Reid Will Hold Roll Call Vote On TSA Administrator Nomination As Dems Fume At DeMint For Delay

[kpete]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Reid Will Hold Roll Call Vote On TSA Administrator Nomination As Dems Fume At DeMint For Delay
Christina Bellantoni | December 29, 2009, 12:36PM


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will schedule a formal Senate roll call vote on the nomination of Errol Southers to be administrator of the Transportation Security Administration as soon as Congress return from break.

Reid spokesman Jim Manley told TPMDC that Reid will file a cloture motion as soon as the Senate reconvenes the week of Jan. 19. He said it's a necessary step to overcome Sen. Jim DeMint's hold on the nomination.

"In light of recent incidents TSA deserves to have its leadership in place," Manley said. "It is long past time for Senator DeMint to stop trying to score cheap political points."

Confirmations rarely are subject to roll call votes - several passed the Senate by unanimous consent the day they adjourned.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. DeMint has disgraced himself and the republicon 'party'

by leaving America vulnerable.

Ptooey on anti-American Republicon 'Family Values.'

[TwilightGardener]

2. Good. DeMented needs to be exposed.

[NJmaverick]

3. Good for him!

[msongs]

4. ...3 weeks from now. what's the PR plan til then? nt

[AwakeAtLast]

5. Hopefully they keep hammering the point that the position could have been filled earlier

Over and over and over again.

[kestrel91316]

7. Remind the public that DeMint is the one holding things up. Lay the blame

where it belongs - squarely in the lap of Repukes playiing politics and not giving a damn how many Americans they endanger in the process.

[MineralMan]

6. Let's have cloture votes on every appointment that is currently

being stalled by objections. And let's do it on the first day the Senate is reconvened in January. Let's call the GOOPers on their obstructionism and let everyone see what has been going on.

Screw this nonsense! Grow a pair, Reid and get this show moving. Let's build some momentum for this Senate supermajority. Roll over the obstructionists.

[groundloop]

9. Reid should have been doing this long ago.....

While I'm glad he's finally started to expose the Greedy Obstructionist Party for what they are, I wish he'd have done so months ago.

[MineralMan]

12. Agreed!

[WriteDown]

8. And once he's appointed he'll completely fix the TSA?

Will they fire the guy who got mad at me because I put my shoes on top of my laptop? The horror. :eyes:

[Rage for Order]

14. Of course he will fix the TSA completely

After all, there's no problem so large that it can't be corrected by putting one more manager in place to fix it. Managers are the ones who do the real work anyway. Had the right manager been in place 2 weeks ago the entire underwear bombing incident would never have happened

:sarcasm:

[Jefferson23]

10. Good, go after this idiot and don't let up, that is exactly what they would do to a Democrat.

[BlueIdaho]

11. Party of "NO" says no to protecting your airline safety.

Hammer that...

[24601]

13. If it's so fucking important, where's the recess appointment?

You can't blame them for failing to do that.