HUFFPOST HILL, sponsored by America’s Health Insurance Plans – Marco Rubio’s Water Addiction, Day 2: America Tries To Understand
Posted in: Today's ChiliToday is Valentine’s Day, when Washingtonians pretend to care about someone other than themselves. President Obama doesn’t want to mint pennies anymore, but don’t expect liberals to rally around some kind of #MintThePenny campaign. And patrons of Smith Point are doing some serious soul-searching tonight after John Boehner blew Luke Russert a kiss and called him “honey.” This is HUFFPOST HILL for Thursday, February 14th, 2013:
SENATE SENATES: HAGEL NOMINATION FILIBUSTERED – Failing with a percentage that would grant most Major League Baseball teams a wild card berth, at minimum, the filibuster of Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be the next Defense secretary was sustained 59-39 (the final vote was 58-40 after Harry Reid had to switch to “no” for procedural reasons). Sabrina Siddiqui: “Republican Sens. Mike Johanns (Neb.), Susan Collins (Maine), Thad Cochran (Miss.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) voted with Democrats in their failed effort to end debate. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) voted present. The nomination is hardly dead. In fact, it looks increasingly likely that Democrats will be able to muster the needed votes to confirm Hagel’s nomination after a 10-day recess... Republicans insisted they were waiting on requests for more answers on Hagel’s finances, as well as specific intelligence on the attacks in Benghazi, Libya. The White House said it sent a letter that answered all of their questions, but GOP senators maintained they needed more time and would be ready to proceed with an up-or-down vote when the Senate reconvenes after recess.” [HuffPost]
@ryanjreilly: “If mama is happy, everybody is happy. So do right man.” — Obama on Valentine’s Day
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