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Senate Democrats Boycott Key Votes On 2 Top Trump Nominees

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As if no one saw this happening. DEM are still jerked off by the Merrick Garland snub so they’re gonna hold their collective breathe and boycott a couple on President Donnie’s nominees. Is there anyone in DC, on either side of the aisle that’s grown up? – PB/TK 

Senate Democrats Boycott Key Votes On 2 Top Trump Nominees
Amanda Terkel Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post Sam Stein Senior Politics Editor, The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON ― Senate Democrats deployed a dramatic eleventh-hour maneuver to deny committee votes to two of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks Tuesday, arguing that those nominees had lied to them.

Senators on the Finance Committee were set to vote on Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and Steve Mnuchin to lead the Treasury Department. But on Tuesday morning, they simply didn’t show up for the votes, denying Republicans the quorum they needed to move forward toward confirmation. At least one Democrat needs to be present for the vote to happen.

Explaining the boycott, Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said the two nominees “misled the public and held back important information about their backgrounds.”

Continue to huffingtonpost.com article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-boycott_us_5890ae26e4b0c90eff001c3c?

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