Thank you, Senators Mike Lee and Rand Paul for fighting against the Omnibus (Update: Omnibus Passes Senate)

 

Senators Mike Lee and Rand Paul are fighting the good fight, against the Dems and GOPe.

This Omnibus fight is far from over, but there is resistance.

Update: Hot Air: Omnibus is going to pass?

BREAKING: The horrible $1.7 trillion omnibus just passed the senate on a 68-29 vote with 18 Republican senators voting yes.

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 22, 2022

JUST IN: GOP senators who voted for Omnibus are not answering their office phones. Straight to voicemail.

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) December 21, 2022

EBL: Betrayal Mittens Romney and Mitch McConnell Sells Out the GOP Base (again) 😡🐘🦏

Townhall: Senator Mike Lee's amendment has Omnibus supporters scrambling...

Instapundit: Nancy Pelosi Building? and Get Rid of McConnell

RedState : Republican complete betrayal with Omnibus vote

Legal Insurrection: Omnibus linking family planning and...

Liberty & Prosperity: Mitch McConnell's Capitulation

PJ Media: Rand Paul's Christmas Holiday Classic

AoSHQ: Morning Report 12.22.22 and corrupt

American Thinker: County your blessings...

Zelensky thinks that his own country is important enough to fight for. I wish that Mitch McConnell and National Review equally believed their own country was important enough to fight for.https://t.co/KUNDGFsEFb

— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) December 22, 2022

No more votes in the Senate tonight. Omnibus in trouble. Title 42 amendment causing big problems.

— Trish Turner (@caphilltrish) December 22, 2022

Merrick Garland for FBI Director?

I thought this was a joke at first, but apparently it is being seriously considered by Mitch McConnell (at least that was floated on Fox News Sunday this morning). A couple of things: Would Garland give up a life time appointment in the D.C. Circuit to be FBI Director?  It opens up a significant judicial appointment for Trump. At the same time, couldn't a very hostile FBI Director cause a lot of problems for President Trump?

Still, as a way of trolling Democrats, it is sort of interesting.

Of course, I have my own preference...

EBL: Who Should replace Comey?

Breitbart: Comey-Clinton Connections

Hot Air: Do American even care about Comey firing?

Don Surber: Even Hillary voters don't care and Courage Dan Rather

Legal Insurrection: Merrick Garland for FBI Director? What about William Jacobson?

Instapundit: Pro Tip for GOP Senate: Anything Schumer is for, you should be against, Richard Fernandez: Our Fragile Civilization and As the Orcs were made in parody of the Elves...

Washington Examiner: Can Schumer block any confirmation vote?  Only if he gets defections from the GOP side.

Nox and Friends: The Comey Clinton Connection How long did Comey work there--five years?  Six million bucks is a lot of compensation...what did Comey do for Lockheed Martin? Then he gets appointed to the FBI by Barack Obama (that should tell you something).

#WhatCouldGoWrong: Jeb Bush is Running

Smitty: Will no one rid of us Jeb Bush?

#JebBush we would rather light our hair on fire, and run through a meth lab than vote for you
— Vickie Rennie (@vickierennie) December 16, 2014

#JebBush is qualified to be President in the same way that Olive Garden is qualified to be Italy. -Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/rNIgn03Vws
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) December 16, 2014

Instapundit: Jeb is a nice enough guy…but no.
Wombat: Mark Steyn: No to Jeb Bush and Michelle Malkin: Chamber of Commerce Water Boy

@ByronYork @allahpundit @instapundit @rsmccain @markstein @DanRiehl Establ GOP think the #TeaParty is worse than Dems pic.twitter.com/Vd7xiUQcLV
— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) December 17, 2014