Friday, January 24, 2025

VP Vance Casts Tiebreaking Vote to Get Hegseth Confirmed (Connecting the Dots: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Elaine L. Chao & Soros Funding, All Networking)

VP Vance Casts Tiebreaking Vote to Get Hegseth Confirmed (Connecting the Dots: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Elaine L. Chao & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

By Michael Katz    |   Friday, 24 January 2025 09:59 PM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pete-hegseth-senate-confirmation-donald-trump/2025/01/24/id/1196462/

Vice President J.D. Vance was needed to break a tie Friday night in order for the Senate to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump's defense secretary.

It was the second time in U.S. history that a vice president was needed to break a tie to confirm a Cabinet nomination. The first was in 2017 in Trump's first administration, when Mike Pence cast the tiebreaking vote to confirm Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

"I thought I was done voting in the senate," Vance, a former Republican senator from Ohio, posted on X, with a laughing emoji.

Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against Hegseth, as expected, but a surprise no vote came from Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, forcing Vance, as president of the upper chamber, to step in with the tiebreaking vote.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., reportedly opened Friday's session saying that Hegseth, as a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, "will bring a warrior's perspective" to the top military job.

Connecting the Dots:

Addison M. McConnell (Mitch) is a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R-Kentucky, married to Elaine L. Chao and was a majority leader.

Elaine L. Chao is married to (Mitch) Addison M. McConnell, a fellow at the Hudson Institute (think tank), and a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

James A. Leach was a director at the Harvard University Institute of Politics and a member Japan-US Friendship Commission.

Lisa Murkowski is a member of the Japan-US Friendship Commission and a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R-Alaska.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Hudson Institute (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Susan M. Collins was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R- Maine and an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Kenneth M. Duberstein is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service and was a VP for the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Stuart E. Eizenstat
 was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Lloyd Howell Jr. was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is a director at the Partnership for Public Service.

John E. Sexton was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak was a director at the Partnership for Public Service and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and an EVP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. is a contractor for Obamacare and was the contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site for Obamacare.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative is Obamacare and was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Cameron F. Kerry is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLPJohn F. Kerry’s brother and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Susan M. Collins was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R- Maine and an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Hugh B. Price is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Mario M. Morino is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service and an honorary trustee the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lawrence H. Summers is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service, was the president of Harvard University, the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama administration and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Kenneth M. Duberstein is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the chairman for the Harvard University Institute of Politics and a trustee emeritus at the Hudson Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Hudson Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Elaine L. Chao  a fellow at the Hudson Institute (think tank), a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics and is married to (Mitch) Addison M. McConnell.

Addison M. McConnell (Mitch) is married to Elaine L. Chao, a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R-Kentucky and was a majority leader.

Resources: Past Research

Shaffer to Newsmax: Murkowski, Collins Looking to Politicize Hegseth Confirmation (Connecting the Dots: Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell, R.I.N.O.’s, The Japan-US Friendship Commission, The Partnership for Public Service, Obamacare, The Harvard University Institute of Politics & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski & Mitch McConnell)

Thursday, January 23, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/shaffer-to-newsmax-murkowski-collins.html

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