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The U.S. Senate advanced the nomination of former Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) Chief Executive Rex Tillerson on Monday to be President Donald Trump's secretary of state, moving closer to filling a key seat on the Republican's national security team despite partisan rancor over Trump's immigration order.

The vote was 56 to 43 to move toward a final confirmation vote after up to 30 hours' debate, putting a final vote very early on Wednesday, if senators do not agree to change the time.

The vote broke largely along party lines. Every Republican favored advancing the nomination and all but four members of the Democratic caucus voted against it.

The Senate's Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, and several other members of the party tried, but failed, to delay considering Tillerson because of Trump's executive order banning immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries and temporarily halting the entry of refugees.

They said they wanted to question Tillerson more closely on his views on Muslim immigration. During his confirmation hearing, the former oil executive said he did not support a "blanket-type rejection" of any group of people.

Democrats said that statement seemed to contradict Trump's order.

Trump and his supporters, including many Republicans, said his order is necessary to keep Americans safe and is not intended to ban Muslims, despite addressing only Muslim-majority nations whose citizens have not been involved in attacks on the United States.

They said it was important to fill important slots on Trump's national security team quickly.

"As we proceed in ensuring the new administration has the leaders it needs to implement our nation's foreign policy going forward, I have great confidence Rex Tillerson will serve the United States well," Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said.

The four Dems:

Sens. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Mark R. Warner of Virginia, all of whom face re-election next year. Democratic-leaning independent Sen. Angus S. King Jr. of Maine also voted to advance Mr. Tillerson's nomination.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/rex-tillerson-cleared-for-confirmation-vote-in-sen/

 

[FZZ]

fuck everything

 

[darkwing]

as expected

 

[entremet]

Democrats can't even fall in line during this disastrous administration.

What a spineless buncha cowards those four are.

 

[everyday math]

Spineless

 

[The Technomancer]

Is it wrong that my first thought is "it honestly doesn't matter, its clear that Trump and Bannon aren't going to bother doing anything with their Secretaries anyway"?

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Did people rly think part of Trump's Legion of Doom would not get in? Any Dem that voted for Tillerson should be kicked out of the senate immediatly

 

[Kaiterra]

Who were the four Dems that went with it?

 

[Ferrio]

all but four members of the Democratic caucus voted against it.

Well 4 to add to the list.

 

[Maxim726X]

Which Democrats caved?

 

[gcubed]

Who are the 4 ?

 

[RPGCrazied]

Yeah, name those democrats that voted yes. Those are the democrats that need to get replaced.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Yeah, name those democrats that voted yes. Those are the democrats that need to get replaced.

They're from places like West Virginia and North Dakota. Good luck on that.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Yeah, name those democrats that voted yes. Those are the democrats that need to get replaced.

Why replace Democrats when we can replace Republicans?

 

[RPGCrazied]

They're from places like West Virginia and North Dakota. Good luck on that.

I still want names.

 

[darkwing]

Did people rly think part of Trump's Legion of Doom would not get in?

GOP always votes as a party and they are in the majority now, this was expected

not that we should stop calling though, some Dems I don't understand

 

[MThanded]

Who are the four?

 

[hipsterpants]

The 4 that voted yes are going to be from red states and if you try to primary them from the left you are completely delusional.

 

[Roland_Gunner]

Who are the 4 ?

Sens. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Mark R. Warner of Virginia, all of whom face re-election next year. Democratic-leaning independent Sen. Angus S. King Jr. of Maine also voted to advance Mr. Tillerson’s nomination.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/rex-tillerson-cleared-for-confirmation-vote-in-sen/

 

[GK86]

Sens. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Mark R. Warner of Virginia, all of whom face re-election next year. Democratic-leaning independent Sen. Angus S. King Jr. of Maine also voted to advance Mr. Tillerson’s nomination.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/rex-tillerson-cleared-for-confirmation-vote-in-sen/

Fuck them. Added to OP.

 

[Tagg9]

Democrats can't even fall in line during this disastrous administration.

What a spineless buncha cowards those four are.

Unbelievable. They can't even get themselves together enough to rally against Trump's dictatorship.

 

[Shadybiz]

Expected. What a clusterfuck.

 

[Africanus]

The left cannot eat the left.

We need all the democrats we can get at this time, even those who genuflect to conservative interests.

In better seasons for liberals they can be replaced, but they will likely be key votes in certain future issues, and I'd rather not have more Republican senators.


All that being said, those Democrats are the worst kind of turncoats.

 

[Wolf Akela]

Another more step towards corporate owning the country.

 

[ezekial45]

Cowards

 

[ErasureAcer]

Fuck them. Added to OP.

But Heidi sits in an American Flag folding chair. She's patriotic (or so PoliGAF tells me)!

 

[Jarmel]

It's amazing how Republicans just sign off on all this shit. Of course the oil companies stuck their hand up Rubio's ass and made him shut up.

 

[Toxi]

Remember when people seriously thought McCain and Graham would vote against this?

 

[everyday math]

Sens. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Mark R. Warner of Virginia, all of whom face re-election next year. Democratic-leaning independent Sen. Angus S. King Jr. of Maine also voted to advance Mr. Tillerson’s nomination.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/rex-tillerson-cleared-for-confirmation-vote-in-sen/

🖕😡🖕

 

[tuxfool]

Good luck replacing those Democrats with other Democrats...

 

[Guevara]

All the nominees will be confirmed, this is just theatre.

 

[tbm24]

Unbelievable. They can't even get themselves together enough to rally against Trump's dictatorship.

Not all democrats are the same for everything. Those who broke, possibly with the exception of King and Warner aren't surprises.

 

[Kusagari]

There is absolutely zero excuse for Warner voting the way he has on these picks.

 

[BajiBoxer]

Yeah, name those democrats that voted yes. Those are the democrats that need to get replaced.

"Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Mark Warner of Virginia, all of whom face re-election in 2018. Democratic-leaning independent Sen. Angus King of Maine also voted to advance Mr. Tillerson’s nomination."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/rex-tillerson-cleared-for-confirmation-vote-in-sen/

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

There is absolutely zero excuse for Warner voting the way he has on these picks.

Warner is a bit of a surprise but he BARELY won in 2014 and Clinton barely won VA in 2016 despite having a VP from there.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Those Dems are all in red, red-leaning, or purple states. You guys need to understand that a full on liberal cannot be run in every situation. Center left Dems will need to be a thing where appropriate.

Otherwise you can guarantee losing 3-4 seats just from those people alone.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Every Republican voted for, and all but four Dems went against. Real great job guys.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I have no faith in the Dems to do shit.

 

[Goro Majima]

Didn't even have to look to know it was Joe Manchin

I'm kinda surprised he hasn't just switched parties yet

 

[Balphon]

King's vote is a little weird but the only one that's really puzzling is Warner's.

 

[everyday math]

Those Dems are all in red, red-leaning, or purple states. You guys need to understand that a full on liberal cannot be run in every situation. Center left Dems will need to be a thing where appropriate.

Otherwise you can guarantee losing 3-4 seats just from those people alone.

I'm still gonna flip them off.

 

[ezekial45]

I don't understand why any dem is going along with this. What the fuck.

 

[gcubed]

Sens. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Mark R. Warner of Virginia, all of whom face re-election next year. Democratic-leaning independent Sen. Angus S. King Jr. of Maine also voted to advance Mr. Tillerson’s nomination.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/rex-tillerson-cleared-for-confirmation-vote-in-sen/

Meh, didn't expect Warner, but the others are

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Those Dems are all in red, red-leaning, or purple states. You guys need to understand that a full on liberal cannot be run in every situation. Center left Dems will need to be a thing where appropriate.

Otherwise you can guarantee losing 3-4 seats just from those people alone.

I guess I'm a bit perplexed by this view sometimes. Like if Joe Manchin votes against gun restrictions or something that hurts coal jobs, he's just representing the people who elected him. He doesn't represent Democrats from NYC, he represents them in WV. On the other hand, he votes for stuff like medicare expansions that WV wants as well.

Doesn't make sense to me to chastise someone for fulfilling the wishes of their constituency.

 

[Master Yoshi]

Are dems being bought off?

 

[GoldenEye 007]

I don't understand why any dem is going along with this? What the fuck.

The vast majority of the country is right leaning or center-right. These states are all either red or tossups. They have to pick their battles a bit more and cannot be ultra liberals. Otherwise, those seats go guaranteed red more than likely. Which is a worst proposition.

 

[Linkura]

Didn't even have to look to know it was Joe Manchin

I'm kinda surprised he hasn't just switched parties yet

Daughter is the CEO of Mylan. What a joke.

 

[RPGCrazied]

"Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Mark Warner of Virginia, all of whom face re-election in 2018. Democratic-leaning independent Sen. Angus King of Maine also voted to advance Mr. Tillerson’s nomination."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/rex-tillerson-cleared-for-confirmation-vote-in-sen/

Thanks, voiced my displeasure on their twitter accounts, not like they read those, but did my part.

 

[entremet]

I don't understand why any dem is going along with this. What the fuck.

Dems never been about that consensus life.

I mean, look how we tear each other apart here lol.

Basically, progressivism is always inching toward new stages to conquer. Conservatism is the opposite. That's where the tension will always be with progressives. The fight then becomes who is progressive enough, while conservative display a unified front.

 

[Kusagari]

The vast majority of the country is right leaning or center-right. These states are all either red or tossups. They have to pick their battles a bit more and cannot be ultra liberals. Otherwise, those seats go guaranteed red more than likely. Which is a worst proposition.

The vast majority of the electorate isn't going to remember if their senator voted yes or no on a cabinet pick in 2 years. I find this excuse really flimsy.