Reid's Office: Bunning Holding All Nominees

Because the nominees aren't paid for, I guess.

To quote Roger Dorn, "I've only got one thing to say to you – strike this m*****f***er OUT!"

Obama should immediately recess appoint all the nominees being held up, especially Becker and Searce to the NLRB. Enough of this nonsense!

Oh, and do away with this "hold" nonsense. Last time I checked our form of government wasn't based on a liberum veto.

Wyden just said on MSNBC that they are gonna force the filibusterer tonight.

How is it that people continue to give Republicans support?

Will someone explain it to me? Please?

Dems are so damn weak!! The cut a friggin deal with Bunning rather than forcing him to filibuster publicly. He gets what he wanted - what a friggin great way to ensure more of this shit from Republicans.

Reid is an embarrassment and him losing in November would be addition by subtraction. What a despicable push-over

You would hope that a senator who is not running for re-election would use the freedom from having to face the electorate one last time to pursue the greater good even if it is not popular. Bunning appears to be using the remainder of his last term to send a giant F-U to the entire country.

Heck of a guy.

This is a golden opportunity for the Senate Dems to get rid of the "secret hold" rule. There are appear to be multiple ways to do it ("nuclear" option included). Of course, it is not like getting rid of the fili-buster, but removing the "secret holds" is still a step in the right direction for the Senate as a whole.

(And no, I don't think the Senate Dems actually have the balls to rule "secret holds" out of order. I only point out that there would be hardly any other type of legislation that would be more suitable to actually change the Senate rules than legislation that extends unemployment benefits to 3-5 million unemployed Americans...)

They're handing Obama recess appointments on a platter. Let Bunning run amuck. Makes no difference. He has had a secret hold on a lesbian appointee for over a week now.

Enough already. Can someone on our side—the nation's side, actually—just wander down to the dais, punch him in the wiener and end this stupidity?

Is anyone clear on whether these nominee holds are still effective, now that Bunning has stopped obstructing the extension of unemployment benefits? I'm getting mixed messages from different sources.

I am not against the Senate being the slower body, but the way it is working now is obstruction. Why don't the Senate make the Senators really filibuster instead of just saying they will? So what if it would mean that it would appy to the Dems too when they are out of power. "We the people" would benefit big time to acutally "hear" the reasons for the filibuster.
Bunning is a jerk that was forced to not run again by the Repubs who will reward him with a high paying lobby job. He has enough money, why not just retire and let a young person get the job.