GO HARRY REID! -UNANIMOUS Senate Confirmations Part of Fiscal Cliff Deal

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Unanimous Senate Confirmations Part of Deal
by Mokurai

At 5 PM on Wednesday, Jan. 2, Harry Reid, some other Senate Democrats and 0 Senate Republicans passed a raft of confirmations by unanimous consent, as part of a deal with Mitch McConnell to keep his caucus away while business got done. It was on C-SPAN, but reporters were all working the fiscal cliff deal, particularly the House shenanigans. Lawrence O'Donnell let the cat out of the bag on his 10 PM show, The Last Word. Don't believe me? Here, you can watch it yourself. The relevant part starts at 3:52:10.

I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THE SENATE PROCEED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING NOMINATIONS CALENDAR NUMBERS 870, 871, 878,...

......... wonderful video of Lawrence O'Donnell tonight. It's a must-see segment about what Sen. Reid did alone on the Senate floor today, a truly beautiful thing to watch as so many Obama nominees get confirmed with 100 votes.

VIDEO: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45755883/ns/msnbc-the_last_word/#50349848

“Harry Reid, who every day does much more than most people in the news media realize, and definitely accomplishes much more than the news media ever reports, pushed through pages and pages of nominations for President Obama yesterday when everyone was focused on what the House would do on the fiscal cliff vote. And Harry Reid did that with the active but invisible help of Mitch McConnell who did his part to make sure that no Republicans would vote against any of those nominations. And what did the United States Senate do today, that dysfunctional United States Senate? According to the news media, absolutely nothing.”

MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/03/1175907/-Lawrence-O-Donnell-Segment-about-what-Harry-Reid-just-did

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GO HARRY REID! -UNANIMOUS Senate Confirmations Part of Fiscal Cliff Deal (Original post)	kpete	Jan 2013	OP
He's unassuming and humble--but don't screw with Harry...	Surya Gayatri	Jan 2013	#1
I remember Harry getting badmouthed by this very board	blueclown	Jan 2013	#2
It hasn't changed that much....he's still catching flak from some DU posters. nt.	OldDem2012	Jan 2013	#7
I was one of them. I was pissed that he didn't change the filibuster rule in 2011.	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2013	#9
Agree. This video of O'Donnell is something to see!	October	Jan 2013	#14
It was a very good segment on O'Donnell's show...	Spazito	Jan 2013	#3
Good for Sen. Reid. Hopefully many, many judgeships and commission seats were filled.	LonePirate	Jan 2013	#4
I would prefer some changes to the filibuster rule -- like making the Republicans prove they	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#5
Harry Reid has more work to do today. Esp. with the filibuster rules!	The Wielding Truth	Jan 2013	#6
Now THAT sounds like 3-dimensional chess!	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2013	#8
Is there a list of which nominations were confirmed? n/t	SacoMaine61	Jan 2013	#10
Go to Thomas.loc.gov ....	MH1	Jan 2013	#15
Wow, this is an inept group of Republicans	mostlyconfused	Jan 2013	#11
What the hell happened to Reid's face?	Liberal_Stalwart71	Jan 2013	#12
Genius!	Skidmore	Jan 2013	#13