Senate reaches deal to vote on Clinton confirmation

[babylonsister]

Senate reaches deal to vote on Clinton confirmation
By J. Taylor Rushing
Posted: 01/20/09 04:58 PM


The Senate will vote Wednesday on the confirmation of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be the next secretary of state under an agreement reached Tuesday between Democrats and Republicans.

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Tuesday that the Senate leaders agreed to hold the roll call vote at 4:30 p.m., signaling an end to wrangling between the New York Democrat and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).

Cornyn had been blocking the vote for what he called conflict-of-interest concerns over President Bill Clinton’s foundation.

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/senate-reaches-deal-to-vote-on-clinton-confirmation-2009-01-20.html

[ananda]

1. Cornyn is such an ASSHAT.

Not all Texans like Cornyn.

[babylonsister]

4. I live in TX and cannot stand him. Dumber than dirt. nt

[hamsterjill]

6. Agreed by another Texan

I am totally embarrassed by him - in many ways!

[xultar]

2. Apparently my voodoo directed @ his penis helped move things along.

[babylonsister]

3. Ha! Hi, xultar, good to see you. nt

[xultar]

9. You too. I keep up. I lurk but don't post. I figured I'd post today and then

go back to not posting tomorrow.

You are such a powerhouse positive member of DU. I love you and keep up the good work.

[Caliman73]

5. That only works if he has a penis...

Jury is still out on that. I think Hillary told him up on the stand, that she would do something to him and he punked out and said he would not hold up her nomination.

[DBoon]

7. then the voodoo worked

he once had a penis....

[Coexist]

20. sometimes, you are like a favorite, best. old friend, xultar

could be the scotch talking, but you always make me laugh

[theoldman]

8. Someone posted this before.

Born ignorant and losing ground. That Describes Cornyn.

[ColbertWatcher]

10. He was holding up the confirmation to what end?

More attention?

What did he get to stop being an ass this one time?

[gratuitous]

12. Alleged concerns about conflicts of interest

Bill Clinton's foundation accepts donations from all kinds of people, some of whom might not even be gud Merikins. And somehow, in what passes for Cornyn's mind, this means conflicts of interest for Hillary Clinton in the position of Secretary of State. Oddly enough, Cornyn left no record concerning, for example, no-bid defense contracts handed out to Dick Cheney's former employer Halliburton, or the confirmation as Attorney General of George W. Bush's personal attorney Alberto Gonzales.

Conflict of interest is a slippery concept for Mr. Cornyn. He can see it very clearly in some instances, so clearly that it might not even exist. Other times, it can smack him right between his beady little eyes, and he's completely oblivious to it. It's a strange phenomenon the defies rational explanation except for the old standby of political hypocrisy and grandstanding.

[ColbertWatcher]

15. Oh, I know that, but he has to know his stonewalling won't last and ...

... the very thing he is fighting against will come to pass.

I guess what I meant was besides the conflict of interest claims, what does he expect to do?

[babylonsister]

13. Because of Bill Clinton's foundation, if you can believe that.

They got nuthin'.

[DCKit]

14. Hillary probably threatened to expose Saudi Royal's support of terrorism...

and the tacit Republicon endorsement/cover-up in the Senate record.

They don't have "nuthin'", they've got liabilities - Why else would almost all of the Repuke old guard from both houses have "retired" this year?

[ColbertWatcher]

16. Exactly, so why is he doing this? n/t

[MzNov]

11. I wonder what Harry gave Cornyn's whiney ass

We ususally pay dearly for Harry's deals later.

I hope Cornyn never wins another election, rat bastard.

[L. Coyote]

17. Hillary confronted him today!

[Skip Intro]

18. I missed that. What happened?

[L. Coyote]

19. After the swearing in, they had words before the lunch, if I recall right

It was shown on the tube. Who knows what was said, but maybe she was practicing for the job :-)

[Flying Dream Blues]

21. Good for her! What a hypocritical partisan ASS he is. nt