only plan is what many do not connect.
Fred Sanders
Sep 2014
#11
So now we have Obama spokesman Josh Earnest calling the Presidency a "lame duck session". Hmmm.
Scuba
Sep 2014
#2
Congress's lame duck session, the period between the election and the start of the next Congress.
Greg K
Sep 2014
#3
Well...that would explain the Holder is teh evil posts....way to kill support
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#13
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. Boehner stalls any war approval legislation, immigration legislation, etc. but of course the major
media will only want to babble about this.
CBHagman
(16,987 posts)9. Wait. Boehner doesn't get a formal job here.
It's the Senate who confirms Cabinet members.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)11. Really, good to know...GOP obstruction all over as the only plan is what many do not connect.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. So now we have Obama spokesman Josh Earnest calling the Presidency a "lame duck session". Hmmm.
Greg K
(599 posts)3. Congress's lame duck session, the period between the election and the start of the next Congress.
Not the Presidency.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)6. Better, thanks.
onecaliberal
(32,898 posts)4. Robert Gates?
Seriously? Can we get an actual democrat?
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,438 posts)5. I don't think he's being suggested as a nominee
Just talking about previous nominee precedents
onecaliberal
(32,898 posts)8. I must have misunderstood what I read.
CBHagman
(16,987 posts)10. Earnest discussed the timing and timeline of previous confirmations.
He used the examples of former Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former SECDEF Robert Gates, both of whom were nominated and confirmed within a period of weeks.
msongs
(67,443 posts)7. searching high and low for a suitable republican candidate lol nt
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)12. "White House preparing to defy GOP"
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)13. Well...that would explain the Holder is teh evil posts....way to kill support
for the replacement......