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Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« on: March 10, 2021, 08:05:04 pm »
Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
By Jordain Carney and Rebecca Beitsch - 03/10/21 02:50 PM EST

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Merrick Garland to be President Biden’s attorney general, a u-turn from a 2016 stalemate that kept him stuck in Senate limbo.

Senators voted 70-30 on Garland’s nomination to lead the Justice Department, easily topping the 50 votes needed.

The vote comes just days before the five-year anniversary from when then-President Obama nominated Garland to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Republicans, who then controlled the Senate, refused to give Garland a hearing or a vote.


This time around Garland, who has served on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals since 1997, won support from most of the caucus, including the men at the center of the 2016 standoff: GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).

"I'm voting to confirm Judge Garland because of his long reputation as a straight shooter and a legal expert. His left-of-center perspective has been within the legal mainstream. Let's hope our incoming attorney general applies that no-nonsense approach to the serious challenges facing the Department of Justice and our nation," McConnell said ahead of Wednesday’s vote.

Garland's path to confirmation wasn’t without headaches after Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) announced that he had placed a hold on the nomination, forcing Democrats to eat up days of floor time.

But with Democrats holding 50 seats and GOP support from many of Cotton’s colleagues, Garland was widely expected to be confirmed.

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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2021, 08:27:02 pm »
20 Repubs voted for Garland...we will all pay the price for this comfirmation.. 9999hair out0000
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2021, 09:01:25 pm »
Vote Summary

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Merrick Brian Garland, of Maryland, to be Attorney General )
Vote Number: 114
Vote Date: March 10, 2021, 02:15 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number: PN78-7
Nomination Description: Merrick Brian Garland, of Maryland, to be Attorney General
Vote Counts:
YEAs70
NAYs
30

how they voted here
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00114
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2021, 09:06:41 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on March 10, 2021, 09:01:25 pm
Vote Summary

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Merrick Brian Garland, of Maryland, to be Attorney General )
Vote Number: 114
Vote Date: March 10, 2021, 02:15 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number: PN78-7
Nomination Description: Merrick Brian Garland, of Maryland, to be Attorney General
Vote Counts:
YEAs70
NAYs
30

how they voted here
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00114

The usual  RINO's voted Yea; Graham, Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Cornyn, McConnell

 I was surprised, Rubio actually cast a Nay vote.  Good for him!

I am also surprised that Ernst cast a Yea vote.  She's not the conservative that I thought she was.
« Last Edit: March 10, 2021, 09:10:04 pm by libertybele »
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2021, 09:12:28 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on March 10, 2021, 08:27:02 pm
20 Repubs voted for Garland...we will all pay the price for this comfirmation.. 9999hair out0000

The DOJ is corrupt anyways; this will only ensure the corruption continues.

 You'd think for once that the GOP would stick together; never going to happen.  I can't wait till McConnell steps down.  I think it will help.
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2021, 10:26:10 pm »
RINO Senators clearly love Leftist Dems more than Leftist Dems love Republicans.
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2021, 10:33:05 pm »
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List Of The 20 Senate Republicans Who Voted To Confirm Merrick Garland For Attorney General

Blunt
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Ernst
GRAHAM
Grassley
Inhofe
Johnson
Lankford
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Portman
Romney
Rounds
Thune
Tillis

2:52 PM · Mar 10, 2021·Twitter Web App

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1369737997101395968
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2021, 10:35:29 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on March 10, 2021, 08:27:02 pm
20 Repubs voted for Garland...we will all pay the price for this confirmation.. 9999hair out0000

Don't get upset @mystery-ak   --- Dontcha know they're from the GOP and they're holding the line?   :smokin:
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2021, 10:41:22 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on March 10, 2021, 10:33:05 pm
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List Of The 20 Senate Republicans Who Voted To Confirm Merrick Garland For Attorney General

Blunt
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Ernst
GRAHAM
Grassley
Inhofe
Johnson
Lankford
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Portman
Romney
Rounds
Thune
Tillis

2:52 PM · Mar 10, 2021·Twitter Web App

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1369737997101395968

I fully intend to see that John Cornyn is retired ASAP!
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2021, 11:12:33 pm »
Once again I would like to reiterate that sometimes I think a nooqoolur strike on Washington DC might not necessarily be a bad thing. 'specially when Congress is in session.

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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2021, 11:27:00 pm »
Gutless, Spineless Repukes, Vote 'em all out!
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2021, 11:49:35 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on March 10, 2021, 11:27:00 pm
Gutless, Spineless Repukes, Vote 'em all out!

IMO...Inhofe is the only suprise in that cast of characters. 
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2021, 12:42:44 am »
All these republicant RINOs need to be primaries when their time comes.
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2021, 12:55:39 am »
Quote from: Killer Clouds on March 11, 2021, 12:42:44 am
All these republicant RINOs need to be primaries when their time comes.

Good luck with that.  That same sentiment has resonated for many election cycles and here we sit. McConnell and others should have lost their seats long ago, but they remain in power.

This next election the RINO's won't necessarily be voted out be a disgruntled voting base, but they will likely lose their seats due to demographics and the DEMS will find a way  to conveniently remove them.

The RINO's are in for a rude awakening.

I'll be glad to see them gone, but by '22 it's not going to make a darn bit of difference anyways.
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2021, 01:08:11 am »
Quote from: libertybele on March 11, 2021, 12:55:39 am
Good luck with that.  That same sentiment has resonated for many election cycles and here we sit. McConnell and others should have lost their seats long ago, but they remain in power.

This next election the RINO's won't necessarily be voted out be a disgruntled voting base, but they will likely lose their seats due to demographics and the DEMS will find a way  to conveniently remove them.

The RINO's are in for a rude awakening.

I'll be glad to see them gone, but by '22 it's not going to make a darn bit of difference anyways.
I'm as frustrated as every other conservative. This country is coming apart at the seems.
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2021, 03:06:44 am »
Quote from: dfwgator on March 10, 2021, 11:27:00 pm
Gutless, Spineless Repukes, Vote 'em all out!

These 20 aren't gutless or spineless....they're free to vote for what they really want.
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2021, 06:31:53 am »
Imagine what Trump could have accomplished if many democrats practiced bi-partisanship, like so many RINO Republicans do to benefit the democrats!
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Re: Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2021, 11:14:30 am »
Quote from: libertybele on March 10, 2021, 09:06:41 pm
The usual  RINO's voted Yea; Graham, Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Cornyn, McConnell

 I was surprised, Rubio actually cast a Nay vote.  Good for him!

I am also surprised that Ernst cast a Yea vote.  She's not the conservative that I thought she was.
He is trying to rebuild the support he had. He is in trouble.  Lost his base.
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