James' World 2

Click link below picture

.

In a meeting with Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Gorsuch, who’s largely been silent since Trump nominated him last week, took exception to Trump calling a federal judge in Seattle a “so-called judge” after blocking the President’s travel ban.

“He said very specifically that they were demoralizing and disheartening and he characterized them very specifically that way,” Blumenthal said of Gorsuch. “I said they were more than disheartening and I said to him that he has an obligation to make his views clear to the American people, so they understand how abhorrent or unacceptable President Trump’s attacks on the judiciary are.”

.

Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch( on right), Sen. Sen. Richard Blumenthal urges Gorsuch to make public remarks

.

.

Click link below for article and video:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/gorsuch-trump-tweets/index.html

.

__________________________________________

Click link below picture

.

In an extremely rare rebuke, she was instructed by the presiding officer to take her seat.

.

Tuesday night’s rule means Warren will be barred from speaking on the floor until Sessions’ debate ends, McConnell’s office confirmed. The debate is expected to conclude Wednesday night.

 

“She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted,” McConnell said on the Senate floor.

.

The emotional exchange occurred during debate on the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, to be attorney general. Warren was reading from a 1986 letter Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., had written to Sen. Strom Thurmond critical of Sessions who was then a nominee to be a federal judge.

.

Source: CNN

.

.

Click link below for article and video:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/elizabeth-warren-mitch-mcconnell/index.html

.

__________________________________________

Click link below picture

.

The 51-50 vote ends Trump’s toughest confirmation battle yet. Senate Democrats debated through the night and into Tuesday morning in a last-ditch attempt to derail DeVos, buoyed by support from Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.

.

DeVos was sworn into office shortly after 6 p.m. ET. Pence administered the oath of office and said his confirmation vote earlier in the day was “the easiest vote I ever cast.”

.

Throughout the fight, Democrats argued they needed “Just one more!” to lure away another Republican vote. But Senate Republican leaders succeeded in delivering a victory to Trump in a confirmation fight that very few expected to become as tough as it did.

.

Betsy DeVos confirmed

.

.

Click link below for article and video:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/betsy-devos-senate-vote/index.html

.

__________________________________________

Click link below picture

.

 A growing number of congressional Republicans are objecting to the cost and viability of a proposal that was a rallying cry for the billionaire businessman during his insurgent campaign. Interviews with more than a dozen GOP lawmakers across the ideological spectrum suggest Trump could have a difficult time getting funding for his plan approved by Congress.

.

Many bluntly told CNN they’d likely vote against any Trump plan that is not fully offset with spending cuts, while others questioned whether Trump’s vision would adequately resolve the problems at the border.

“If you’re going to spend that kind of money, you’re going to have to show me where you’re going to get that money,” said Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a key swing vote who has already broken with Trump over his nominee for secretary of education.

.

.

.

Click link below for article and video:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/border-wall-republicans/index.html

.

__________________________________________