The trump administration currently has;
>No Secretary of Defense
>No Secretary of the Air Force
>No FEMA Director
>No Secretary of the Interior
>No UN Ambassador
>No White House Chief of Staff
>No White House Communications Director
Explain to me how this is a good thing
Where are the magapedes
Just draining the swamp.
Aren't the House Democrats admittedly holding up his administration appointees?
If you're one of our adversaries it's a fucking GREAT thing.
No, because presidential appointments require confirmation by the Senate, not the House of Representatives. The Democrats do not have a majority in the Senate.
Because HURRRR DURRR MAGA!!!!
But ur mom has a majority in my shank bank
Lmao gottem
Obstructionism is the name of the game for the minority party. The Republicans just spent 8 years blocking every single piece of legislation that they possibly could, now the Democrats are doing it. In terms of how they operate they Democrats and Republicans are practically identical, very different ideals for sure, but they're both using the same playbook.
I believe they can use the cloture and hold processes. Ultimately, the decision to honor a hold request is up to the majority leader. Leaders typically grant these requests because denying a hold creates alternative ways for the senator to spend scarce floor time, according to the Congressional Research Service.
And there seems to be no significant difference in the day to day functionality of the government.
Makes you think ...
Why the fuck do we need any of these jobs anyway? We're doing just fine.
>Trump: “I’m generally not going to make a lot of the appointments that would normally be — because you don’t need them,” he says. “I mean, you look at some of these agencies, how massive they are, and it’s totally unnecessary. They have hundreds of thousands of people.”
In contrast to bureaucratic nominations, Trump has appointed more circuit court judges in his first year than any president in history, and ranked sixth overall in first-year federal judge appointments (trial court, appeals court and Supreme Court combined).
Experts attributed this to better coordination between the White House and Senate on judges than executive appointments. Some suggested Republicans have simply made judicial appointments a higher priority.
Is there any evidence that Senate Democrats are using this process to block presidential appointments?
No. The House has no say in federal appointments. Only the Senate can approve/disapprove. Since it only requires a simple majority and Republicans control a majority of seats it's really a Republican problem.
Not really. No leadership just means the status quo prevails, and everyone just keeps doing things the way the last guy told them to.
>The trump administration currently has;
>>No Secretary of Defense
>>No Secretary of the Air Force
>>No FEMA Director
>>No Secretary of the Interior
But you didn't post how much money this is saving taxpayers.
They don't need a majority as they can purposely filibuster or hold up debate as long as republicans don't have 60 seats which they dont. Most of these positions have nominees but democrats won't confirm. But you already know this as it's an obvious shill/shareblue thread trying to confuse those not actively engaged in politics.
Regardless of anyone's opinion on the current state of politics, this is the smart move. Democrats who didn't see this coming in 2016 were morons, but then judicial appointments have always been more of a Republican whistle anyway.
Probably because he knows that it doesn't matter because cutting essential leadership positions is a moronic way to save money.
>Most of these positions have nominees but democrats won't confirm
Which ones? Who are the nominees?
Nope, approval is the Senate's job
Yeah, I just googled it and read a few articles.
This was the last one I was reading about it.
They said it was pretty much half/half, both parties are holding up his appointees, but he is in fact making judicial appointments a higher priority.
ajc.com
this right here
I agree, and their positions are more valuable than say, the guy who can will get fired instantly by the next President.
It doesn't save any money because the acting director gets the directors salary and benefits
The individual salaries of even the highest ranking government officials is trivial compared to the size of the federal budget, were talking like 0.00000000000000000000001% of the budget.
That's like scooping a cup full of water out of the Pacific and saying that you're draining the ocean.
Well the confirmed zinke the first time around and the new nominee really couldn't be much worse
Good. Draining the swamp.
Not enough to make up for the massive tax cuts given to the rich
Complete fucking retards
Good, everything is working just fine without communists like you trying to ruin things.
>worries about money a couple seats save.
>votes for a guy who got millions in tax breaks and going to give billions to friends.
Oh ok.
>Draining the swamp
How? By giving agencies no oversite? What does that accomplish? Furthermore, you can't claim that a dude who puts Monsanto lawyers, oil billionaires and Goldman Sachs execs in his cabinet is draining the swamp in any way if anything he's slightly scummier than any president we've had in living memory besides probably W
That's the joke.
Blocks Obama for 8 years
“It’s the people will”
Block trumps shitty advisers that usually quit or get fired
“It’s the Democrat’s fault”
It dries out and after a period of time essentially becomes dirt.
But I didnt have to say that.
His supporters are too stupid to care or understand what that means, though.
this
they don't even know what the positions actually are or that they even exist
>Explain to me how this is a good thing
There's fewer people to screw things up.
At this point, the safest thing for the country is for Trump to fire the entire cabinet, and then spend the next 2 years doing nothing but playing golf in Florida.
There's still a totem pole which he will give a thumbs up to. You act as though he fired off his own cabinet and refuses assistance in decision making.
Saves a lot of money.