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Senate blocks Obama nominee

Steve

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I guess at a point the fiery rhetoric and actions of this far left extremist came back to haunt him..

Senate blocks Obama nominee

There were objections to the role Debo Adegbile played in the defense of convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate narrowly defeated President Obama's nominee to oversee the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division due to Republican and law enforcement objections to the role he played in the defense of convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.

52 senators voted to block him, including seven Democrats. Vice President Biden presided over the vote in the event he could break a tie, which was unnecessary after Democrats failed to muster enough support.

The Democrats voting to block the nomination were Sens. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, John Walsh of Montana, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Robert Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Chris Coons of Delaware.

Adegbile's defeat occurred even after Senate Democrats last year unilaterally changed the Senate rules on judicial and executive nominations to lower the threshold from 60 to a simple majority of votes to end a filibuster. He is the first Obama nominee to lose on the floor since the rules were changed.
 
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