{"id":1946271,"date":"2023-06-14T03:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-strikes-back-with-plan-to-grind-garlands-department-to-a-halt\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T03:12:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:12:02","slug":"gop-senator-strikes-back-with-plan-to-grind-garlands-department-to-a-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-strikes-back-with-plan-to-grind-garlands-department-to-a-halt\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator&#8217;s Plan to Halt Garland&#8217;s Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-senator-strikes-back-with-plan-to-grind-garlands-department-to-a-halt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1946271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Senator Vows to Block DOJ Nominations in Response to Politically-Charged Prosecutions<\/h2>\n<p>Senator J.D. Vance has a plan to make Attorney General Merrick Garland&#8217;s Department of Justice think twice about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecuting-the-police-how-rogue-district-attorneys-enjoy-both-discretion-and-immunity\/\" title=\"Prosecuting The Police: How Rogue District Attorneys Enjoy Both \u2018Discretion\u2019 And \u2018Immunity\u2019\">politically-charged prosecutions<\/a>. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wyoming-gop-censures-liz-cheney-over-house-impeachment-vote\/\" title=\"Wyoming GOP Censures Liz Cheney Over House Impeachment Vote\">video statement<\/a> on Tuesday, Vance pledged to block President Joe Biden&#8217;s nominations for personnel at the DOJ.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Until Merrick Garland stops using his agency to harass Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-manages-to-trigger-leftists-by-doing-something-millions-of-americans-do-every-year\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Manages To Trigger Leftists by Doing Something Millions of Americans Do Every Year\">political opponents<\/a>, I will hold all DoJ nominees. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UVRwi6Ue01\">pic.twitter.com\/UVRwi6Ue01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1668687446022692893?\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time we stopped just whining about this problem and debating this problem and actually do something about it,&#8221; Vance said. &#8220;I think we have to grind this department to a halt until Merrick Garland promises to do his job and stop going after his political opponents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vance&#8217;s plan wouldn&#8217;t completely halt new confirmations for the Justice Department. DOJ nominees would have to be confirmed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blame-game-top-senate-dem-slams-house-dems-for-failure-to-protect-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Blame Game: Top Senate Dem Slams House Dems for Failure To Protect Supreme Court\">floor votes<\/a> rather than by unanimous consent if Vance follows through on his plan, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/06\/13\/trump-indictment-jd-vance-plans-to-stall-doj-nominees-in-senate\/70319028007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Columbus Dispatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Justice Department would be temporarily denied new federal prosecutors by the plan. Vance is going to make an exception for nominees of the U.S. Marshal&#8217;s Service.<\/p>\n<h3>Backing from Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/h3>\n<p>Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene backed Vance&#8217;s plan in her own tweet after the announcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1?\">@JDVance1<\/a>!<br \/>\nThank you!<\/p>\n<p>Action is the only way forward.<br \/>\nStop the weaponized government and hold them accountable! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9BNnbVXlQW\">https:\/\/t.co\/9BNnbVXlQW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1668720947451375618?\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats hold a slim Senate majority of 50 seats and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>, although absences by Democratic senators could jeopardize the confirmation of nominees entirely.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senator-strikes-back-plan-grind-garlands-department-halt\/\">GOP Senator Strikes Back with Plan to Grind Garland&#8217;s Department to a Halt<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Senator J.D. Vance intends to impede President Biden&#8217;s Department of Justice nominations to prevent politically-motivated prosecutions. Vance&#8217;s strategy involves blocking all DOJ nominees, as stated in a video statement on Tuesday. This move could cause Attorney General Merrick Garland&#8217;s department to reconsider its approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":1946273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[4724,25011,6203,10485,4025,3709],"class_list":["post-1946271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-department","tag-garlands","tag-gop","tag-halt","tag-plan","tag-senators"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1946271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1946273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1946271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1946271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1946271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}