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Two Big Confirmation Battles Loom .
McConnell already Making Excuses
for Fall Bloodbath - His Job to Approve Judges
{ rickwells.us } ~ Mitch McConnell described the dangerous situation for President Trump’s America first agenda... that has been created through his and Paul Ryan’s lack of leadership with a rather emotionless, “We know the wind is going to be in our face.” That’s not just wind, McConnell, it’s GOP voters breaking wind and you’re the target. He went on to “cutely” complete the remark, saying, “We don’t know whether it’s going to be a category 3,4, or 5.” He completely ignored the anger that conservatives have towards him and House Speaker Paul Ryan for squandering this opportunity through their anti-Trump obstructionism and setting up the Democrats for victory. Instead he basks in the matchstick glow of moving judicial appointments through the system as his record of accomplishments. He said, “I believe that’s the most important thing we’re doing.” Actually, it’s the only thing they’re doing... https://rickwells.us/mcconnell-excuses-bloodbath-judges/ .
Newly Appointed NEC Chairman Larry Kudlow Talks Trade
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Replacing Gary Cohn, today is day one for Larry Kudlow to hit the airwaves as President Trump’s new Chairman of the National Economic Council... This will be an interesting dynamic to watch. In essence, Kudlow’s job – whether he admits it or not, is to remove the clenched grip of U.S. Chamber of Commerce President, Tom Donohue, from the republican trade and business position. With multinational trade confrontations now taking center stage, Kudlow is going to have to slowly shift the GOPe political minds into a modern Trump-era where Main Street U.S.A. is the priority. Wall Street needs to shift to domestic investment if they desire to remain beneficiaries. President Trump is immovable on his trade and economic agenda. Period; end of story. Ask Gary Cohn or any other member of the disassembled manufacturing council advisory board who quit last year because POTUS Trump just wouldn’t heed their duplicitous and high-minded advice. Do you remember candidate Trump mentioning the endless talking to nowhere that he has not time for? Yeah, that... https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/04/04/newly-appointed-nec-chairman-larry-kudlow-talks-trade/.
Threatening legal fight, Nunes demands document
that kicked off FBI Trump-Russia investigation
by Byron York
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray... demanding an uncensored copy of the document the bureau used to formally begin its investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Trump's presidential campaign. The originating document has been the subject of much controversy. After some Republicans alleged that the FBI used never-verified parts of the Trump dossier as part of its reason to begin the investigation in July 2016, some "current and former" officials leaked to the New York Times that no, it was the case of George Papadopoulos, reported to U.S. authorities by foreign intelligence agents, that prompted the FBI investigation. "The information that Mr. Papadopoulos gave to the Australians answers one of the lingering mysteries of the past year: What so alarmed American officials to provoke the FBI to open a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign months before the presidential election?" the Times reported on Dec. 30. "It was not, as Mr. Trump and other politicians have alleged, a dossier compiled by a former British spy hired by a rival campaign. Instead, it was firsthand information from one of America's closest intelligence allies."....
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Two Big Confirmation Battles Loom
by Todd Johnson: Later this month, we will see two critical Senate confirmation processes be initiated and both proceedings could end up to be very contentious. Mike Pompeo, the nominee for secretary of state, and Gina Haspel, the nominee for director of the CIA, are expected to be grilled by select Republican and Democrat senators who have raised concerns about their positions on critical issues. Both Pompeo and Haspel are highly qualified but the landscape of the United States Senate has changed significantly since President Trump took office in January 2016. While Republicans will be able to push the two nominations out of the respective committees for a floor vote, there isn’t a guarantee that the nominees will be confirmed. Currently, the GOP holds a 51-49 edge in the Senate, but with Rand Paul going on record saying he doesn’t support either nominee and rino-John McCain’s cancer treatment regimen keeping him on the sidelines since December, the Republican Party has very little margin for error.
An analysis of the two nominations shows that the Pompeo proceedings will be the most combative. While he was confirmed for the CIA director position last year by a 66-32 vote, several Democrats have announced either reconsidering their votes or that they remain on the fence until he testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Recent reports indicate that Pompeo will face a brutal confirmation fight. And even if he makes it through the questioning with no major errors, his nomination may still face obstacles. If Paul and all of the Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee cast a “no” vote, then the Republican Party leadership would be forced to use an obscure rule that would still allow the nomination for a Senate-wide vote.
This type of maneuver has never been utilized in the history of the Senate and would, according to Foreign Policy magazine, “be the first time in modern history a secretary of state nominee moves to a Senate-wide vote without the approval of the foreign relations committee.”
The Haspel nomination, on the other hand, looks to be the easier fight for the Republican Party, but not by very much. Haspel, a decorated career intelligence officer, is expected to face numerous questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee pertaining to her oversight of the CIA’s black-site interrogation program in Thailand. The program, where waterboarding was conducted on a regular basis, has drawn the attention of numerous Republican and Democrat committee members and will be the topic of much of the questioning of Haspel.
According to numerous reports, Haspel is considered by her peers as the consummate professional and has the skillset to lead the CIA. However, as Rich Lowry pointed out last week, Republicans must ensure that her nomination doesn’t degenerate into a 21st century “Borking.”
The U.S. foreign and intelligence communities need proven leadership that can guide them against the plethora of threats that face our nation on a daily basis. A failure with either nomination would be a severe blow to the country as a whole. That’s why the Trump administration must put all of its energies into ensuring that both Pompeo and Haspel are confirmed. ~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/55129-two-big-confirmation-battles-loom
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