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« on: April 23, 2015, 01:53:44 PM »
The vote was 56-43.

Can't believe Republicans wanted Holder to stay in office for so much longer than he planned.
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2015, 01:55:04 PM »
Ugh.
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2015, 01:55:30 PM »
Finally.
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2015, 01:58:37 PM »
Get this:

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Taking the job the people of Texas elected him to do very seriously, I see.
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2015, 01:59:03 PM »
Hating the Attorney General is textbook killing the messenger. Demand Congress reform the laws if you want them unenforced.
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2015, 02:00:14 PM »
Good news. Unlike Holder, she has a record that shows she can be trusted to fairly enforce the law. Hope she starts by going through Holder's list of existing cases and purging some.
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« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2015, 02:14:49 PM »
Yuck.
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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2015, 02:20:33 PM »
I'm genuinely shocked. Although I must say Eric Holder was one of the best AG's we've had in recent memory. He was only hated because of his race though.
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« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2015, 02:29:57 PM »
Quote from: Monarch on April 23, 2015, 01:59:03 PM
Hating the Attorney General is textbook killing the messenger. Demand Congress reform the laws if you want them unenforced.

Exactly.  But, this Congress never wants to take responsibility for anything.  Governing is risky and people criticize you for it.  So instead, this Congress just runs a conservative talk radio show out of the Capitol building.  Schmucks.
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« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2015, 02:31:47 PM »
Quote from: bedstuy on April 23, 2015, 02:29:57 PM
Quote from: Monarch on April 23, 2015, 01:59:03 PM
Hating the Attorney General is textbook killing the messenger. Demand Congress reform the laws if you want them unenforced.

Exactly.  But, this Congress never wants to take responsibility for anything.  Governing is risky and people criticize you for it.  So instead, this Congress just runs a conservative talk radio show out of the Capitol building.  Schmucks.

Try Putzes instead, it's much more accurate.
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« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2015, 03:11:08 PM »
And a big FU to all the morons who last year said Holder was resigning to help Democrats hold the Senate/so she could be confirmed before the new Senate
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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2015, 03:40:05 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2015, 03:44:42 PM »
Terrible news. I was hoping they'd fillibuster her so that Holder, who has been fantastic, could continue as AG until at least the end of Obama's term. Sad
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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2015, 03:46:40 PM »
Quote from: Ebsy on April 23, 2015, 01:58:37 PM
Get this:

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/23/loretta-lynch-attorney-general-confirmed_n_7127672.html

Taking the job the people of Texas elected him to do very seriously, I see.

He missed it so he wouldn't be late for a fundraiser in Texas.
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« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2015, 03:55:11 PM »
Republicans who voted to confirm Lynch:
Ayotte, Cochran, Collins, Flake, Graham, Hatch, Johnson, Kirk, McConnell, Portman
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« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2015, 03:56:52 PM »
Apparently this is the vote Johnson is hoping will get him reelected.
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« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2015, 04:01:28 PM »
Quote from: Wulfric on April 23, 2015, 03:56:52 PM
Apparently this is the vote Johnson is hoping will get him reelected.

Yeah its kinda gross he joined with the neocon Republicans on this.
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« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2015, 04:40:33 PM »
Quote from: Wulfric on April 23, 2015, 03:56:52 PM
Apparently this is the vote Johnson is hoping will get him reelected.

The whole Aye list looks like a GOP re-election campaign. It's pretty stupid, of course. Nobody will be voting in 2016 over Loretta Lynch's confirmation.
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« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2015, 04:45:20 PM »
Quote from: Monarch on April 23, 2015, 04:40:33 PM
Quote from: Wulfric on April 23, 2015, 03:56:52 PM
Apparently this is the vote Johnson is hoping will get him reelected.

The whole Aye list looks like a GOP re-election campaign. It's pretty stupid, of course. Nobody will be voting in 2016 over Loretta Lynch's confirmation.
A Nay vote would have hurt Kirk the most.
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« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2015, 04:47:30 PM »
Quote from: Walker Republican on April 23, 2015, 02:00:14 PM
Good news. Unlike Holder, she has a record that shows she can be trusted to fairly enforce the law. Hope she starts by going through Holder's list of existing cases and purging some.

That is not what her record shows at all.
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« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2015, 04:56:42 PM »
Quote from: ModerateVoter on April 23, 2015, 03:55:11 PM
Republicans who voted to confirm Lynch:
Ayotte, Cochran, Collins, Flake, Graham, Hatch, Johnson, Kirk, McConnell, Portman

Interesting, he knows who saved his butt in the primary.
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« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2015, 05:08:44 PM »
Quote from: Pakistani Christian UKIP Supporter 🇵🇰 on April 23, 2015, 03:44:42 PM
Terrible news. I was hoping they'd fillibuster her so that Holder, who has been fantastic, could continue as AG until at least the end of Obama's term. Sad

For a second,  I was wondering when Cassius became a fan of Eric Holder.

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« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2015, 05:23:20 PM »
Quote from: Monarch on April 23, 2015, 04:40:33 PM
Quote from: Wulfric on April 23, 2015, 03:56:52 PM
Apparently this is the vote Johnson is hoping will get him reelected.

The whole Aye list looks like a GOP re-election campaign. It's pretty stupid, of course. Nobody will be voting in 2016 over Loretta Lynch's confirmation.

1. I think it's more so their opponents won't be able to label them as "obstructionists" for blocking the confirmation of an Attorney General in the event that Lynch didn't have the votes. Nobody cares that they voted aye but voting nay would have been ammunition for an attack ad
2. I've always been under the impression that usually when legislators running for reelection make these kind of aisle-crossing votes, it's more about the big picture statistics; e.g. if Kirk votes for noncontroversial Democratic bills occasionally then he can avoid getting attacked for "voting with the GOP 99% of the time" or whatever
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« Reply #23 on: April 23, 2015, 05:25:07 PM »
Quote from: Wolverine22 on April 23, 2015, 02:20:33 PM
I'm genuinely shocked. Although I must say Eric Holder was one of the best AG's we've had in recent memory. He was only hated because of his race though.

I just died a little inside
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« Reply #24 on: April 23, 2015, 05:55:44 PM »
You'd think the Republicans would've preferred to get rid of Holder earlier, based on their public dislike of him.
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