Elizabeth Warren Has Had It With Mitch McConnell’s ‘Petty’ Behavior

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Elizabeth Warren Has Had It With Mitch McConnell’s ‘Petty’ Behavior

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/warren-hits-petty-absurd-mcconnell-behavior_us_
The majority leader rejected the Massachusetts senator’s bid to advance judicial nominees with bipartisan support.
06/08/2016 05:09 pm ET

Michael McAuliff
Senior Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post


WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) accused Republicans of pure political obstruction of President Barack Obama’s judicial nominees Wednesday, prompting a shrug from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who objected to her attempt to expedite 15 long-stalled appointees.

Warren took to the Senate floor in the afternoon seeking unanimous consent to bring up all the noncontroversial judges who have passed the Senate Judiciary Committee, but have not received votes on the Senate floor.

Pointing to a report she released Monday, the Massachusetts senator noted that Republicans have been approving nominees at a glacial pace since taking over the Senate in 2014, approving just 18 judges in this Congress. Judicial vacancies have skyrocketed from 43 to 89.

“Instead of working to make government function, to make government more efficient, Senate Republicans have made it their priority to keep key positions empty for so long as possible, to hamstring efforts to protect consumers and workers, to delay efforts to hold large corporations accountable, to slow down work to promote equality,” Warren said. “The view of Senate Republicans seems to be pretty simple — if government isn’t working for them, for their rich friends or for their right-wing allies, then Senate Republicans won’t let it work for anyone.”

Unsurprisingly, McConnell denied her request. He also declined to engage in Warren’s arguments about judicial emergencies and the functioning of the government. Instead, he said that Obama has been treated fairly, with more judges confirmed over his entire presidency than in George W. Bush’s, although most of Obama’s came while Democrats ran the Senate.

McConnell added that it is his party’s role to decide which judges to bring to the floor, not Warren’s. “The minority is not going to dictate to the majority when and how we will do so,” McConnell said, also noting that he allowed votes on two trade court judges on Monday.

But even on those confirmations, Warren alleged political motivations, saying that she had come to the Republicans on Monday to get floor time to do the same thing she tried Wednesday. McConnell balked, however, while his party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, was making awkwardly timed headlines for disrespecting the judiciary......................

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1. Remember those words McConnell

"The minority is not going to dictate to the majority when and how we will do so,” McConnell said, (snip)

Because when prez HRC takes office... And flips the senate (knock on wood) it's my hope she rams thru the most liberal minority justice this country has ever seen and may you go fuck yourself royally.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Mitch is not called the Tortoise for nothing

Tortoises are not noted for their speed but noted for their lack of speed