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Subscribe to RSSSouth Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham today said he plans to use his right under Senate rules to place a "hold" on President Obama's nominee to be the next Commerce secretary.
Graham's block of John Bryson is intended to get Obama's attention and his support for Boeing's planned move to South Carolina.
The National Labor Relations Board has a complaint against Boeing that essentially claims Boeing picked South Carolina for a new plant because of its an anti-labor reputation -- compared with Boeing's home in union friendly Washington state.
The president's chief of staff, Bill Daley, was formerly a member of the Boeing board. Graham said, "Tell the country we think Boeing's a good, ethical company and they've done nothing wrong."
Graham could block the confirmation indefinitely leaving the department without a secretary.
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Here's an even better question - can someone name ONE nominee they haven't threated to BLOCK?
Enough already!
And people wonder why there is no respect for Congress any more. It never ceases to amaze me that they allow the governance of our country to be tied up by these self-serving "rules."
The Republicans intend to cripple the government piece by piece... until it collapses.
They seem to have forgotten that we are all under the same roof and the collapse will fall on us all. How sad...
Only 58% of President Obama's nominees have been voted through by GOP. Fact.
George W. Bush = 77%, Clinton = 90%, HW Bush = 96%, Carter = 97%.
Turning away Nobel Prize winner economist Peter Diamond is a good example. That's a huge loss for America. Same old just-say-no strategy from the right wing.
I thought he withdrew his name? Maybe present the facts Backhouse before you get people fired up. You Liberals have a good track record of that.
How many of Bush's appointments did Dems block?
backhouse......... big loss my a77 he is a liberal lieing fascist pig,Im suprised obuma has;nt tried to nominate bill ayers for a job.
Too late, Felden...done, by "the one."
Wolves,
You are mouthing platitudes. Nobel winner Peter Diamond withdrew after being blocked by Senate Republicans.
But of course you will Lindsay, what else would you do, good loyal member of the club of NO. We knew as soon as this man was nominated, one of your party would do this. We have low expectations from your party.
None of you have any intention of doing anything, anything at all for your country. You are a disgrace to call yourself a public servant, and we are the fools who pay your salary, your benefits and when you retire, a lovely pension and this is how you say thank you?
you also pay weiners, tax code trustfull Rangle and Giethner and pisalotsi,who makes her district pay 16000.00 a month for an office,I wonder how many poor people she could feed if she would just worki mout of her house.
carlyss man, do you think that Pelosi is the only member of congress that has an office in their district? Your statement is ridiculous.
You want to talk about Weiner, Rangel, Geithner and Pelosi, How about we mention we also pay Vitters, Ensign, Foley, Craig, and the list goes on.
im talking about the amount of money she pays for an office.and how rangle can still hold office after cheating on his taxes while writeing the tax code.and pelosi saying she will drain the swamp ,instead she just craps more shi4 in it. and lets not foget the 26% of healthcare waiver were in her districts ,but guess thats just by accident,please ,when will you people admit that 90% of the news is biast towards obuma,but this time it want matter ,he will losemainly because every promise he maid to get elected never came true and when unemployment is at 7.55 or above and gas prices are the highest ever and all the trillions of dollars he has added to mthe def. your (Boy) dont stand a chance
I am glad that Boeing didn't move the jobs overseas. We need as many jobs as we can in this country. I personally don't think this is the Federal gov't business.
The NLRB is suing Boeing and wants that work returned to Washington, even though the company has already built the South Carolina plant and hired 1,000 workers. They built a plant in a right to work state, so what, just be happy they added jobs.
I am glad he is placing a hold on him. Maybe then it will get some much needed attention from the media and shine a light on how over reaching the unions are.
I love the part in the article where they refer Washington as a union friendly state. Nothing is friendly about unions.
FYI - Republicans are not the only party that has blocked a nominee confirmation.
Democrats had blocked the nomination of 10 of George W. Bush's nominees, saying they were too conservative and that Republicans had blocked many of their nominees back in the 1990s.
when the people can tell a company that they cannot start a buss.where they want to then I cant blame anyone for moveing overseas.
Its is when Boeing is doing the wrong thing, moving to bust the unions, lower worker pay, benefits, pension
they care nothing for the working man or woman
Sure Lindsay is for this because Republicans/TP are for busting Unions, taking away rights, women's Rights , Voter Rights
They want the jobs because they will be low paying, no benefits, no pension, just like the foreign car plants in his state, more money to foreigner companies, not American
Go for his Rich buddies, and also puts more money in his pocket come time for election
The Tea Party is against Womens and Voter right? Time to put down the pipe sparky
yes, LiberalLies, they are.
When they put forth bills that limit the id's acceptable for use in voting-they are against voter rights. I don't believe anyone has a problem showing id to vote, but how can they say that college id from that state is not acceptable? They limit the id's that are acceptable therby limiting many people's access to vote.
When they try to push their religious beliefs and legislate their view of morality and interfere with a womans private decision making with her doctor they are against womens rights.
So maybe you should put down the pipe!!
Lee
Go for his Rich buddies, and also puts more money in his pocket come time for election.
Right and unions don't do the same? They are shameless. What is Boeing doing wrong? Did they make any changes to the Plant in Washington? Did they layoff anyone? Have they cut the pay?
What is this country coming? The fact that they can file a lawsuit because Boeing opened up a plant in a right to work state, big deal. They are providing jobs and those positions will be filled. If they are being mistreated, guess what they can quit.
Boeing can then move their plant to Taiwan. Then nobody wins this debate.
nobody is forceing people to work for boeing, let the people decide if they want to work or not,there is always someone waiting to take the job if your not,but i guess since we have the man known as the foodstamp pres. I would stay home and draw that free unemploynent and free food.or sell my foodstamps for money which they do all the time.
I would expect nothing less from a Right Wing Republican. This same tactic will be used when the debt ceiling is being increased, blocking it, unless they get their way, completely. He is doing this simply because he can. The whole concept of "blocks" should be removed. Totally unacceptable, even if you disagree with the Administrations position on Boeing.
This is a dumb rule! I see why nothing gets done in Washington! Republicans/tea-baggers need to get voted out!!
"Goofy Graham" is the biggest "Gross Odd Person" of all in the Party Of NO! "No!" Has been the message from the GOP/RNC for the last Two years. "Goofy Graham is not going to give President Obama anything poltically, and the GOP/RNC "Hoodlum's On The Hill" have proven that already. The GOP/RNC have used every dirty poltical trick in their little book of horrors. This is not a shock to Progressive Power! The poltical pukes like "Goofy Graham" will give no reason for their decisions of dumbness. If people ask the GOP/RNC why they do what they do? They usually make-up a fake answer or do not answer the question at all. Getting ready to vote America! I hope so.
How many nominees did the democrats block when Bush was president? This is just political games and both sides play them. Politicians from the opposing party of the president should not just rubber stamp any of the nominees. The constitution has a balance of power and the opposing party constantly uses it to be benefit. The left is nothing but a bunch of cry babies.
Let's see... Boeing's big problem was they could not keep their big mouth shut and simply open the plant.. nope... they had to say they were moving it because of strikes (and yes... that is illegal)... Now the GOP wants to block the guy because the government is doing exactly what it should do... but too bad... the GOP is made as usual.... thank goodness we only have two more years of their fruitcakes... the GOP thinks 2012 is going to be big for them.. and I'm afraid they are in for the same shock as the Dem's were last time...
Lindsey Graham from South Carolina is just south of North Carolina and here's what's happening in NC. I'll bet Lindsey and company are doing the same thing to and for President Obama. Let's invite President Obama to South Carolina. Typical Lindsay Graham, a bigoted racist, threatening the president of the United States. Holding hostage economic movement.
Eighteen(18) months before the 2012 election, the signs of an unusual presidential year are abundant resulting from the Democratic convention being in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature are throwing up roadblocks to president Obama's organization and airing anti-Obama ads.
Obama surprised Republicans in 2008 by carrying North Carolina. He won. The Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature and GOP/TEA members started ads attacking President Obama like this: "Thanks to Obama's budget deficits, we face high unemployment and an uncertain future," announcer says in ad. "And now he's back, asking us to believe him again." The budget deficits are the result of poor money management by the GOP/TEA party controlled Congress. It's the congress that controls the money. The GOP/TEA have fought President Obama on every issue to keep him from making any headway. We can believe the president because Federal Reserve Districts indicated that economic activity generally continued to expand since the last report, though a few districts indicated some deceleration," the Beige Book said Wednesday. Despite a few signs that economic growth is slowing, the report covering the Fed's 12 districts reported the recovery is actually chugging along at a solid pace. The GOP candidate for governor said "Right now millions of dollars are pouring into our state. Thousands of ACORN-style workers are moving into our state as we speak" in an effort to inject "Race" into the race. House Republican's broadcast the introduction of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage to help mobilize conservative groups to vote. The North Carolina legislature shorten the early-voting period, will require photo IDs ,will bar straight-party voting, cut election funding which pays for satellite voting sites in an effort to control voters and voting. A former judge and civil rights attorney, said photo ID and shorter early-voting period to "disenfranchise" voters may violate the federal Voting Rights Act if they become law.
hopefully we want have accorn putting down mickeymouse two or three times and useing dead people as voters and mabe black panthers want be standing around holding sticks next to places where people go to vote ,has anyone seen the ohtos if the democratic party sending all these people to alaska to go through palins emails ,is that desperate or what the funny thing is they cannot find anything to write home about(home being the party of lies and deceipt,you know the thugs in charge of the sen and the whitehouse, obuma is probably haveing nightmares cause he has nothing to run on ,and he knows we are not going to trust his promises anymore.
There is noting wrong with showing ID before you vote, its a given. You need ID for everything, everything!
thetotas, the problem is that they are severely limiting the type of id's that are acceptable. Why should a picture id from a college in that state be unacceptable?
The people of South Carolina just keep voting on losers. I hope they wake up soon and vote Graham out of office. He is a pox on their house.