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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP digs in on blocking Biden diplomatic picks
GOP digs in on blocking Biden diplomatic picks
By Laura Kelly - 11/08/21 12:13 PM EST
Republicans are putting up an intense series of roadblocks to confirmation for President Bidens diplomatic nominees, issuing maximalist demands and raising objections to both policies and personalities.
More than 10 months into Biden's administration, the Senate has confirmed only seven of his ambassadorial picks, while more than 50 nominees for the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are awaiting votes, many of them held up by GOP objections.
Democrats have issued stark warnings against the Republican moves.
Republicans who are holding up these nominees are endangering our national security, making it harder for our country to respond to threats at home and abroad, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on the Senate floor Tuesday night, ahead of objections levied by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) against the quick confirmation of at least eight nominees.
Hawley, Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and other GOP senators are exercising their ability to place a hold on a nominee or demand a vote on the record, moves that can force Democrats to drag out the confirmation process, sometimes for days, and eat up critical Senate floor time that the majority needs for legislative priorities.
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https://thehill.com/policy/international/580339-gop-digs-in-on-blocking-biden-diplomatic-picks
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GOP digs in on blocking Biden diplomatic picks (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2021
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Walleye
(31,028 posts)1. Think they care about endangering national security?tried to overthrow the government for chrissa
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)2. I'm up for a guillotine motion on this.
Change the Senate rules, make it so that just needs simple majority. Put multiple people up for one vote. Cut off the so-called Republicans (hence term guillotine)
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)3. Republicans are the party of the despicable.
There is no other way to describe them.
KPN
(15,646 posts)4. How about kill the filibuster. Oh, yeah, Manchin.
Okay
harsh warnings then. Oh yeah, its The Hill what else do we expect?
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