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Are Republicans Finally Starting To Get It?
Alex Jones takes calls and discusses how even the moderate right is starting to realize that things need to change. http://www.infowars.com/congress-stands-up-to-fcc-power-grab-with-bill/...
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7 Republicans Boycott Hindu Invocation Because #39;They Worship Cows #39;
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Senate Republicans on Thursday delayed a committee vote on attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch for two weeks, provoking outrage from Democrats who said her nomination has been pending longer than any modern attorney general nominee.
Lynch was nominated by President Obama on Nov. 8, six weeks after Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. announced he was stepping down.
Many had urged Obama to move more quickly so that his nominee could be approved before the new Senate took over in January, but the administration instead waited until after the midterm congressional elections on Nov. 4, when Republicans won control of the Senate.
She was renominated Jan. 7.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, moved quickly to hold hearings on Lynch at the end of January, but announced Thursday that there would be a delay on the vote to seek responses from Lynch to senators questions. The delay is only for a week, but the Senate will be in recess next week, leading to a two-week hiatus.
Such delays have been common practice by the committee in the past, but, according to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the top Democrat on the committee, not usually for attorney general nominations.
While applauding Republicans for moving forward Thursday to approve Ashton Carter as Defense secretary, Leahy said, It is a disappointment that this morning, Republicans on the Judiciary Committee chose to hold over for two weeks another critical Cabinet nomination.
Carter was originally nominated Dec. 5, a month after Lynch, and was approved by the Senate by an overwhelming vote Thursday, which Leahy said made it clear that the Republicans could have done the same for Lynch.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who supports Lynch, said Wednesday that he did not understand why Democrats were creating a fuss about a common procedural delay.
While there is little controversy about Lynch's record, Republicans have used her confirmation hearings to complain about Holder and also President Obamas policies on immigration. Her eventual confirmation, after a committee vote now scheduled for Feb. 26, seems assured.
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Published February 11, 2015
House and Senate Republicans are having their first big family feud since taking control of Congress, as they hit a rock-hard budget impasse that threatens to trigger a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
After a solid 16 months without a government shutdown of any kind, Congress is careening toward an end-of-the-month funding deadline for DHS without a new budget.
The House already passed a bill that includes provisions overturning President Obama's controversial immigration executive actions. But despite repeated attempts last week, the Senate was unable to pass that bill -- as Democrats blocked it, over and over again. Democrats want the immigration provisions stripped.
Yet House Republican leaders are refusing to take another crack at the bill. A senior House GOP leadership aide told Fox News there is no backup plan -- they are insisting the House-passed bill is the only proposal.
This is a dare not only to Democrats but to their Senate Republican colleagues, who are equally adamant that the House should make the next move.
"I can tell you I think it's clearly stuck in the Senate," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters after a closed-door lunch of Senate Republicans. "And the next step is obviously up to the House."
For his part, House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday said the House has done its job and it's time for the Senate to act. He put the onus on Democrats, saying they need to "get off their ass."
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's office shot back, with a spokesman saying: "We know Speaker Boehner is frustrated but cursing is not going to resolve the squabbling among Republicans that led to this impasse."
The flare-up Wednesday underscored the worsening stalemate on Capitol Hill with funding for the Homeland Security Department set to expire Feb. 27. Republicans aren't sure what comes next and one senior source told Fox News, "There is no plan, which is scary."
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