Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin Announces Support for Jeff Sessions as Attorney General

[Spike]

West Virginia’s Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will vote for GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions to be confirmed as the next Attorney General. Manchin said Friday he will vote to confirm Sessions.

Sessions needs a simple majority in the Senate to confirm him as the nation’s next attorney general. Republicans will control 52 Senate seats by December if the GOP wins Louisiana’s special election.

The former governor may face a tough re-election in 2018: His state voted for President-Elect Donald Trump with every single county voting Republican and giving him 68.7 percent of the vote. Manchin is one of several Democrats in vulnerable seats, with Democratic seats in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, and Ohio also up for grabs.

All five states voted Trump, with Pennsylvania turning red for the first Republican presidential candidate since 1988.

Republicans could hold a filibuster-proof majority after mid-term elections if they win those 10 seats in the states which Trump won.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has also announced he supports Sessions for attorney general.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/18/manchin-support-sessions-attorney-general/

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Coal people approve

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Manchin is about the last Democrat left in WV. It's his own party's fault and he knows it. He's a friend of my dad's from when he was governor and dad says he's a tremendously good dude.

 

[Spike]

Best election ever!


Democrats won't be able to block Trump appointments due to rules they imposed

Senate Democrats are not going to be able to block Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions bid to become attorney general. And they can’t do much to stop Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo from assuming the helm of the CIA.

And they have only themselves to thank for it.

That’s because exactly three years ago, the Democratic Senate majority — led by Harry Reid (Nev.) — rammed through controversial rules fundamentally changing the way the Senate does business. They unleashed in November 2013 what’s called the “nuclear option” allowing senators to approve by a simple majority all presidential appointments to the executive branch and the judiciary, with a big exception for Supreme Court justices.

http://gazette.com/article/1590566?...ource=facebook_The_Gazette_-_Colorado_Springs

 

[Ron Burgundy]

When Dems win they always act like they'll be in power forever.

 

[hamster]

When Dems win they always act like they'll be in power forever.

21 called it. Dems own the government through the 22nd century.
BTW, where is 21?

 

[Steelr4evr]

21 called it. Dems own the government through the 22nd century.
BTW, where is 21?

Having a good cry with elftroll and the Hungarian defector.

 

[Steelerfan]

If Trump keeps poaching Republicans from Congress, they could lose their majority, lol