Yes, It's a BFD that the Bull$buster is dead. Very quickly, the world of the Senate will change post-bullshite buster vote on nominations today.
Take a look at the executive calendar of the Senate for Friday (the coming attractions of the usually boring nomination list) below the magic scroll...
UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS Patricia Ann Millett (Cal. No. 327)
Ordered, That at 5 p.m. on Monday, December 9, 2013, the Senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Patricia Ann Millett, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, post- cloture, with up to 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled in the usual form.
Ordered further, That at 5:30 p.m., all post-cloture time having expired, the Senate proceed to vote on the confirmation of the Millett nomination. (November 21, 2013.)
Robert Leon Wilkins (Cal. No. 381)
Ordered, That with respect to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Robert Leon Wilkins, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (November 14, 2013.)
Cornelia T. L. Pillard (Cal. No. 346)
Ordered, That with respect to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Cornelia T. L. Pillard, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (November 7, 2013.)
Yes, this was a BFD!
President Obama will now be able to move against Republican obstruction, and it's going to happen in December.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
By the way -- The whole argument that voting for one party vs. voting for the other doesn't matter -- completely B.S. now.
Vote for Democrats in the future or rue the day.
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