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Oklahoma Representative James Bridenstine, a Navy Reserve pilot, was confirmed as NASA's 13th administrator on Thursday.
In a 50-49 vote Thursday, Oklahoma Representative James Bridenstine, a Navy Reserve pilot, was confirmed as NASA's 13th administrator, an agency that usually is kept away from partisanship. His three predecessors — two nominated by Republicans — were all approved unanimously. Before that, one NASA chief served under three presidents, two Republicans and a Democrat.
The two days of voting were as tense as a launch countdown.
A procedural vote Wednesday initially ended in a 49-49 tie — Vice President Mike Pence, who normally breaks a tie, was at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida — before Arizona Republican Jeff Flake switched from opposition to support, using his vote as leverage to address an unrelated issue.
Thursday's vote included the drama of another delayed but approving vote by Flake, a last-minute no vote by Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth — who wheeled onto the floor with her 10-day-old baby in tow — and the possibility of a tie-breaker by Pence, who was back in town.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 21 2018, @04:16AM (1 child)
How else should they get rid of the awful agencies? Lots of those agencies mostly exist for their own benefit, sucking up all the money they can get. What little they get done is mostly harmful to our freedom and to our economy.
If enough people in congress would just vote to kill the agencies, we'd get it done that way. Instead we have to go through an absurd little dance, putting people who despise the agencies in charge of them.
Quit resisting. MAGA. It's good for you. This... it's like trying to get a kid to brush his teeth or to not live on a diet of 100% cinnamon pop tarts. THIS IS GOOD FOR YOU.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 21 2018, @07:18AM
"If enough people vote..."
BINGO I think you finally got it :) Congratulations!