One wonders how much of this the supine Democratic Senate leaders expect those of us who pony up the campaign money to take:
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has put an extraordinary “blanket hold” on at least 70 nominations President Obama has sent to the Senate, according to multiple reports this evening. The hold means no nominations can move forward unless Senate Democrats can secure a 60-member cloture vote to break it, or until Shelby lifts the hold.
Shelby is trying to extort Obama into throwing money at his state for the earmarks Republicans are supposed to hate.
What I find mystifying (no, I really don’t find it mystifying) is that these Republican holds seem to have a vise like grip, while Reid never seems to have a problem giving the back of his hand to a hold from his own caucus. What I actually do find mystifying is the idea that there could possibly be an actual rule allowing such a hold, and if it’s only a custom, why on earth Reid and the rest would put up with this constant abuse.
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