The principled limited government constitutional conservative leaders of the Conservative Action Project just sent a letter to Leader McConnell urging Senators to hold a firmer line on confirming any more of President Biden’s nominees.
If Senate Republicans were truly engaged in an effort to frustrate the Biden agenda, there would be far more tied votes, requiring a tie break from Vice President Kamala Harris. However, of the 528 votes cast in the first session of the 117th Congress, Vice President Harris has only had to cast a tie-breaking vote 14 times.
Full text of the letter and list of signers follows:
March 16, 2022
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader
United States Senate
S-230 U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Leader McConnell:
Conservatives are increasingly concerned with the Senate Republican conference regularly voting to confirm President Biden’s executive nominees. Other than a few notable exceptions, the conference is not using all the tools at its disposal to prevent President Biden from stocking the senior positions in the federal government with radical leftists.
For example:
28 Republicans voted for Anthony Blinken
8 Republicans voted for Rahm Emanuel
43 Republicans voted for Lloyd Austin
20 Republicans voted for Merrick Garland
If Senate Republicans were truly engaged in an effort to frustrate the Biden agenda, there would be far more tied votes, requiring a tie break from Vice President Kamala Harris. However, of the 528 votes cast in the first session of the 117th Congress, Vice President Harris has only had to cast a tie-breaking vote 14 times.
Senate Republicans cannot say on one hand that they are vehemently opposed to the Biden agenda while at the same time voting consistently to confirm dozens of nominees intent on expanding Biden’s vision for massive government expansion and control.
Particularly as the administration becomes more intent on using the levers of government to impose their radical views on all Americans, we urge the Senate GOP conference to take a firmer line on confirming any more of Biden’s nominees.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Tom Jones
Co-Founder
American Accountability Foundation
The Honorable Paul S. Teller, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Advancing American Freedom
L. Brent Bozell III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
William L. Walton
The Bill Walton Show
Resolute Protector Foundation
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Scott T. Parkinson
VP for Government Affairs
Club for Growth
Alfred S. Regnery
President
Republic Book Publishers
The Honorable Matt Schlapp
Chairman
American Conservative Union (ACU)
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute
Lori Roman
President
ACRU Action Fund
Chad Connelly
Founder and President
Faith Wins
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
Elaine Donnelly
Founder and President
Center for Military Readiness
Guillermo J. Aragon
Chief Strategy Officer
Martin Capital
Lourdes Cosio
Campaign for the American Future
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain, National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Don Woodsmall
Interim President
Center for Security Policy
Richard Wright
Owner
R & S LLC
Michelle Easton
President, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women
Mark J. Fitzgibbons
President of Corporate Affairs
American Target Advertising
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Carey Woodruff
Executive Vice President, Foundation for American Christian Education
Tom DeWeese
President
American Policy Center
Richard Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
Willes K. Lee
Immediate Past President, National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Allen J. Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
Dr. Allen Unruh
Founder
National Abstinence Clearinghouse
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State House
The Honorable Diana Denman
President
The Reagan Legacy Forum
Martha Fain
President
VAF
Paavo Ensio
Chairman
Universal Minerals Group
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
William Shaker
CEO
Washington Marketing Group
Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Law Offices of Jack Park
Penna Dexter
Co-host
Point of View Radio
Amy Kremer
Chairwoman
Women for America First
Robert D. Thompson
Former Administrator
The Weyrich Lunch (1999-2016)
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman, Conservative Action Project (CAP) and Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Matthew Buckham
Fmr. Special Asst. of Presidential Personnel for Donald J. Trump
Founder, American Accountability Foundation
Terry Schilling
President
American Principles Project
The Honorable Mary Vought
Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Senior Legal Fellow
Conservative Partnership Institute
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
The Honorable Donald Paul Hodel
U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)
U.S. Secretary of Interior (1985-1989)
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
Rachel A. Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
Wesley Denton
Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer
Presidential Historian
Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Christina Murphy Lusk
President
The Martin Foundation
Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Nancy Schulze
Founder, President
RCW Speakers
Eunie Smith
President Emeritus
Eagle Forum
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Ventures
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Kathleen Patten
President & CEO
American Target Advertising, Inc.
William P. Mills III
Executive Committee Member
Council for National Policy
Jason Jones
President
Movie to Movement
Father Frank Pavone
National Director
Priests for Life
Theresa Barbale
Executive Director
Life Network of Southwest Florida
The Honorable Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
MRC
Roxanne Phillips
Executive Committee Member
Council for National Policy
Ralph A. Rebandt II
Gubernatorial Candidate
Ralph Rebandt for Governor
Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property
Melvin Adams
President
Noah Webster Educational Foundation
Floyd Brown
Founder
The Western Journal
Richard G. Scurry
VP Product Development
14All.us, ltd.
Shirley F. Lewis
Retired
Lewis Jewelers and More
Dr. Teryn Clarke
Neurologist
Clarke Neurology
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP
Debbie Wuthnow
President
IVoterGuide.com
Walker H. Wildmon
CEO
AFA Action
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Joseph R. Gregory
CEO
Gregory Mgt. Co.
Ann Quest
Founder
UNITY Quest
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