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Senate Confirms Hagel as Secretary of Defense

j-mac said:
I have no problem with it....In the end the POTUS is entitled to choose his cabinet....Too bad this is a transparent ploy for Obama to just place someone in there that he can push around.
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And if Congress doesn't like his cabinet appointees, he can always appoint czars.
 
disneydude said:
The Democrats did not unilaterally oppose every Bush nominee and everything that Bush attempted to do. In fact, that was the problem with many of the Democrats....they were so afraid of their own shadows that they caved to Bush on everything.
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Really? Then who were those people in the Senate filibustering GWB nominees?:bs
 
Hagel is a nice guy and a fellow vet but in all truth he is not qualified to be POTUS.
 
disneydude said:
which nominee are you talking about?
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Miguel Estrada
Priscilla Owen
Charles Pickering
Carol Kuhl
David McKeague (Fillibustered in 108th confirmed in 109th)
Henry Saad
Richard Griffin (Fillibustered in 108th confirmed in 109th)
William Pryor
William Myers III
Janice Rogers Brown
Terrence Boyle
William Haynes II
Michael Wallace

Held in Committee by Leahy in the 110th:
Peter Keisler
Robert Conrad
Steve Matthews
Glen Conrad
 
OpportunityCost said:
Miguel Estrada
Priscilla Owen
Charles Pickering
Carol Kuhl
David McKeague (Fillibustered in 108th confirmed in 109th)
Henry Saad
Richard Griffin (Fillibustered in 108th confirmed in 109th)
William Pryor
William Myers III
Janice Rogers Brown
Terrence Boyle
William Haynes II
Michael Wallace

Held in Committee by Leahy in the 110th:
Peter Keisler
Robert Conrad
Steve Matthews
Glen Conrad
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I'm not talking about judges. Judges have often been held up by both parties. I'm talking about cabinet members. When Republicans even oppose a Republican it screams volumes about the party of NO and their efforts to oppose everything that Obama does.
 
disneydude said:
I'm not talking about judges. Judges have often been held up by both parties. I'm talking about cabinet members. When Republicans even oppose a Republican it screams volumes about the party of NO and their efforts to oppose everything that Obama does.
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And now that hes confirmed? Tempest in a teapot.
 
Jack Hays said:
28 judicial nominees and 6 executive nominees were filibustered.:cool:
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Please list all cabinet level appointees that have been filibustered please.
 
Navy Pride said:
Hagel is a nice guy and a fellow vet but in all truth he is not qualified to be POTUS.
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I'm open to you showing us what legal precendence shows that Hagel is not qualified.

Perhaps he'd have received less republican friction to his nomination if he had the distinguished track record of heading up the International Arabian Horse Association.
 
Jack Hays said:
"Cabinet level" was not part of the discussion.:roll:
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The discussion is Chuck Hagel's appointment to a cabinet level position is it not?
 
poweRob said:
The discussion is Chuck Hagel's appointment to a cabinet level position is it not?
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That is not the question I was asked. Nonetheless, here's a couple who were filibustered although Repubs mustered the votes for cloture. Kempthorne (Interior) 2006, Portman (USTR) 2005.:eek:
 
Jack Hays said:
That is not the question I was asked. Nonetheless, here's a couple who were filibustered although Repubs mustered the votes for cloture. Kempthorne (Interior) 2006, Portman (USTR) 2005.:eek:
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And now thanks to the GOP...

Cornyn told The Cable, "There is a 60-vote threshold for every nomination."​
 
He must be a joy to live with.
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