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I would say it’s premature to count votes, but there are a lot of questions.”
Asked if Gaetz has the votes to be confirmed, Cornyn said It’s not [for] us to determine that,
What we’re going to do is make sure that we are processing his nominees in a way that gets them into those positions so they can implement his agenda. How that happens remains to be seen,
A confirmed appointee and a recess appointee have the same legal authority and receive the same rate of pay.”
According to a 2015 Congressional Research Service report This is what they did four years ago, and we cannot let it happen again,
Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social The Constitution also gives the President (if he has enough allies in Congress) a way to force a recess.”
The majority opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer and joined by the liberal justices and Justice Anthony Kennedy included one line addressing this very scenario I wanted — I asked for his views and he gave them to me,
Gaetz won't get confirmed, everybody knows that,
McCarthy said in an interview on "The Asia Trade." You know, it’s been a long, it’s been a long slog,
Trump said in the interview I'm all about counting votes, and I would think that he's [Gaetz] probably got some work cut out for him,
North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis said on Wednesday I will do whatever it takes to get your nominations through as quickly as possible."
It is unacceptable for Senate Ds to blockade President @realDonaldTrump's cabinet appointments."
Cornyn also responded to Trump's request on X, writing Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner,
Trump posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday How that happens remains to be seen,
If they do, we will stay in session, including weekends, until they relent,
Sometimes the votes can take two years, or more,
We're going to try to get you out of the Senate."
The Alabama Republican issued a threat to possible defectors, saying You did not get an elected president. Vote with President Trump. This is the last chance we're going to have at saving this country. And if you want to get in the way, fine, but we're going to try to get you out of the Senate, too, if you try to do that,
Tuberville said during a Fox News interview that aired tonight I think out of deference to us, he issued his resignation letter effective immediately of Congress,
Sometimes it can be hard to see how that history connects to us, right now — how those pieces of the past can be a part of our present and our future,
she said after she discussed the impact of childhood trips to historic places in the city
