Vitter Will Block Perez Labor Nomination

[brooklynite]

Source: Senator David Vitter

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter announced his commitment to block the nomination of Thomas Perez as Secretary of the Labor Department until the Department of Justice responds to his 2011 letter related to spotty enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act in Louisiana. Perez was closely involved in the controversial New Black Panther voter intimidation case before the Department of Justice.

“Thomas Perez’s record should be met with great suspicion by my colleagues for his spotty work related to the New Black Panther case, but Louisianians most certainly should have cause for concern about this nomination,” said U.S. Sen. David Vitter. “Perez was greatly involved in the DOJ’s partisan full court press to pressure Louisiana’s Secretary of State to only enforce one side of the law – the side that specifically benefits the politics of the president and his administration at the expense of identity security of each and every Louisianian on the voter rolls.”

In the 2011 letter, Vitter asked the DOJ to be consistent in their efforts to enforce the National Voter Registration Act. In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Vitter highlighted that DOJ filed a lawsuit against Louisiana alleging the state has not complied with Section 7 of NVRA, yet has done nothing to enforce Section 8 in other states. Thomas Perez is specifically named in the letter (bolded below).
Section 7 of NVRA requires certain government offices, such as those who provide welfare assistance, to provide voter registration forms. Section 8 requires states to conduct voter roll cleaning to purge ineligible felons, illegal aliens and deceased voters from corrupting the election process. The two provisions act together as counterparts.

Read more: http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-will-block-perez-labor-nomination

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Presumably, Senator Vitter will then be taking charge of the GOP's new outreach to the Hispanic community...and to hookers.

[lonestarnot]

1. Will he do so in diapers?

[Grassy Knoll]

5. Depends....eom.

[underthematrix]

13. awesome!!

[PolitFreak]

22. LOL!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

2. more obstruction based on a fake GOP-invented scandal

no surprise coming from Diaper Boy

[leftyohiolib]

3. charlie brown just got lucy'd again

[Omaha Steve]

8. I was going to say that

I really wish Harry had followed through on his threat.

[awoke_in_2003]

21. Harry never follows through...

people claim he is a boxer, but boxers usually know how to follow through.

[leftyohiolib]

24. it is my understanding that he really didn have the backing of many dems re; filibuster reform

[Omaha Steve]

25. D's were afraid of the next time the R's were in the majority

Years 5 & 6 of W would have been much worse under what the D's proposed for this term of the Senate.

[leftyohiolib]

26. i think this batch of r's would have no problem wiping out the filibuster, if given the chance

[MADem]

4. I think people should stage a protest against Vitter and his vote.

The protesters should call him a CRYBABY and hold signs to that effect, whilst dressed as giant babies wearing diapers!

The point will be taken without saying a word about his private life...!

[lonestarnot]

9. I love that! +47!

[CBHagman]

12. For ordinary calls, emails, letters, and faxes, here's the contact information.

Email form:

[url]http://www.vitter.senate.gov/contact/email-senator-vitter[/url]

And here are the seemingly endless offices:

Acadiana
2201 Kaliste Saloom Road Suite 201
Lafayette, LA 70508
tel [phone]
fax [phone]

Baton Rouge
858 Convention St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
tel [phone]
fax [phone]

Central Louisiana
Plaza 28 - 6501 Coliseum Blvd.Suite 700-A
Alexandria, LA 71303
tel [phone]
fax [phone]

Northeast Louisiana
1651 Louisville Avenue Suite 148
Monroe, LA 71201
tel [phone]
fax [phone]

Northwest Louisiana
920 Pierremont Road Suite 113
Shreveport, LA 71106
tel [phone]
fax [phone]

Southeast Louisiana
2800 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Suite 201
Metairie, LA 70002
tel [phone]
fax [phone]

Southwest Louisiana
949 Ryan St Suite E
Lake Charles, LA 70601
tel [phone]
fax [phone]

Washington, D.C.
516 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
tel [phone]
fax [phone]

As always, treat the staff the way you'd want to be treated.

[MADem]

14. +1!!! And great point about being decent to his staff...!!! nt

[southern_belle]

28. Be forewarned

They will want to know your name, address, phone number, names and dates of birth of all your children (and grandchildren), etc., etc., etc., and then they will be calling you and emailing you all the time. Been there

[CBHagman]

29. Yeah, I wound up on John Boehner's email list.

And we all know how painful that can be.

[southern_belle]

34. ouch! Yuck

Definitely go with fake everything next time. I know I will!

[CBHagman]

38. "Delete" is my friend.

And Boehner, believe it or not, is not as unpleasant as some. Back in the day I got on the Christian Coalition's list, though unintentionally.

[Myrina]

31. ... fake name, fake phone # ....

.... Kathy Smith, 12300 Main Street, and my phone # is 555-0202 (or dial a joke, or dial a prayer - whichever is easier to remember) and you can make up an email handle on the fly, too.

[southern_belle]

33. +1 n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. he can't be taken seriously if he wears diapers

[graham4anything]

7. President Obama roped the dopes again. Republicans are so stupid.

Those that don't see how, wait and see.

President Obama and Harry Reid are genius personified, and as always, keep their eye on the long term prize, and let the republicans think they won. Pity the fools.

charlie brown, by the way, rope'a'doped Lucy.
Without Charlie, there was no Peanuts gang at all.
Charlie knew it.
Charlie won long term.
Ask the Christmas tree.
Who else but Charlie Brown would have seen 10 steps ahead that it was indeed the most
beautiful Christmas tree in the bunch.


BTW, how did that block do for Hagel and Brennan?

[question everything]

10. Vitter of the D.C Madam?

Why are these people still around? No doubt he "supports" family values..

[The Wizard]

11. Vitter

the shitter needs to have a soiled diaper rubbed in his face. No wait, he pays hookers to do that.

[davidpdx]

15. Anyone have a diaper?

I'd love to take a dump in it and mail it to him.

[jollyreaper2112]

16. Ass

Vitter the Shitter.

Still no idea how he survived that scandal.

[Chipper Chat]

17. republicans survive scandals

ie; Vitter, Larry Craig, Mark Sanford.
But democrats are banished over small stuff. ie: Weiner, Jefferson, Jesse Jackson Jr.

[Cha]

19. But, Weiner's in Mass.. and Vitter's in Louisiana.. where the majority

put up with that shite.

[Cha]

18. Isn't Vitter the one who is

"spotty"? Just sayin'

[Mr.Bill]

20. A Democrat should get up and do a filibuster

and spend 36 hours talking about nothing but Vitter's prostitution bust.

[november3rd]

36. Yes.

Bullseye!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. Shouldn't the pervert known as "Diaper Dave" have been arrested?

While I don't think prostitution should be criminalized, but since it is, shouldn't the diapered "johns" get the same police rap sheet as the diapering prostitutes?

[Champion Jack]

27. Diaper Dave strikes again!

[locks]

30. Mr Hypocrite

Anyone who lives in or follows Louisiana politics know that Vitter is a stupid, dishonest, corrupt, hypocritical, "Christian" embarrassment to the good people of Louisiana who are working hard to bring New Orleans into the 21st century.

[riderinthestorm]

32. Yup, GOP just helping the Dems solidify their Hispanic voters. Keep it up guys!

More obstructionism with a racist tinge.

K&R

[november3rd]

35. Vitter's out of line

Who made him head of the Justice Department? It's an obvious ploy to continue blowing up the Department of Labor.

They got Vitter to do it because he can't do anything positive.

[CBHagman]

37. Chuck Grassley (Surprise, surprise) is joining the filibuster of Perez.

[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/03/19/how-many-filibusters-will-it-take/[/url]

It now looks as if we’re going to get not one, but two, new GOP filibusters of executive branch nominees. Multiple Republicans are planning to filibuster against the new Secretary of Labor pick Thomas Perez; Chuck Grassley just joined in this effort today. Meanwhile, it has emerged that Roy Blunt is putting a hold on Gina McCarthy, Obama’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

Kevin Drum comments:

Let’s take a look at the body count of high-profile Obama nominees so far: Susan Rice, Chuck Hagel, John Brennan, Jack Lew, Caitlin Halligan, Thomas Perez, and now Gina McCarthy. Plus maybe some others that I’ve already forgotten.

And now for the list of high-profile nominees who haven’t been blocked or filibustered: John Kerry.