Why there's no one in charge at TSA-DeMint is blocking the nominee

[babylonsister]

Why there's no one in charge at TSA
Sen. Jim DeMint is blocking the administration's nominee over unionization issues
By Alex Koppelman



Now would be a good time to have someone at the wheel over at the Transportation Security Administration, especially with the agency promulgating some particularly silly-sounding temporary rules for air travel in the wake of the attempted bombing of Flight 253 on Christmas. But at the moment, no one is permanently in charge at the TSA, so on Monday, there's been some debate about who's to blame for that.

What's unquestionably true is that Erroll Southers isn't proceeding toward confirmation as head of the TSA because of Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. DeMint has a hold on Southers' nomination because of his concerns that Southers hasn't been forthcoming about whether the administration will allow security screeners to unionize.

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http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/12/28/tsa

[Hekate]

1. Ideology trumps everything with these Repubs, as usual. DeMint doesn't want unions...

... so he'll hold up confirming the new TSA head until he gets a promise against them? :grr:

My only advice to Southers would be to follow the lead of Sonia Sotomeyor in how "forthcoming" he is during this phase.

Hekate

[spanone]

2. i heard this on NPR today and wondered why the msm hasn't informed us of such????

[babylonsister]

3. Good point; no one has mentioned this, have they. I haven't heard them. nt

[malaise]

6. Make it viral

immediately

[Tesha]

7. The fact that Republicans ARE STANDING IN THE WAY OF EVERYTHING doesn't fit the designed narrative.

Unfortunately, Republicans are blocking everything including
operations of our government that are absolutely essential.

Tesha

[progressoid]

4. Hmmm...wouldn't it be great if Democrats had control of the Senate

Oh, wait. :banghead:

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. So, all it takes is a single Senator to hold up a nominee?

:shrug:

[Tesha]

9. Amazing, isn't it? Equally amazing is that Roberts and Alito ascended to the court even in the face

of that fact.

Tesha

[TheKentuckian]

8. The Senate is a toxic dump on crack and acid.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Dear Senator DeMint, Please light YOUR crotch on fire.

Fuckwit

[spanone]

11. kick

[Skidmore]

12. Ed Schultz hasn't mentioned this yet. You don't expect Matthews to but

I would expect Schultz to do so.

[Bitwit1234]

13. Why isn't the MSM reporting this

if they were doing what the MSM should be doing the public would know how common and obstructive the republicans are being.