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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: HAPPY2BME on February 08, 2017, 10:21:08 PM
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It’s finally done. The senate has voted and confirmed Jeff Sessions as the new Attorney General. The Democrats held it up for as long as they could but in the end, Trump got the man he wanted for the job.
The Hill reports:
Senate confirms Sessions as attorney general
The Senate voted Wednesday night to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as attorney general, capping a vicious debate that left Democrats and Republicans alike seething at times.
No Republicans went against Sessions in the 52-47 vote. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was the only Democrat to back Sessions.
While Republicans broke out into applause after the vote closed, Democrats largely stood silently. A handful of Democratic senators — including Manchin, Sen. Joe Donnelly (W.Va.) and Robert Menendez (N.J.) — went over and shook Sessions’s hand after the vote. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), who didn’t support Sessions, hugged him on the Senate floor.
The fight over Sessions escalated this week, when Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) read a letter that Coretta Scott King had written in 1986 that accused Sessions, a U.S. attorney at the time, of using the power of his office to prevent blacks from voting.
Democrats are crying racism because that’s all they have left.
http://americanlookout.com/breaking-senate-confirms-jeff-sessions-as-new-attorney-general/
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Sessions’ Confirmation: Era of ‘Mass Amnesty Policies’ Is Over, Says Pro-American Immigration Reformer
A pro-American immigration reform applauded Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation as U.S. Attorney General, saying the “days of turning a blind eye to illegal immigration… are over.”
“Sessions is unparalleled in his knowledge of the proper role of the Department of Justice, the legislative process, and the rule of law, all of which will be critical in restoring much-needed accountability and responsibility to the nation’s immigration policies,” said a statement from Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
“An able Senator and sincere advocate for fairness, Senator Sessions fully understands the dangers posed by the 300 jurisdictions around the nation that have adopted policies that impede federal immigration enforcement and protect criminal aliens,” Stein said.
Under Sessions’ leadership, the Department of Justice will likely take action against jurisdictions that embrace dangerous policies that shockingly defy federal law. These policies have been directly responsible for periodic crimes committed against innocent citizens, whom our laws are meant to protect
“The days of turning a blind eye to illegal immigration, pushing for the adoption of mass amnesty policies, and allowing tens of thousands of criminal aliens to dodge deportation are over,” Stein added.
During his contentious confirmation hearing, Sessions vowed to end the cycle of mass immigration, mass amnesty, and ever-larger waves of migrants enticed by the promise of legalization.
“I’m going to follow the laws passed by Congress,” Sessions said. “I do believe that if you continually go through a cycle of amnesty that you undermine the respect for the law and encourage more illegal immigration into America. I believe the American people spoke clearly in this election. I believe they agreed with my basic view.”
The Senate confirmed Sessions 52-47 Wednesday evening.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/08/pro-american-immigration-reform-group-on-sessions-confirmation-era-of-mass-amnesty-policies-is-over/
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How many more of Trump's nominees need to be approved yet? Anybody know?
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How many more of Trump's nominees need to be approved yet? Anybody know?
10 at least. Hard to keep track of.
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How many more of Trump's nominees need to be approved yet? Anybody know?
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Which Trump Cabinet nominees are still awaiting confirmation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-administration-appointee-tracker/
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Which Trump Cabinet nominees are still awaiting confirmation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-administration-appointee-tracker/
Thank you, sir!
Seven thus far approved, fourteen still pending (cabinet posts).
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Thank you, sir!
Seven thus far approved, fourteen still pending (cabinet posts).
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Rush Ginsburg, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham and Bill Kristol are NOT happy :rofl:
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Jeff Sessions Addresses Senate After Being Confirmed A.G. 2/8/17
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DoP02aowMs[/youtube]
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You have to scroll through each "item" to see how Obama nominees fared in 2009, but basically all but 3 cabinet secretaries had been approved by mid February, 2009. Of those 3, 2 were because of nominees who dropped out after substantial concerns were found (e.g. one who was under investigation over his past political donors), and because Obama delayed putting forward a nominee.
Looking over the the WashPost article H2BM posted, :cheersmate: , at least 5 or 6 are going to get full-court-press hysteria. The Ds' slow-walking of every nominee needs to be crushed. Trump's picks are excellent, and the Ds are tantrumming because they're so good and because TRUMP.
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Looking over the the WashPost article H2BM posted, :cheersmate: , at least 5 or 6 are going to get full-court-press hysteria. The Ds' slow-walking of every nominee needs to be crushed. Trump's picks are excellent, and the Ds are tantrumming because they're so good and because TRUMP.
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:cheersmate: