The confirmation hearings begin: The Senate begins confirmation hearings today for president-elect Donald Trump's nominations to his cabinet. For Catholics, a couple of the nominees raise specific concerns.
MGB: I would rejoice at getting Sen. Sessions out of the Senate, but he would be replaced with someone equally bad. His nomination is a wake up call to people who would not vote because Obama was not on the ticket that voting matters.
DeVoss won't have the power to overturn the education establishment, but she will move the conversation. I wonder if she (or the bishops) would entertain a compromise to require that voucher funded schools be unionized? If not, I hope she fails badly.
Tillerson may be an excellent deal maker, but the question is whether he can be a Department of State organization man. More important is seeing who his Deputy is, as the Deputy runs the department, including much of the policy.
The Democrats were overconfident fools when they changed the filibuster rules. They made their beds and now they can lie in them. The same is true of Trump voters.
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