In spite of the fact that the Kimberly Gilfile It received about three weeks ago the approval of the Senate International Relations Committee on the position of the United States Ambassador to Greeceits formal placement remains in ‘ice»Because of the institutional impasse caused by the Democratic refusal to allow the candidates to be quickly confirmed President Trump.
Gilfil is one of the approximately 130 presidential candidates For positions in executive power, which have not yet received the final approval of the Senate, as Democrats refuse to allow fast-track procedures, requiring a nominal vote in each case. The Senate has interrupted its work for summer respite without confirming the nominations, and now Gilfile will have to wait at least until the end of September, hoping that the process will be completed by 30 of that month.
“He is a victim of the political war that the Democrats have launched against President Trump,” comment on the protothema.gr Sources from Washington attached to Republicans.
Trump’s rage
The situation led to the Donald Trump in an explosion of rage through a post in the «Truth Social». In it, it launches a fierce attack on the Democratic leader in the Senate, Chuck Sumer, denouncing ‘political blackmail’ and characterizing the behavior of democratic “Outrageous and unprecedented”.
As he says, “Senator ‘whip’ Chuck Sumer requires over $ 1 billion to approve a small number of absolutely suitable candidates who should currently help the country work. This is a political blackmail. Tell Sumer, who is under tremendous pressure from his party’s left -wing radicals, to go to hell! “
In the same post, Trump calls on Republican senators to reject every agreement, return to their states and explain to their citizens “how bad the democrats are and how well the Republicans have done”.
However, for his part, Sumer defended the attitude of the Democrats, saying: “Trump tried to intimidate us, overtake us, threaten us, find us – but he got nothing,” he said in a statement on Saturday night, arguing that many of Trump’s nominations are “incompetent, exposed or inadequate”.
Planning changes in processes Republicans
According to senior Republican executives, the political scene within the Senate has become “non -functional”, as Democrats use the process of confirming candidates as a lever of pressure on other political issues.
Commenting on the latest evolution by the well -known Strategic Strategic Analyst and former Foreign Policy Advisor to the State Department, John Syntilidis, reports to protothema.gr: “Democrats have exploited procedural rules to prevent the Senate from voting for the ratification of more than 150 appointments proposed by President Trump, including Kimberly Gilfile, at least until September 2. Ms Gilfil was approved by the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on July 16, but the Senate has just suspended its work for the whole of August, without validating her or the other 150 appointments. Democrats sought to extract an additional $ 1.3 billion for special treatment programs, such as release of university grants and providing additional foreign assistance to Gaza, although Hamas has not yet released hostages in exchange for the abstraction of the ratification. On August 2, President Trump and the Republicans in the Senate rejected the Democratic proposal, and the Senate has now cut off its work until September 2, when it will come back to examine the one -dollar defense budget for a trillion and a three -year -old dollars and a trillion budget. of a government padlock on October 1st. Within this complex legislative timetable, it is hoped that the Senate will be able to vote and approve Mrs Gilfil’s appointment at some point in September. “
The leader of the majority, the senator John Tyun, According to US media reports, he announced that in September Republicans would consider a change in procedures to limit the opposition party’s ability to delay critical nominations.
Sumer, however Republicannoting that “they will need the votes of the Democrats to pass critical funding bills and cannot have them if they ignore the institutional balance.”
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