Senate Republicans suspend rules to approve Trump's EPA chief pick over Democrats' boycott

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters


02 FEB 2017 AT 11:26 ET

A Senate committee suspended rules on Thursday to approve President Donald Trumps controversial choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday amid a boycott of his nomination by the panels Democratic members.

Wyoming Senator John Barrasso, chair of the environment and public works committee, said the committee would suspend several rules temporarily to approve the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator.

The panels Democrats boycotted Wednesdays meeting to approve Pruitt, saying that the nominee doubts the science of climate change and had too many conflicts of interest with the companies he is charged with regulating.

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[n2doc]

1. They own that pick

So when the shit hits the fan they cannot turn to blame anyone else.

[bdamomma]

2. they just never stop ruining this country

they are all accomplices to destruction of the United States.

they think this is fucking game or something?? don't they see what is going on????

[Kber]

3. New rules duly noted

[Xipe Totec]

4. Welcome to alternative democracy. nt

[RegexReader]

15. wait until

they suspend the constitution.

[JudyM]

20. They are already implicitly doing so.

[duhneece]

19. I was trying to think of a 'pithy' way to connect those two

...and you did it! Alternative Facts are to 'facts' what 'suspending the rules' is to blank.
You are brilliant!

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

5. what rules exactly? Sure would help me to get complete info -arghh (not you op - the reporters )nt

[KittyWampus]

6. they no longer need a quorum

[Javaman]

7. I find this all so amazing and ridiculous.

first, the repukes don't give a shit whether there is a dem there or not. this is there agenda.

and for those of us that say, "they own this", that is such bullshit. WE all OWN this.

we all will have to deal with these fuck ups that will destroy the environment.

bottom line is this: the dems continue to play Queensberry rules while the repukes laugh at us while cleaning their switchblades.

[mobeau69]

10. It wouldn't change things if they were present and it has to go to the floor anyway.

[Javaman]

12. point taken, but these symbolic acts by the Dems strike me

as nothing more than theater.

[ananda]

8. Is this the one where the RULES say ..

.. that they have to give one-day notice?

So the vote is actually null and void?

[Garydog]

9. UGh. As bad as Devos is, this is probably the most dangerous pick. NT

[JudyM]

21. Agreed, even probably a bit worse than Sessions. Welcome to DU, Garydog!

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Trump Congress: No quorum, no democracy

May as well disband Congress. Nothing is debated anyway.

There was the Rump Parliament

This is the Trump Congress

[bdamomma]

16. Disband the Congress???

tRump/Bannon are destroying all agencies. We know tRrump hates the Congress what was he saying about those term limits for congress members. Maybe to flush them out and to get more right wing guys in?

[bucolic_frolic]

18. I was kind of being snide

we Democrats can't influence anything, when we try they change the rules
which is why I suggested disbanding Congress ... and incidentally, if Trump
is still in office in 5-6 years, I do think he will try it. The Rump Parliament was
of course in 1648 when dissenters were booted. It's almost what the GOP
is doing here.

[wiggs]

13. so Obama didn't get Van Jones, Warren, Shirley Sherrod, Garland and more because he wanted

a consensus government.

He made a few recess appointments because the gop was trying to cripple the government. They went to court.

Shouldn't we go to court over a 'suspension of the rules'?

[Bayard]

14. suspension of the rules

We need a constitutional scholar here. Are these rules actually in the Constitution, and can they be legally defended?

[bdamomma]

17. adding this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution