Dereliction of Duty

[jon_berzerk]

Mitch McConnell vows to not even consider any Obama nominee for the Supreme Court. J. Scott Applewh

Remember when Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, vowed to demonstrate that his party could actually govern rather than merely obstruct? Apparently, neither does Sen. McConnell.

Hyper-partisanship has been the rule in Washington ever since Barack Obama assumed the presidency in 2009. Partisan gridlock has produced two government shutdowns and has often led to paralysis in dealing with vital national issues like fixing Medicare and other government programs. The Republican refusal to work with the other party in the traditional give-and-take of politics began with the Affordable Care Act and extended to virtually every other important domestic and foreign policy issue.

But Sen. McConnell and his party have now taken partisanship to unprecedented levels, at least in modern times. It is almost as if they have decided to rewrite the Constitution to limit a president’s tenure in a second term to three years instead of four, to the point of irresponsibility.

▪ The latest example is the refusal to consider the president’s plan to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantánamo. In a way, this is the most egregious display of partisanship so far — Congress itself asked the president for a plan. Lawmakers wrote a provision into the National Defense Authorization Act setting Feb. 23 deadline for the president to act. Mr. Obama fulfilled his duty last week, but Republican leaders on the Hill declared the plan DOA immediately. If they didn’t intend to consider it, why ask for it?

▪ The refusal to even consider a nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court — any nominee — is unprecedented, no matter how you spin it. The president has nearly a year left in his tenure. He’s no lame duck. And we’re not buying the “let the people decide” line. The Constitution assigns the duty to nominate a justice to the president, and it vests the Senate with the duty to give advice and consent. That is how the system works — or rather, how the system was supposed to work before Sen. McConnell and his colleagues decided otherwise. They won’t even offer the eventual nominee the traditional courtesy meeting.

▪ Republican leaders said they would refuse to meet with President Obama’s budget director to discuss the annual budget, even before he presented it. Democrats called it an unprecedented snub, which it is. There’s nothing new in a president’s budget being DOA on Capitol Hill, but refusing to meet with the budget director is an extreme break with traditional convention.

Other examples abound. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, head of the Senate Banking Committee, has refused to hold any hearings on nominees for posts at the Federal Reserve and Export-Import Bank. Like the Senate’s refusal to consider a Scalia replacement, this represents a total dereliction of the Senate’s advise-and-consent powers.

Republicans legislators have a duty to oppose the president — up to a point. But this is going too far. It’s impossible to make an honest case for rejecting a nominee who hasn’t been named, or refusing to consider a prison closing plan they asked for — even before looking at it.

The damage is not to the president, but to the nation. The Supreme Court suffers lasting harm when justices are seen as beneficiaries of political patronage. And Congress suffers even more harm to its tarnished reputation when lawmakers don’t even bother to hide their extreme partisanship and contempt.


Read more here: Dereliction of duty on Capitol Hill

it is not dereliction of duty

--LOL

Come on Jon ,,your repubs are doing the best they can to stop gov't from working and like your candidates for president they're acting like AH's or do you think that's how leaders of our country should be acting??

the government seems to be speeding right along

no one is stopping anything

Funny jon that pubs follow the constitution so carefully EXCEPT when they make a mockery of it

not consenting is following the Constitution eds

 

[eagle1462010]

Mitch McConnell vows to not even consider any Obama nominee for the Supreme Court. J. Scott Applewh

Remember when Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, vowed to demonstrate that his party could actually govern rather than merely obstruct? Apparently, neither does Sen. McConnell.

Hyper-partisanship has been the rule in Washington ever since Barack Obama assumed the presidency in 2009. Partisan gridlock has produced two government shutdowns and has often led to paralysis in dealing with vital national issues like fixing Medicare and other government programs. The Republican refusal to work with the other party in the traditional give-and-take of politics began with the Affordable Care Act and extended to virtually every other important domestic and foreign policy issue.

But Sen. McConnell and his party have now taken partisanship to unprecedented levels, at least in modern times. It is almost as if they have decided to rewrite the Constitution to limit a president’s tenure in a second term to three years instead of four, to the point of irresponsibility.

▪ The latest example is the refusal to consider the president’s plan to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantánamo. In a way, this is the most egregious display of partisanship so far — Congress itself asked the president for a plan. Lawmakers wrote a provision into the National Defense Authorization Act setting Feb. 23 deadline for the president to act. Mr. Obama fulfilled his duty last week, but Republican leaders on the Hill declared the plan DOA immediately. If they didn’t intend to consider it, why ask for it?

▪ The refusal to even consider a nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court — any nominee — is unprecedented, no matter how you spin it. The president has nearly a year left in his tenure. He’s no lame duck. And we’re not buying the “let the people decide” line. The Constitution assigns the duty to nominate a justice to the president, and it vests the Senate with the duty to give advice and consent. That is how the system works — or rather, how the system was supposed to work before Sen. McConnell and his colleagues decided otherwise. They won’t even offer the eventual nominee the traditional courtesy meeting.

▪ Republican leaders said they would refuse to meet with President Obama’s budget director to discuss the annual budget, even before he presented it. Democrats called it an unprecedented snub, which it is. There’s nothing new in a president’s budget being DOA on Capitol Hill, but refusing to meet with the budget director is an extreme break with traditional convention.

Other examples abound. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, head of the Senate Banking Committee, has refused to hold any hearings on nominees for posts at the Federal Reserve and Export-Import Bank. Like the Senate’s refusal to consider a Scalia replacement, this represents a total dereliction of the Senate’s advise-and-consent powers.

Republicans legislators have a duty to oppose the president — up to a point. But this is going too far. It’s impossible to make an honest case for rejecting a nominee who hasn’t been named, or refusing to consider a prison closing plan they asked for — even before looking at it.

The damage is not to the president, but to the nation. The Supreme Court suffers lasting harm when justices are seen as beneficiaries of political patronage. And Congress suffers even more harm to its tarnished reputation when lawmakers don’t even bother to hide their extreme partisanship and contempt.


Read more here: Dereliction of duty on Capitol Hill

it is not dereliction of duty

--LOL

Come on Jon ,,your repubs are doing the best they can to stop gov't from working and like your candidates for president they're acting like AH's or do you think that's how leaders of our country should be acting??

the government seems to be speeding right along

no one is stopping anything

Funny jon that pubs follow the constitution so carefully EXCEPT when they make a mockery of it

Then there is that pen and a phone man............"Elections have consequences"............you know the one.

Somehow he joined others to filabuster another Nominee back in the day.............he was proud of that back then............Now...........not so much.

 

[WorldWatcher]

>

24 Republican Senators up for reelection this year v. 10 Democrats.

Polling shows that the majority of Americans think the Senate should do it's job.

The GOP only has a 4 Senator majority in the Senate.

There are already 4 Senators in trouble because of this issue.



Ya, giving the Senate back to the Dem's in January is such a great long term plan.

Here's the Scary Thing About This Supreme Court Nomination Fight

>>>>

 

[eagle1462010]

>

24 Republican Senators up for reelection this year v. 10 Democrats.

Polling shows that the majority of Americans think the Senate should do it's job.

The GOP only has a 4 Senator majority in the Senate.

There are already 4 Senators in trouble because of this issue.



Ya, giving the Senate back to the Dem's in January is such a great long term plan.

Here's the Scary Thing About This Supreme Court Nomination Fight

>>>>

Hey look guys.................FEAR FACTOR IS ON AGAIN...........

 

[WorldWatcher]

not consenting is following the Constitution eds

The Constitution calls for the Senate to consent (or withhold it's consent), the GOP leadership is not the consent (or no consent) of the Senate - they are two different things.


>>>>

 

[eddiew]

Mitch McConnell vows to not even consider any Obama nominee for the Supreme Court. J. Scott Applewh

Remember when Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, vowed to demonstrate that his party could actually govern rather than merely obstruct? Apparently, neither does Sen. McConnell.

Hyper-partisanship has been the rule in Washington ever since Barack Obama assumed the presidency in 2009. Partisan gridlock has produced two government shutdowns and has often led to paralysis in dealing with vital national issues like fixing Medicare and other government programs. The Republican refusal to work with the other party in the traditional give-and-take of politics began with the Affordable Care Act and extended to virtually every other important domestic and foreign policy issue.

But Sen. McConnell and his party have now taken partisanship to unprecedented levels, at least in modern times. It is almost as if they have decided to rewrite the Constitution to limit a president’s tenure in a second term to three years instead of four, to the point of irresponsibility.

▪ The latest example is the refusal to consider the president’s plan to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantánamo. In a way, this is the most egregious display of partisanship so far — Congress itself asked the president for a plan. Lawmakers wrote a provision into the National Defense Authorization Act setting Feb. 23 deadline for the president to act. Mr. Obama fulfilled his duty last week, but Republican leaders on the Hill declared the plan DOA immediately. If they didn’t intend to consider it, why ask for it?

▪ The refusal to even consider a nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court — any nominee — is unprecedented, no matter how you spin it. The president has nearly a year left in his tenure. He’s no lame duck. And we’re not buying the “let the people decide” line. The Constitution assigns the duty to nominate a justice to the president, and it vests the Senate with the duty to give advice and consent. That is how the system works — or rather, how the system was supposed to work before Sen. McConnell and his colleagues decided otherwise. They won’t even offer the eventual nominee the traditional courtesy meeting.

▪ Republican leaders said they would refuse to meet with President Obama’s budget director to discuss the annual budget, even before he presented it. Democrats called it an unprecedented snub, which it is. There’s nothing new in a president’s budget being DOA on Capitol Hill, but refusing to meet with the budget director is an extreme break with traditional convention.

Other examples abound. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, head of the Senate Banking Committee, has refused to hold any hearings on nominees for posts at the Federal Reserve and Export-Import Bank. Like the Senate’s refusal to consider a Scalia replacement, this represents a total dereliction of the Senate’s advise-and-consent powers.

Republicans legislators have a duty to oppose the president — up to a point. But this is going too far. It’s impossible to make an honest case for rejecting a nominee who hasn’t been named, or refusing to consider a prison closing plan they asked for — even before looking at it.

The damage is not to the president, but to the nation. The Supreme Court suffers lasting harm when justices are seen as beneficiaries of political patronage. And Congress suffers even more harm to its tarnished reputation when lawmakers don’t even bother to hide their extreme partisanship and contempt.


Read more here: Dereliction of duty on Capitol Hill

it is not dereliction of duty

--LOL

Come on Jon ,,your repubs are doing the best they can to stop gov't from working and like your candidates for president they're acting like AH's or do you think that's how leaders of our country should be acting??

the government seems to be speeding right along

no one is stopping anything

Funny jon that pubs follow the constitution so carefully EXCEPT when they make a mockery of it

Then there is that pen and a phone man............"Elections have consequences"............you know the one.

Somehow he joined others to filabuster another Nominee back in the day.............he was proud of that back then............Now...........not so much.

Reagan nominated Justice Kennedy in his last year and Dems voted for him

 

[deltex1]

Eddie is arguing with his own dick...trying to make it significant. An impossible task. And a typical liberal lie.

 

[WorldWatcher]

Hey look guys.................FEAR FACTOR IS ON AGAIN...........

Nope, a pissed off Republican thinking the Senate should do their job. I jsut agree with McConnell:

"Let's get back to the way the Senate operated for over 200 years, up or down votes on the president's nominee, no matter who the president is, no matter who's in control of the Senate. That's the way we need to operate."


>>>>

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Eddie is arguing with his own dick...trying to make it significant. An impossible task. And a typical liberal lie.

It's OK when a democrap does it....not so much when a republican does. Left loons are dumber than stumps

 

[Iceweasel]

it is not dereliction of duty

--LOL

Come on Jon ,,your repubs are doing the best they can to stop gov't from working and like your candidates for president they're acting like AH's or do you think that's how leaders of our country should be acting??

the government seems to be speeding right along

no one is stopping anything

Funny jon that pubs follow the constitution so carefully EXCEPT when they make a mockery of it

Then there is that pen and a phone man............"Elections have consequences"............you know the one.

Somehow he joined others to filabuster another Nominee back in the day.............he was proud of that back then............Now...........not so much.

Reagan nominated Justice Kennedy in his last year and Dems voted for him

LOL, what an uninformed loon. He started almost a year and a half earlier, that was his THIRD pick, after the dims raked Bork over the coals for being a judge instead of a progressive activists.

Lying and smearing is all the left wing has.

 

[deltex1]

not consenting is following the Constitution eds

The Constitution calls for the Senate to consent (or withhold it's consent), the GOP leadership is not the consent (or no consent) of the Senate - they are two different things.


>>>>

Is that a direct quote from Harry Reid? Lmao.

 

[eddiew]

Eddie is arguing with his own dick...trying to make it significant. An impossible task. And a typical liberal lie.

Deltex and I won't tell you what my dick is saying But you better close your mouth

 

[deltex1]

Eddie is arguing with his own dick...trying to make it significant. An impossible task. And a typical liberal lie.

Deltex and I won't tell you what my dick is saying But you better close your mouth

It's saying "get me out of Obabbles ass...it stinks in here".

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Hey look guys.................FEAR FACTOR IS ON AGAIN...........

Nope, a pissed off Republican thinking the Senate should do their job. I jsut agree with McConnell:

"Let's get back to the way the Senate operated for over 200 years, up or down votes on the president's nominee, no matter who the president is, no matter who's in control of the Senate. That's the way we need to operate."


>>>>

It never operated that way. There have always been and are always behind the scenes machinations.

 

[jon_berzerk]

not consenting is following the Constitution eds

The Constitution calls for the Senate to consent (or withhold it's consent), the GOP leadership is not the consent (or no consent) of the Senate - they are two different things.


>>>>

or advise

they advised that they are leaving it up to the people to decide

there can not be no consent until the president nominates someone

 

[eddiew]

Eddie is arguing with his own dick...trying to make it significant. An impossible task. And a typical liberal lie.

Deltex and I won't tell you what my dick is saying But you better close your mouth

I feel like Dr Frankenstein I've created a monster ,,,Every republican who can't make it in America everyone with less than a HS degree is here ,,,on my case Truly you are all T Rumps people

 

[jon_berzerk]

eds and his buddies this morning

on various issues

--LOL

as long as the party gives them a few peanuts

they keep going

--LOL

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Eddie is arguing with his own dick...trying to make it significant. An impossible task. And a typical liberal lie.

Deltex and I won't tell you what my dick is saying But you better close your mouth

I feel like Dr Frankenstein I've created a monster ,,,Every republican who can't make it in America everyone with less than a HS degree is here ,,,on my case Truly you are all T Rumps people

Good grief....shut up toad

 

[deltex1]

Eddie is arguing with his own dick...trying to make it significant. An impossible task. And a typical liberal lie.

Deltex and I won't tell you what my dick is saying But you better close your mouth

I feel like Dr Frankenstein I've created a monster ,,,Every republican who can't make it in America everyone with less than a HS degree is here ,,,on my case Truly you are all T Rumps people

You're a punk Eddie...so that's how you get treated. Man up, dude...

 

[eagle1462010]

it is not dereliction of duty

--LOL

Come on Jon ,,your repubs are doing the best they can to stop gov't from working and like your candidates for president they're acting like AH's or do you think that's how leaders of our country should be acting??

the government seems to be speeding right along

no one is stopping anything

Funny jon that pubs follow the constitution so carefully EXCEPT when they make a mockery of it

Then there is that pen and a phone man............"Elections have consequences"............you know the one.

Somehow he joined others to filabuster another Nominee back in the day.............he was proud of that back then............Now...........not so much.

Reagan nominated Justice Kennedy in his last year and Dems voted for him

After shooting down 2 and saying that they wouldn't appoint one with 18 months left..........they tried to Obstruct but failed and finally gave in............btw.......kennedy is a swing vote anyway........