2/23 Deb Haaland’s Hearing for Interior Post; News Roundup & Open Thread
Deb Haaland’s confirmation hearing is today. She’s appearing before the Energy Committee, in which Joe Manchin is the Chair. Senator Henrich is introducing her. Link to the livestream if you care to watch.
https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2021/2/hearing-to-consider-nomination-of-the-honorable-debra-haaland-to-be-the-secretary-of-the-interior.
GOP Rep Don Young of Alaska is also singing her praises as part of her introduction.
More news, tweets, videos, etc in the comments. See you there!
Tip jar for Nominee Deb Haaland..
Haaland is asked if oil pipelines should continued to be built and she said yes.
But also….
I’ll move my stuff over here and delete. You have that nice photo!
Sorry, I didn’t see yours when I posted!
No problem
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/22/gop-resistance-deb-haaland-470979?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=112509857&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-986V-m0coPj14LT98dP8e-qFMN8dmj0GvEUURxyIRO6TGJfzzDvOEySIj-Lvsed9ow3j6q5fPrdJgqC3Hge8anNvHFnA
Danes definitely represented hunters on that committee. He said that grizzly bears should not be an endangered species anymore but yet she voted to keep the bears under endangered species act in perpetuity. He was a bit cross when he discovered that she said she cared about the bears.
I might add whomever prepped her did a less than average job. She’s so stilted and too many, “thank you for the question and I look forward to working with you” answers. I think it is a gender thing, and it’s ridiculous.
Paging PB
today is my daytrip day! haaland for the bears!!!!
Reposted for pb4
delayed. waiting for Moana to stop barking in the back yard on her own. don’t want to reward her with the ocean trip for this. amazing how long she is going. neighbors must love me.
ty for the lovely bear family! need this. lol
All creatures..great and small.
It looks like Manchin may not matter. Quite a few GOPukes are indicating support for Haaland.
All eyes on the Senate Parliamentarian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/23/power-up-all-eyes-are-senate-parliamentarian-democrats-press-minimum-wage-increase/?utm_source=reddit.com
I don’t know if this is the same parliamentarian as in 2017, but if it is, the parliamentarian allowed drilling in the Artic in that disgusting 1.2T tax cut bill. Minimum wage is relevant to recovery.
The vultures are circling
https://www.axios.com/shalanda-young-neera-tanden-joe-biden-omb-c0922a87-aea6-4375-bf84-64a7f166b354.html
Is Young the deputy director of OMB?
Sounds like she is waiting for her confirmation hearing for that position
This may sound prejudicial. So be it. We have a large population of India citizens leaving here. They are very conservative people. They are also biased and close ranks around getting their own kind put into positions of local power. Not impressive with a lot of them.
Man, was I half asleep when I posted the above. Needed copy editing missing.🙄🙁
i know nothing about her, but if “House Democrats” are pushing her, she’s likely more neolib than Sperling. but i’m in i don’t care mode.
holding my breat on this one.
NO NEERA
This will be passed only if the filibuster is ditched.
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-bill-end-influence-big-money-politics-reshape-democracy-2021-2?utm_source=reddit.com
https://www.vox.com/22286213/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-arizona-brnovich-democratic-national-committee-republican-party
https://www.salon.com/2021/02/23/the-lincoln-projects-implosion-a-perfect-time-for-democratic-donors-to-rethink-their-spending/
There’s other important stuff in the Covid relief plan other than the $1400 checks and the $15 minimum
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a35574440/child-benefit-allowance-covid-bill-democrats-mitt-romney/
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/22/texas-power-grid-extreme-weather/
Gym Jordan will not be pleased
Op Ed from Ron Kim
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/23/andrew-cuomo-new-york-nursing-homes-immunity-covid-deaths
Go Ron!
Actually this is from LD. I moved it here from my deleted diary.
Well Ted definitely is an expert on assholes
Heidi is on a mission to root out that neighbor who tattled
Snowflake’s “sitter” was the security guard and when they abandoned him the power was off
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/23/ted-cruz-press-cancun-trip-texas-freeze
+27
And a so-called “X-tian” to boot. They are among the biggest azzholes around!💩And just as worthless!💩🤮
Perdue not interested in taking on Warnock in 2022
T and R, Ms. Benny!! 🌎☮️😊👍As a small part of Native American blood in myself, I am rooting for Rep. Haaland. Sounds like she’s got quite a mix of senate politicos in her corner. 😊
She’s getting dinged on progressive views, but she’s deferring to answering “I would be following Pres Biden’s Build Back Better plan” and saying she serves at the pleasure of the POTUS.
I get the impression she’s a true moderate. I have no problem as so is Katie Porter who I have enormous respect for. It’s the phony FRightwingnuts parading as moderates who pizz me off! 😡