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diane in sf

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Wed Dec 13, 2017, 01:29 AM Dec 2017

Mitch McConnell Vows Not To Seat Democratically Elected Doug Jones Until After Tax Vote

Is there any way to stop McConnell from doing this?

http://verifiedpolitics.com/mitch-mcconnell-vows-not-seat-democratically-elected-doug-jones-tax-vote/

"...Earlier this afternoon, Bloomberg reporter Sahil Kapur revealed that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has decided that no matter the result of the election between Trump-endorsed, pro-slavery child molester Roy Moore and Birmingham bomber prosecutor Doug Jones that fill-in “Senator Strange is going to be here through the end of this session.”

Luther Strange was appointed by the previous governor of Alabama, who was forced out amid his own sexual misconduct scandal to fill now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ seat...."

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Mitch McConnell Vows Not To Seat Democratically Elected Doug Jones Until After Tax Vote (Original Post) diane in sf Dec 2017 OP
Alabama election law. Adsos Letter Dec 2017 #1
Jones will be sworn in tirebiter Dec 2017 #2
smell of Hypocrisy IndivisibleCLT Dec 2017 #3
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