Senate Rule Change
to Speed up Judicial Appointments
Senate Rules Committee
passes changes 10-9 (Guess the party split?) to reduce DimocRAT stall
tactics. McConnell trying to do it before the 2018 midterms because
he isn't positive about the results.
Of course not. GOP
leadership at all levels lacks the jevos
to get out and do what it takes to not only keep but gain seats.
That proposal just
passed the Senate Rules Committee:
Looking to speed the confirmation process for a backlog of President Trump’s appointments, Senate Republicans on Wednesday advanced a measure to cut down on floor debate for certain executive branch and judicial nominees.
Republicans said Democrats forced their hand on the issue by making the Senate devote too much floor time over the past year to clearing procedural hurdles on even non-controversial and lower-level nominees.
“Pointless wasting time, even when we know what the outcome is going to be, is what we’re talking about here today,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The change, pushed by Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma Republican, passed the Senate rules committee in a party-line vote, 10-9.
The change would cut the maximum debate time for non-Cabinet executive branch nominees from 30 hours to eight, and for district court nominees from 30 hours to two.
Just
remember, losing the Senate majority could put this guy in the lead:
And
list the House majority could make this one Speaker - THIRD IN LINE
TO THE PRESIDENCY!
More
about the Senate Rules changes @
https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/04/rule-change-advances-in-senate-will-help-trump-fill-as-many-judicial-vacancies-as-possible-by-november-2018-midterms/
Dem-agoguery: Pelosi
says guns top priority if House flips @
https://conservativefiringline.com/dem-agoguery-pelosi-says-guns-top-priority-house-flips/
Another reason to keep
the GOP in charge
Chernobyl
32 years after the explosion
People
can't live there but animals seems to be doing just fine.
Though humans can't
live in the area, scientists say it's possible that the number of
animals there is now higher than it was 30 years ago. Today, you can
find elk, deer, wolves, bison, and dozens of other species near
Chernobyl.
Trump
Considering Former GOP Rep. Jeff Miller for VA Secretary
He
chaired the House Committee on Veterans Affairs which would certainly
qualify him.
He played a major
role in the passage of a VA reform plan in 2014 before retiring from
Capitol Hill two years later.
And
the rumors continue to fly.
The
White House may send John Kelly to run the embattled Veterans Affairs
department
Unnamed
sources (don't you love that?) indicate he could spare him from being
fired at the White House.
A White House
spokesperson denied that Kelly was being considered for VA secretary,
according to Vanity Fair.
Rumors surrounding
Kelly's fate have intensified lately. And his role in the White House
seemed to shrink as Trump reportedly takes more license to govern his
own daily agenda.
Outside advisers to
Trump have floated the idea of removing the chief of staff role
completely, according to CNN.
Taiwan
president ‘willing to meet’ Chinese leader in wake of Korean
summit
One
has to wonder if the "inexperienced and naive" president of
the USA might have something to do with this.
Taiwan’s President
Tsai Ing-wen said Friday she would be willing to meet her Chinese
counterpart Xi Jinping “for peace and stability.” The statement
comes in the wake of a landmark summit between the leaders of the two
Koreas. China is suspicious of Tsai’s traditionally
pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party. Beijing has cut off
official communications with Taipei as the Taiwanese president
refuses to accept that the island is part of “one China,” AFP
said. When asked on Friday if she would consider meeting Xi given the
way the inter-Korean summit unfolded, Tsai said her government “would
be willing to do anything that is helpful for… peace and
stability.” A meeting with the Chinese leader could take place
“without any political pre-condition and on an equal footing,”
she added.
EPA
"Whistleblower" A Fake
Why
should anybody be surprised. He inflated his Coast Guard service and
received $24k in bonuses under the same program he complained about.
Kevin Chmielewski
received $24,000 in raises after just three to four months of service
at the EPA, which neither he nor Democratic lawmakers have publicly
disclosed even as the Democrats have cited his complaints about EPA
spending on the two other staffers' raises, according to sources and
EPA documents confirming the raises.
Much,
much more @
http://freebeacon.com/politics/epa-whistleblower-complained-pruitts-spending-inflated-service/
ABBA
Records Two New Songs
One
of my all time favorite music groups. After 35 years of doing other
music-related things, they returned to the recording studios.
Whatever the final product is, I'm sure the whole world will watch
it.
Per the AP, the
Swedish pop supergroup says it has recorded two new songs, including
one entitled "I Still Have Faith in You." The news was
announced Friday in an Instagram statement from Benny Andersson,
Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and Agnetha Faltskog. ABBA had big
hits in the 1970s with songs such as "Waterloo" and
"Dancing Queen" before splitting up in 1982. The band's
statement said the members reunited to plan a virtual tour featuring
digital avatars and decided to head back into the studio, which they
noted was "an extremely joyous experience."
An
aside, when they wrote their original songs, not one of them spoke
English. That came later about the same time the group official came
together. ABBA is the first letter of the first names of the four.
Hilton,
a Very Big Great White Shark Swimming Around the Gulf
It's
amazing how far they travel. Appears they hav e no predators other
than Man and one has to wonder just how big they become.
OCEARCH
researchers have been following the 12-foot great white's route since
March 2017 when they tagged the shark near Hilton Head Island, South
Carolina. Hilton, weighing in at 1,326 pounds, is fitted with a tag
that pings to transmit his location when his fins break the surface.
The
shark has traveled up and down along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean
— from Nova Scotia to Florida — but he's never been seen in the
Gulf of Mexico before. He's been in the waters for nearly two weeks
now.
Another
Navy Ship That Can't Carry Out Its Missions
What's
the sense of having "modern" ships if they can't do their
jobs? LCS ships keep breaking down. One spent the winter stuck in the
Great Lakes because it couldn't navigate the ice. And, when they do
work, they either run into other ships or let other ships run into
them.
The catamaran-style
expeditionary fast transport ships, according to the report, were
supposed to be able to carry 1.2 million pounds of cargo for 1,200
nautical miles at an average speed of 35 knots, or about 40 miles per
hour. But initial testing showed the ships were only able to carry
that amount for 769 nautical miles at an average speed of 31 knots.
The aluminum ships
have a large cargo space and a flight deck for helicopters and
drones. They were designed to respond to a wide variety of military
missions and could also be used in evacuations and disaster relief.
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