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#Senate leaders had sought to quickly confirm Clayton, hoping to clear the way for a bipartisan agreement to renew a #surveillance #law that expired last week. The bill to extend it collapsed amid the furor over #BillPulte, who has ZERO #NationalSecurity experience & drew withering criticism from both #Republicans & #Democrats. Some Democrats had indicated they might be willing to fast-track Clayton’s confirmation, eager to block Pulte from the post.
The president can only nominate or remove a nomination for a position requiring Senate approval. It is up to the Senate to determine the pace at which the confirmation proceeds. So how does the top headline make sense?
I would be delighted if FISA, Clayton, and Pulte were never confirmed.
#Senate leaders had sought to quickly confirm Clayton, hoping to clear the way for a bipartisan agreement to renew a #surveillance #law that expired last week. The bill to extend it collapsed amid the furor over #BillPulte, who has ZERO #NationalSecurity experience & drew withering criticism from both #Republicans & #Democrats. Some Democrats had indicated they might be willing to fast-track Clayton’s confirmation, eager to block Pulte from the post.
But #Trump torched that plan in his social media post early Wednesday morning, just hours before Clayton was scheduled to have a confirmation hearing before the #Senate #Intelligence Committee. He said he would delay the proceedings, all but guaranteeing that #BillPulte would take the job at the end of this week as the acting director of national intelligence [ #DNI].
#VotingRights #VRA #CivilRights #elections #Constitution #democracy #VoterSuppression #TrumpCoup #Trump
@Nonilex
Can we just burn down what's left of the White House and it's contents and just start over...
Starting with new residents?
And #Trump threatened to block the extension of the powerful #surveillance statute, § 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or #FISA, which expired Saturday, unless a measure to reauthorize it was attached to #elections #legislation that would impose #national restrictions on #voter #identification & #registration.
Senate majority leader John Thune (R-SD) said repeatedly the elections measure does not have sufficient votes to pass & warned attaching it would “tank” the FISA bill.
The president cannot cancel a #Senate hearing, which is set by the panel holding it. But Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) & chair of the #Intelligence Cmte, said in a social media post that Clayton’s hearing would be postponed after #Trump directed Clayton “not to appear.”
Trump’s statement adds to the challenges for Thune, who has faced intense pressure from right-wing lawmakers to push through Trump’s long-sought #election bill.
#VotingRights #Constitution #democracy #VoterSuppression #coup
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