By a vote of 55-44 the Senate finally said yes to Loretta Lynch's nomination. The democrats once again supplied the majority vote in the chamber controlled by the republican party. Ten republicans joined 44 democrats in voting yes, while 44 republicans voted no including Louisiana's two senators David Vitter and Bill Cassidy.
Ted Cruz was on the campaign trail and did not vote but told his audience he would have voted no. News media sources reported those republicans who voted no admitted Ms. Lynch was well qualified for the position but voted no because she supported the President's executive orders. A typical excuse and a hypocritical one at that since they supported President Bush's executive orders when he was President and he used that authority much more frequent than President Obama has.
The vote was one more example how a conservative ideology stands in the way of the republican party even though they control both houses of congress. Presidents have been using executive authority for many, many years and if members of congress are sincere in their belief that those actions have to be diminished, congress is the body to have an open debate on the subject matter in a civil manner.
Holding up votes on legislation and other important matters is not the way to have the debate. If the buck stops on the President's desk, an honest debate should start and stop on the desk of congress.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
