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Sen. Roy Blunt (r): can’t see the forest because of all those trees

22 Sunday Dec 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Roy Blunt, social media, US Senate

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abuse of power, bribery, Donald Trump, extortion, impeachment, missouri, obstruction, quid pro quo, Roy Blunt, social media, Twitter

Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

This afternoon, via Twitter:

Senator Roy Blunt @RoyBlunt
Since day one, the Democrats’ efforts to impeach the president have been completely driven by politics.
via @FaceTheNation
[….]
2:14 PM · Dec 22, 2019

Some of the responses:

“Since day one” is not really a very good refutation of the FACTS that Trump extorted an ally fighting Russia to start an investigation on one of Trump’s political opponents. The only reason Trump’s scheme didn’t work is that he was caught. Do you disagree with these FACTS?

Vote to convict, Senator. You know it’s the right thing to do.

Missourian here. It’s not political, he broke his oath. The only ones playing politics here is the right. Whipping votes in the house and now making it clear they will not be impartial in the senate. You have no integrity.

And your reticence to debate legislation is too.

You could ask #MoscowMitch about that.

Merrick Garland. The Constitution. Congressional Oath. #IMPOTUS

I think they were driven by the president breaking the law.

No. They’ve been driven by Trump’s continual invitations to foreign nations to interfere in our elections on his own behalf.

Liar

I can’t believe how far you have fallen, and all this to protect the type of man we teach children to avoid.

Nope! Driven solely by his corrupt and illegal behavior. Most corrupt president in history.

Uh, no. He is impeached because he violated his oath of office and obstructed a legitimate congressional investigation

Pretty much the same way you carry yourself. Always political not what’s best for MO.

No. Bringing charges against a POTUS who bribes or attempts to bribe a foreign leader to interfere in a U.S. election is NOT political act.

No, but your protection of Trump has been entirely driven by politics and cowardice. Vote to convict and remove when the articles get to the Senate.

Furthermore, considering what you treasonous pack of racists did to Barack Obama’s nominees you have no room to talk.

how about a town hall to discuss? if you are SO confident he did nothing wrong, you shouldn’t have a problem explaining it to us in person.

Not gonna happen. Ever.

Missourian here. Respectfully, the Dems are honoring the facts. The president needs to be removed from office.
Country over party.
Dignity over dollars.

Pot? Oh, Pot? Do you hear the kettle calling you black?

You suck.

You would be factually incorrect. Many communities offer free/low-cost adult ed courses in subjects like American Gov’t, Civcs, etc.. Might want to look into it.

The odds of sounding like an uneducated fool, as you do here, would decrease dramatically.

Ouch.

You have turned your back on the Constitution and the country in order to protect a criminal potus and your corrupt party

No Sweetie, I want him impeached because he’s an unethical putz.

Senator you are tarnishing you’re reputation and I’m so ashamed of my state.

Bullshit! The guy is corrupt as hell! Aren’t you from the show me state? Show us the witnesses. You dishonor the process!

He has worked himself into impeachment like a lemming on a cliff.The Russian back channel, firing Comey & guessing giving more secrets to Putin than just Israeli information.
You are covering bc he has done far worse than we know at this time. But, you know.

Still waiting for an actual town hall meeting by you.

Senator, I live in Missouri. And you are full of crap.

Driven by the fact that he’s an unrepentant criminal. That makes you an accomplice.

You’re a liar

That was blunt.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): really owning it

11 Friday Oct 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Roy Blunt, social media, US Senate

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corruption, Donald Trump, impeachment, Ivanka Trump, missouri, Roy Blunt, social media, Twitter

An open public townhall would have been epic. But, that’s never going to happen.

Last night:

Senator Roy Blunt @RoyBlunt
It was great to be with @IvankaTrump, @SecAzar, @ACFHHS Assistant Secretary Johnson, & @GovParsonMO in #KCMO today to hear from parents about how supporting quality child care empowers hardworking families.
[….]
7:17 PM · Oct 10, 2019

Some of the responses:

Ivanka only empowers her pockets. Remember she exploited women and kids in her sweat shops.

And where is the mystery funding? Never mind, we get that #GenocideBarbie needed some meaningless limelight.

So while you were in KC did you setup a Townhall for this week?

We all know the answer to that. No. Never. Not a chance in hell.

All you rich buttholes listening to hardworking people. That’s rich…

Previously:

Gov. Mike Parson (r) and Sen. Roy Blunt (r): owning it (October 10, 2019)

Gov. Mike Parson (r) and Sen. Roy Blunt (r): owning it

10 Thursday Oct 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Governor, Roy Blunt, US Senate

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corruption, Donald Trump, impeachment, Ivanka Trump, Mike Parson, missouri, Roy Blunt, social media, Twitter

“A transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government.”

Giuliani Associates Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
Subpoenas Demand Documents Being Withheld by Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman
Washington, October 10, 2019

Washington, D.C. (Oct. 10, 2019)—Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter conveying subpoenas to two business associates of Rudy Giuliani, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, for key documents by October 16, 2019 that they have refused to produce as part of the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

“Your clients are private citizens who are not employees of the Executive Branch. They may not evade requests from Congress for documents and information necessary to conduct our inquiry. They are required by law to comply with the enclosed subpoenas. They are not exempted from this requirement merely because they happen to work with Mr. Giuliani, and they may not defy congressional subpoenas merely because President Trump has chosen the path of denial, defiance, and obstruction,” the Chairmen wrote.

The Committees are investigating the extent to which President Trump jeopardized national security by pressing Ukraine to interfere with our 2020 election and by withholding a White House meeting with the President of Ukraine and military assistance provided by Congress to help Ukraine counter Russian aggression, as well as any efforts to cover up these matters.

“In addition to providing the subpoenaed documents, the Committees also expect your clients to appear to testify about these matters at a later date,” the Chairmen wrote.

Parnas and Fruman are “clients of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani” who reportedly were “assisting Giuliani’s push to get Ukrainian officials to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son, as well as Giuliani’s claim that Democrats conspired with Ukrainians in the 2016 campaign.”

Throughout this period, Parnas and Fruman also reportedly “touted connections to Giuliani and Trump.” For example, they “boasted that they had worked with Mr. Giuliani to force the recall this spring of the American ambassador to Ukraine, Marie L. Yovanovitch.”

They reportedly “told people that Trump would replace the U.S. ambassador there months before she was actually recalled to Washington.” When Mr. Giuliani was asked about whether he was involved with this effort to recall the Ambassador to Ukraine, he responded, “I did play a role in that.”

In addition, press reports indicate that Parnas and Fruman were involved with efforts to press Ukrainian officials to change the management structure at a Ukrainian state-owned energy company, Naftogaz, to benefit individuals involved with Giuliani’s push to get Ukrainian officials to interfere in the 2020 election.

The proposal to install new board members at Naftogaz reportedly was championed by “two Soviet-born Florida real estate entrepreneurs, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, and an oil magnate from Boca Raton, Florida, named Harry Sargeant III.”

Refusal to Cooperate with Impeachment Inquiry

On September 30, 2019, the Committees sent letters to Parnas and Fruman requesting that they produce documents relating to the Committees’ inquiry by October 7, 2019, and appear for depositions on October 10, 2019, for Parnas and October 11, 2019, for Fruman.

On October 3, 2019, counsel for Parnas and Fruman sent a letter requesting additional time to respond and confirming that “Messrs. Parnas and Fruman assisted Mr. Giuliani in connection with his representation of President Trump.”

On October 8, 2019, counsel for Parnas and Fruman sent a second letter stating that they would not appear for the depositions.

On October 9, 2019, counsel for Parnas and Fruman sent an email informing Committee counsel that they “agree with and adopt the position of the White House Counsel” and attached a copy of a letter that the White House Counsel sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Committees stating that President Trump will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry.

[….]
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In the picture:

levparnas @levparnas
[….]
8:57 AM · Jun 14, 2019

This evening, in Kansas City:

Ivanka Trump @IvankaTrump
We are striving to ensure all hard-working Americans have access to high-quality, affordable childcare.
Thank you @GovParsonMO @RoyBlunt⁩ and @SecAzar for joining us in this fight!
[….]

Governor Mike Parson (r) [2019 file photo].

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

They own it.

Previously:

Impeachment: Consciousness of Guilt (September 24, 2019)

Impeachment: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) (September 24, 2019)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): gaslighting (September 24, 2019)

Impeachment: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) – “Tell your people to obey the law.” (September 25, 2019)

Impeachment: the smell of fear (September 25, 2019)

Impeachment: It became self aware at 6:24 a.m., September 26, 2019… (September 26, 2019)

Impeachment: NPR/PBS NewsHour Marist Poll – September 25, 2019 (September 26, 2019)

Flop sweat (September 27, 2019)

Impeachment: this morning’s “Executive Time” (September 28, 2019)

Impeachment: unhinged (September 29, 2019)

Hillary Clinton (D) is living rent free inside of Donald Trump’s (r) head (September 29, 2019)

Going 0-2 (September 30, 2019)

Impeachment: almost too stupid to remember to breathe (October 1, 2019)

Hillary Clinton (D) is having fun these days (October 1, 2019)

Impeachment: in a panic (October 2, 2019)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): clap louder (October 3, 2019)

Impeachment: why we can’t have nice things (October 4, 2019)

Impeachment: “…and getting caught in Ukraine…” (October 5, 2019)

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): see nothing, hear nothing, know nothing (October 6, 2019)

Impeachment: Putin’s Puppet (October 7, 2019)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): well, that was a turkey (October 7, 2019)

Impeachment: Not very bright, is he? (October 9, 2019)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): Benghazi! (October 9, 2019)

Campaign Finance: “Do you like subpoena coladas and getting caught in Ukraine?” (October 10, 2019)

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): see nothing, hear nothing, know nothing

06 Sunday Oct 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Roy Blunt, US Senate

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China, corruption, cowardice, Donald Trump, impeachment, missouri, Roy Blunt, shakedown, U.S. Senate

Coward. And hack.

Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

This morning:

Transcript: Senator Roy Blunt on “Face the Nation,” October 6, 2019

[….]
MARGARET BRENNAN: Are you comfortable with what the president has said here in this call for foreign governments Ukraine and China to investigate his political opponent?

SEN. BLUNT: Well I- I doubt if the China comment was serious to tell you the truth. The president–

MARGARET BRENNAN: You don’t take the president–

SEN. BLUNT: The president–

MARGARET BRENNAN: -at his word?

SEN. BLUNT: No the president loves to go out on the- on the White House driveway. I haven’t talked to him about this. I don’t know what the president was thinking. But I do know he loves to bait the press and he does that almost every day to see what you’ll talk about and maybe what he was hoping was–

MARGARET BRENNAN: So you don’t believe–

SEN. BLUNT: –somebody in the press will say–

MARGARET BRENNAN: –the president, but is that appropriate to ask for a foreign government to interfere in the election?

SEN. BLUNT: I- I don’t imagine that’s what he was doing certainly —

MARGARET BRENNAN: –but is it appropriate?
[….]

Speaking of bad jokes.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Previously:

Impeachment: Consciousness of Guilt (September 24, 2019)

Impeachment: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) (September 24, 2019)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): gaslighting (September 24, 2019)

Impeachment: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) – “Tell your people to obey the law.” (September 25, 2019)

Impeachment: the smell of fear (September 25, 2019)

Impeachment: It became self aware at 6:24 a.m., September 26, 2019… (September 26, 2019)

Impeachment: NPR/PBS NewsHour Marist Poll – September 25, 2019 (September 26, 2019)

Flop sweat (September 27, 2019)

Impeachment: this morning’s “Executive Time” (September 28, 2019)

Impeachment: unhinged (September 29, 2019)

Hillary Clinton (D) is living rent free inside of Donald Trump’s (r) head (September 29, 2019)

Going 0-2 (September 30, 2019)

Impeachment: almost too stupid to remember to breathe (October 1, 2019)

Hillary Clinton (D) is having fun these days (October 1, 2019)

Impeachment: in a panic (October 2, 2019)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): clap louder (October 3, 2019)

Impeachment: why we can’t have nice things (October 4, 2019)

Impeachment: “…and getting caught in Ukraine…” (October 5, 2019)

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): what being a whore for the NRA gets the rest of us

20 Friday Sep 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Roy Blunt, US Senate

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CDC, Centers for Disease Control, gun violence, guns, missouri, NRA, Roy Blunt

Yesterday, in Missouri, from the mother of an elementary school student:

My 3rd-grade son just said this.

“If an intruder ever comes to my school, and if I don’t have any place to hide, I will just give up. I will let him kill me.”

Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

Blunt’s budget bill omits $50 million for gun violence study favored by Democrats
By Bryan Lowry
September 18, 2019 02:29 PM, Updated September 19, 2019 11:35 AM

Senate Republicans are pursuing a federal health budget that omits funding for gun violence research, a proposal that Sen. Roy Blunt warns is too “controversial.”

[….]

Do you wonder why?

Which lawmakers got the most NRA money?
By Soo Rin Kim Feb 20, 2018, 8:51 PM ET
[….]
Sen. Roy Blunt: $4.5 million
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., has long been one of the biggest beneficiaries of NRA money. Not only has the group donated $56,500 to Blunt’s campaign committee over the years, the group has also spent $1.4 million bankrolling ads supporting him. The NRA also spent $2.5 million in 2016 opposing Democrat Jason Kander’s bid against the Missouri Republican.
[….]

Too soon? Too controversial?

Just excuses.

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): we’re just here for the ratio

31 Wednesday Jul 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Roy Blunt, social media, US Senate

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#MoscowMitch, #RussiaRoy, Election security, missouri, Mitch McConnell, Roy Blunt, Russia, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate

“Россия” (Russia) – a variant of the Russian presidential flag.

Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

This evening, from Senator Roy Blunt (r), linking to a *checks notes* press release:

Senator Roy Blunt @RoyBlunt
Democrats’ attempt to advance their partisan agenda under the guise of election security is about press releases, not policy
[….]
5:03 PM · Jul 31, 2019

Some of the comments:

Making sure our elections aren’t hacked is partisan?!??!! Thanks Russian Roy. You need to defend your leader Moscow Mitch.

There are only so many lies people will buy, you folks have exceeded the limit of lies for centuries…

Justify leaving us vulnerable in whatever manner helps you sleep at night, Senator. That’s your conscience you have to deal with.

When Trump’s ship began to sink [after the chant], all the Republicans on board were offered life boats but only a handful accepted, the rest wanted to say on board, with their Supreme Leader.

Your ship is sinking GOP and you’re so pathetic that you don’t even know it.

Let them sink. The sharks will eat well at least.

Nope. Not gonna happen. Professional courtesy.

Look Roy, we get it. Y’all can’t win if the election is fair. But face it dude, you’ve woke the beast and we’re coming for your jobs.

you sound like @realDonaldTrump , not meant as a compliment.

When did you decide to join Moscow Mitch in treason?

Waiting for you and #MoscowMich to tell me what is partisan about election security.

What is partisan about election security? PLEASE TELL ME!

You’d be as extinct as the dinosaurs if we had fair and secure elections. Your game is self preservation, not governance.

Yeah, protecting democracy seems so “elitist.” Way to own the libs by allowing our country to be hijacked by foreign governments.

You’ve been spending too much time with #MoscowMitch and not enough time with the people. We want secure elections.

This Missourian wants safe & secure elections & if you aren’t part of the solution you are the problem. For once, put country over party.

Should we start calling you #RussiaRoy now? You and #MoscowMitch seem a lot more interested in running interference for Putin than in protecting our elections.

I call BS! You are protecting Trump and #MoscowMitchMcTraitor
How is protecting election security partisan? Unless you’re afraid of a clean election in which Trump loses?

How is an agenda that helps everyone (except the very, very rich) partisan?

Cool.

Nice *checks notes* PRESS RELEASE

Yeah, he missed the irony on that one.

This….. is a press release

Ok, so now you have a problem with election security like your evil overlord #MoscowMitch. Weren’t you recently working on election security but now it’s not good. You working with the Russians too? You bout to get a nickname too.

#RublesRoy?

Blunt is a Moscow Mitch lackey. He has always been a follower. Blunt is bad for Missouri and bad for the nation.

RussianRoy to the defense of #MoscowMitch</blockquot

The Kremlin thanks you for your service Comrade Blunt… #ElectionIntegrity #ElectionSecurity

Why do you hate this country?

There’s more.

“Make America Great Again” – in Russian.

H.J. Res. 46: nope, it’s still not an emergency

15 Friday Mar 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, Roy Blunt, US Senate

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Donald Trump, Josh Hawley, missouri, national emergency, Roy Blunt, the wall, U.S. Senate

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Yesterday, in the United States Senate:

Question: On the Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 46 )
Vote Number: 49
Vote Date: March 14, 2019, 02:24 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Joint Resolution Passed

Vote Counts:
YEAs 59
NAYs 41

Missouri:
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Nay

Heh.

Donald Trump (r) finally goes one step too far for Roy Blunt (r).

Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

Josh Hawley (r), constitutional scholar and strict constructionist hopeless sycophant and puppet, is more than good with Donald Trump’s (r) historically expansive view of presidential power.

Josh Hawley [2016 file photo].

H.J.Res.46 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)

AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, pursuant to section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622), the national emergency declared by the finding of the President on February 15, 2019, in Proclamation 9844 (84 Fed. Reg. 4949) is hereby terminated.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

Mike Pence (r) has to sign the document? How awesome is that?

Previously:

H.J.Res.46: it’s not an emergency (February 26, 2019)

The Emperor strikes out

25 Friday Jan 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, Roy Blunt, US Senate

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#TrumpShutdown, Donald Trump, Josh Hawley, missouri, social media, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

#TrumpShutdown

Thirty-five days into the government shutdown, with escalating financial tress on approximately 800,000 federal workers, an increasing drag on the economy, and an air traffic control system breaking, Donald Trump (r), blinks.

The republican controlled Senate and most republican senators, as Trumpian sycophants, have placed themselves in the position of voting against opening the government the day before and, now, voting to open the government – with no funding for Donald Trump’s wall – his unnecessary and narcissistic monument to himself.

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Of course, Josh Hawley (r) can’t help himself:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
After President’s announcement, Democrats now have chance to demonstrate that they are truly serious about securing the border. Democrat members of Congress have said over & over that they support border security. Now it’s time to prove it
12:39 PM – 25 Jan 2019

You first.

There was much hilarity in some of the responses:

I’m still trying to figure out how you aren’t in jail yet.

Hopefully in time.

Right, that political consultants in the Attorney General’s office thing.

How do you explain the past two years? The President couldn’t get a wall built with a majority. How is that winning again?

We get it Mr. Hawley, you are a WH rubber stamp.

Thursday: A CR with no wall funding is unacceptable, doesn’t address the border

Friday: President Trump is right, a CR with no wall funding is a sensible way forward.

Meanwhile people are 2 paychecks in the hole. Thanks.

So you want to spend $5-7billion for a wall that can be breached by a ahh… ladder? Not my tax money!

Well, Josh Hawley (r) certainly knows a thing or two about climbing ladders.

Your party could have done this in the two years y’all had control of the Exec. and Legislative branches. Why put this on the Democrats?

GOP is so serious about border security that they stop paying the people providing it.

and YOU need to figure out if you stand for something besides political opportunism.

Convenient you don’t mention who shut down the government in the first place. We could have been here 35 days ago.

Border security does not mean a wall.

This is also an opportunity for you to prove that you can be reasonable about securing the border, rather than simply parroting partisan doublespeak.

Too late.

Pretty soon you will have to prove you didn’t violate campaign finance laws while you were busy ladder climbing. Rs had 2 years to do this. Own your own party’s failure and stop scapegoating.

Ooh, ladders again.

Provided you’re ready to focus on solutions rooted in the 21st century, not the 4th.

Well, almost every other policy he supports is Medieval. he’s somewhat consistent.

You’re a clown. And the fact that you support Trump proves me right.

Stop wasting our time with a wall and address real issues.

At least they are willing to stand up to a bully and do something and not cower as you have

No wall

Just proving you’re a #TrumpToady. We get it you are trying to save face, but I’m from Missouri – you’re going to have to #ShowMe more than this.

It would be nice also if YOU and @RoyBlunt prove that you give a flying fig about WORKING PEOPLE (like the approx 4,600 decent Missourians at the IRS in KC). Remember most illegals come thru the airports & a wall won’t help. But you guys know that. You think we are all stupid.

You are lying. Dems want border security, just know the wall is pointless, as you do. You threaten the lifes of thousands, with your disregard and loyalty to Trump.

Yeah, @SenSchumer and @SpeakerPelosi are taking a victory lap on TV now, no wall, no wall $$.

Border security. Not a wall. How’s that coordination between your campaign and the NRA going? Scared yet?

Aren’t you under investigation Josh?

Looking forward to casting my vote to make you a one term Senator next election. You’re a crook just like @senatemajldr and @realDonaldTrump .

Previously:

Whereupon Josh Hawley (r) suddenly discovers that he has over 6,000,000 constituents (January 10, 2019)

Two of a kind

24 Thursday Jan 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, Roy Blunt, US Senate

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Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

The vote today in the U.S. Senate on the republican poison pill bill (cloture), negotiated among republicans, which would appropriate money for Donald Trump’s (r) wall in exchange for temporary immigration policy changes (on DACA and Temporary Protective Status, hence the “poison pill”) and temporarily punting the partial government shutdown:

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion Invoke Cloture on the Shelby Amdt. No. 5)
Vote Number: 9
Vote Date: January 24, 2019, 02:42 PM

Required For Majority: 3/5
Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 5 to H.R. 268 (Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019)
Statement of Purpose: Of a perfecting nature.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 50
NAYs 47
Not Voting 3

Missouri: Blunt (R-MO), Yea Hawley (R-MO), Yea

Joe Manchin of West Virginia was the only Democrat to vote for this bill (cloture). Two republicans voted against it (Cotton of Arkansas and Lee of Utah). Two republicans didn’t vote (Paul of Kentucky and Risch of Idaho). 60 votes were needed for cloture, to advance the bill.

Is anyone surprised?

The “clean” version of the bill, which the previous republican controlled Senate approved before the Trump shutdown was also brought up for a vote. It, too, failed get the 60 votes for cloture, to advance the bill:

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Schumer Amdt. No. 6 )
Vote Number: 10
Vote Date: January 24, 2019, 03:18 PM

Required For Majority: 3/5
Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 6 to H.R. 268 (Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019)
Statement of Purpose: Of a perfecting nature.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 52
NAYs 44
Not Voting 4

Missouri: Blunt (R-MO), Nay Hawley (R-MO), Nay

Two of a kind. Is anyone surprised?

Six republicans voted for the bill (Alexander of Tennessee – retiring in 2020, Collins of Maine – seeking reelection in 2020, Gardner of Colorado – seeking reelection in 2020, Isakson of Georgia, Murkowski of Alaska, Romney of Utah). No Democrats voted against the bill. Three republicans did not vote (Burr of North Carolina, Paul of Kentucky, Risch of Idaho).

The #TrumpShutdown continues.

republican Investigation: a play in one act

04 Thursday Oct 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Claire McCaskill, media criticism, Resist, Roy Blunt, US Senate

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Brett Kavanaugh, Claire McCaskill, investigation, Joe Scarborough, Josh Hawley, media criticism, missouri, old media, Roy Blunt, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court

Witness: “This happened.

republicans: “Where’s your corroboration?”

Witness: “Here, here, here, here…”

republicans: “We’re not going to ask them.”

Witness: “?”

Republicans: “See, there’s no corroboration.”

Old Media: “Both sides…”

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