Contact Joe and Mark...tell them to do their damn job...

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Virtually all Democratic senators are expected to vote against President Trump’s picks to lead the departments of Education, Justice, Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury and his top budget nominee — a historic rebuke of a first-term president’s Cabinet selections.

The Senate is scheduled to continue confirming Trump’s Cabinet nominees this week, with a vote scheduled for Tuesday to approve Betsy DeVos, nominated to run the Education Department. Senators are poised to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to serve as the next attorney general by the end of the week.

But those votes are expected to happen with little or no Democratic support. Only Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) has announced plans to support Sessions. As of Monday, no Democrat has announced support for DeVos, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), nominated to lead Health and Human Services, or Steven T. Mnuchin, nominated as treasury secretary. They all are scheduled for up-or-down votes in the coming days.

Near-unanimous opposition to a first-term president’s Cabinet picks is rare and hasn’t happened in recent history. But it comes amid a growing furor among progressive groups calling on Democratic lawmakers to oppose all of Trump’s nominees and policies.A CNN poll released on Sundayshowed that just 59 percent of Democrats approve of their party’s leaders, a sign that die-hard partisans want lawmakers to serve as a more aggressive check on Trump.

 

[mule_eer]

Now you are concerned about the responsibility of the Senate with respect to confirmation of presidential appointees? Not concerned about that starting around a year ago? At least these folks had hearings and are getting a vote. That's the Senate's responsibility. They don't have to confirm the nominee, only vote up or down.

I haven't followed Price much. The other 2 Manchin is questioning are fairly controversial - one for lack of experience in the field and another for concerns about business practices in finance.

 

[Popeer]

Now you are concerned about the responsibility of the Senate with respect to confirmation of presidential appointees? Not concerned about that starting around a year ago? At least these folks had hearings and are getting a vote. That's the Senate's responsibility. They don't have to confirm the nominee, only vote up or down.

Hypocrisy ain't in their dictionary, that's for sure ... It seems this gridlock and opposition has far less to do with the nominees actually before us than the man who nominated them ... Enough is enough. -- Mitch McConnell

But once again, the opposition has nobody to thank but themselves for going along with Harry Reid's arrogant changing of the rules. Until he did away with the 60-vote requirement, the GOP would have seen the writing on the wall about ridiculous candidates like Betsy DeVos.