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Mitch McConnell
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SP5 William Hutz
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You have served over thirty years and you have not yet grown up. Blocking hearings on the President's Supreme Court nominee reminds me of a spoiled child that throws a temper tantrum when he does not get his way. When are you going to grow up and do something for the country and the voters who elected you?
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LT Don Jaffa
LT Don Jaffa
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Actually, blocking an Obama appointment to the Supreme Court is the only thing Senate Republicans have done in the past eight years that earns them their pay. Obama already has appointed two liberal morons to the court. With the death of Scolia the court remains divided 4-4 and any ties gets remanded back down to the lower court. As long as the republicans hold a Majority in the Senate, no SCOTUS nominee by a liberal democratic president will get a confirmation hearing.
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PO1 Aaron Baltosser
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That is true. Especially given the atrocious record the man has in hating the second amendment
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SP5 William Hutz
SP5 William Hutz
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So you are for the constitution when it suits you but not when it doesn't? The Senate is required to "advise and consent" to the President's appointments by the constitution.
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COL Jim Lincoln
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Senator-one of your most controversial actions in your tenure was the refusal to consider President Obama's nomination for the Supreme Court. Your rationale,let the people and/or next President do it ,was attacked by two legal professionals,Kar and Mazzone,who discussed how there have been 6 similar incidents in our history. Their analysis allegedly demonstrates that your decision was unprecedented, and completely wrong. Did you respond to this analysis? If not,please give us a response. BTW,I am a Republican and have always supported your actions in the Senate
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LT Don Jaffa
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Justice Scolia was the one who died and left a vacancy on SCOTUS. He was a confirmed thinker and holder of "Original Intent." Neither of the last two SCOTUS appointments by Obama had any credentials except as social progressive liberal jurists from good old Harvard like Obama. The litmus test over such 'Original Intent' jurists was debated in the pages of National Review and the Puget Sound Law Review, and affirmed by Attorney General Ed Meese. Judge Bork failed that test because he had no idea what 'Original Intent' meant, and why social progressives abhor such jurists with a passion. If you dont believe me, the NAACP calls Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom!"
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CAPT Gary Foster
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Emphasis on "long."
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MAJ Hugh Blanchard
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Sir: The Republicans seem so gun-shy about "shutting down the government". How do we stop funding President Obama's programs and enabling his extra-Constitutional over-reach of Presidential authority if we're not willing to shut down the government? What other mechanism is available, other than just "going along" and continuing to fund his huge-government deficit spending programs?
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Hugh Blanchard
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MAJ Hugh Blanchard
MAJ Hugh Blanchard
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And, how do we eventually pay off the national debt? We need a real plan, something other than bankrupting future taxpayers or trying to seize the assets of my generation when we die. I just read an interesting statement from a senior IRS official who stated that "The IRS has all the time in the world to pay off the deficit, since we plan on getting at least 35% of the assets of the Baby Boom when they die." Any ideas?
Regards,
Hugh Blanchard
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MCPO William Strock
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Senator McConnell, you will note that there are numerous questions asking about term limits. The real question is when are YOU retiring. The voters are tired of over the hill , rich, politicians in Washington doing nothing for the good of the country. A perfect example is YOUR refusal to vote on the Supreme Court Justice nominated by our President. Why don't you and the other obstructionist in Congress get off your butt and work for the good of the United States of America for a change, you have done nothing but obstruct for 7.5 years now.
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Sgt William Coffee
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Why does the Senator still believe that Medicare and Social Security are contributing to the deficit? If this is the case why does congress and the Senate continue to "borrow" money from the Social Security trust fund? ( debt owed is now over a trillion dollars). We want our money back.
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Mitch McConnell - What are your views about increasingly expensive medical drugs and treatments - with drug companies now charging as much as $30,000 per dose and considering charging as much as $1,000,000 per treatment - and suggesting patients should mortgage their lifelong income to receive a single dose of a drug or a single treatment - how do you control these medical costs? Warmest Regards, Sandy
MSgt Carter Urban
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I read through a few pages of questions, not a single response from "Senator Mitch". I'm guessing he a) cannot answer a single question honestly or b) is a troll
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CPT Mike Seals
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I agree
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MSgt Carter Urban
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TSgt Hunter Logan - I won't be holding my breath for any honest answers from a politician that won't even support the party values that elected him.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
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Yes, Senator. In light of this recent report “We concluded that the USCIS Field Office Director Martin at the San Bernardino office improperly delayed HSI agents from conducting a lawful and routine law enforcement action…” the report said. “We have also concluded that the Field Office Director was not candid with OIG investigators during her interview,” why hasn't Ms. Martin been indicted for obstructing a federal criminal investigation and perjury?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/06/federal-immigration-boss-at-center-turf-war-over-terror-suspect-facing-disciplinary-action.html?intcmp=hpbt4
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SFC Healthcare Specialist (Combat Medic)
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Thanks for taking the time. My question is with minimum increases in military wages and with the civilian/military pay gap growing larger for work we do; would you even propose, sponsor, or consider a special income tax bracket for military members active/reserve/national guard. We are losing any ground we had compared to the civilian markets we are being forced to for everyday living. All of our advantages (exchanges, health care, retirement, BAH, etc) are being nickel and dimed at a slow but increasing rate, while pay has only went up at the slowest historical rates (2011-1.4%, 2102-1.6%, 2013-1.7%,2014-1%,2015-1.3%,2016-1.3%, and 2017 is projected at 1.6%).
I think a special tax rate for anyone serving active duty under 8 years should be a 6%, while anyone from 9-20 years should be 8%, and 21-40 should be capped at 12% at the federal level.
We hold an important job that possess a unique skill set that only employees a total of 1.4 million to include the Coast Guard(active), while maintaining rough 800,000 in the COMPO 2 and 3 forces.
http://www.defenseone.com/management/2014/09/heres-chart-showing-30-years-military-pay-raises/94124/
So Senator McConnell, would you support a special tax rate for Military Personnel?
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Read the facts and look at the chart attached, it will show a history of very low raises for the last few years. We're a service that is coming out of the nation's longest historical wars, which will breed more veteran mental health issues that has lead to more suicides and homelessness since post WW1 numbers (we're better at collecting data now).
Military pay is one issue that can be fixed easily to retain more top talent and assist people with the ever rising cost of expense we're having to pay for things that use to be included. Please vote this up because I want it to be at the forefront of this blog to grab his attention.
Read this quick briefing paper.
http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/155_PDF/ME2_Fall_SI/AmericanWarsCreateHomelessness.pdf
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MCPO William Strock
MCPO William Strock
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McConnell is one of the leaders of the leaders that are "nickel and dimeing" the military, he is no friend of the military.
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He's here, so I hope the community can focus their efforts on suggestive issues and not complaints or criticisms of what the Washington pic is or the culture that has been infested. Just wish to take care of the combatants like "they" take care of themselves.
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Even though I thought he assisted with targeted raises and a 4.8% raise for military in the late 90's like 97-99, when I was coming in.
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