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At White House presser, she just whined that "this president has faced unprecedented obstruction of his nominees". Was she in a coma during Obama's eight years in office?
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Irish_Dem
(47,518 posts)Kleveland
(1,257 posts)She is just a stupid and evil sheep, trying to fly.
"They do not so much as fly, as plummet".
Irish_Dem
(47,518 posts)I do not know the answer to this question.
Bush was stupid/evil.
Cheney was smart/evil.
Trump is stupid/evil.
McConnell is smart/evil.
Putin is genius/evil.
Obama is genius/good.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Promoted past their abilities
add: Seeing how Trump tells us how religious he is. His god says says he does not test their ability to handle things. Quit your
WHINING
madamesilverspurs
(15,811 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)... There are 1,212 presidential appointments which require confirmation by the U.S. Senate and 353 presidential appointments which do not require confirmation.[1] The Washington Post has identified 602 key positions requiring U.S. Senate confirmation. As of October 18, 2017, 145 of Trump's nominees have been confirmed for those key positions, 176 are awaiting confirmation, and 8 have been announced but not yet formally nominated ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_appointments_by_Donald_Trump
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)By ANDREW RESTUCCIA and NAHAL TOOSI
10/20/2017 05:04 AM EDT
The Trump administration is pushing the limits of an obscure federal law that restricts nominees from serving in federal positions before theyre approved by the Senate.
A POLITICO review has identified four officials at three different agencies doing substantially similar work to the position for which they have been nominated despite not yet getting a green-light from the Senate ...
President Donald Trump has complained repeatedly that Democrats are moving too slowly to confirm his nominees, though hes also said he intends to leave many jobs empty. Democrats counter that the onus is on Trump, who has not yet announced nominees for a slew of key positions across the government ...
Lawyers tracking the issue said the central issue that determines whether an official is violating the Vacancies Act is not their official title, but whether they are performing the duties of the job for which they have been nominated ...
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/20/trump-nominees-working-senate-approval-243972
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)By JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump says Democrats are holding up his judicial nominees, but almost nine months into his presidency, he has had more judges confirmed than President Barack Obama did in the same time period, and his numbers aren't far off those of other recent presidents ...
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-10-19/trump-cries-foul-on-judges-but-hes-ahead-of-obama
BigDemVoter
(4,157 posts)AmandaRuth
(3,105 posts)trying to figure it out, but there was a tweet about her being at some capital hill bar last night, dead drunk. I wish I could find it again, and I wish I knew how to share.
no judgment here, I'd be drinking heavily too if my boss was that jerk. I am sure she is hung over AF today (as the kids would say)