President Stompy Foot is angry. And OFA wants you to know about it:
With more than 300 days left in President Obama's term, the Senate has no excuse to delay. #DoYourJob pic.twitter.com/ultmGstueA
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 23, 2016
Got that? No excuse! Well, except for that time he was a senator and supported the filibuster of Samuel Alito. And when Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the Senate to block all of George W. Bush’s SCOTUS nominations. And when Joe Biden implored the Senate to block any possible SCOTUS nominations made by George H.W. Bush …
But we digress. Obama thinks the Senate needs to act. And who are they to defy him?
https://twitter.com/TheMosleyShow/status/702200001800306688
Oh, right.
Well, Mr. President, it looks like the Senate indeed plans to do its job. At least members of the Judiciary Committee:
CONFIRMED: All GOP Members of Senate Judiciary Comm have agreed – "no hearing, no vote" on PresObama SCOTUS nominee
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) February 23, 2016
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