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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest called out Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday after Grassley blamed Democrats for not confirming Loretta Lynch while they controlled the Senate.
Earnest accused Grassley of being "duplicitous" when he said earlier this week that Democrats could have confirmed Lynch in December before they handed over control of the Senate to Republicans. Last year, Grassley had urged Democrats to wait until Republicans took control of the Senate before beginning Lynch's confirmation hearings.
During the White House press briefing on Thursday, Earnest said Grassley made an "astounding display of duplicity," which he said was sad because Grassley had a reputation as "somebody who is true to his word." Earnest also suggested that perhaps Grassley, who was first elected to the House in 1974 and the Senate in 1980, had been in Washington too long. - Huffington Post, 4/16/15
Here's what Grassley said earlier this week after confirming judicial nominee Alfred H. Bennett:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Monday evening deftly turned the table on Democrats, who confirmed a dozen federal judges at the end of 2014 before losing power. If they hadn’t passed so many, “we’d have more stars in our cap, but they got the stars in theirs,” he told the Loop.
Then, before hustling onto the Senate floor to vote for Bennett, Grassley added, “They could have done Loretta Lynch, and now they are complaining about not getting that done.” - Washington Post, 4/14/15
Ah, but here's what Grassley said in September:
http://www.pbs.org/...
Some Republicans are urging Obama to delay a nomination until after a new Senate is sworn in next year. Democrats control the chamber now, but the majority is up for grabs in November.
“Rather than rush a nominee through the Senate in a lame-duck session, I hope the president will now take his time to nominate a qualified individual who can start fresh relationships with Congress so that we can solve the problems facing our country,” said Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, which will hold hearings on the nominee.
In response to those GOP calls, Earnest raised the example of President George W. Bush’s nomination of Robert Gates as defense secretary the day after the 2006 midterm election in which Republicans lost their Senate majority.
“In less than a month, December 6, Secretary Gates was confirmed to his post, with strong bipartisan support,” Earnest recalled. “So there is a precedent for presidents making important Cabinet nominations and counting on Congress to confirm them promptly, even in the context of a lame-duck session, if necessary.”
Earnest also pointed out that Attorney General Eric Holder’s predecessor, Michael Mukasey, was confirmed by a Senate led by the opposition party seven weeks later. “So there is a pretty clear precedent for attorneys general and for other prominent Cabinet officials to go through the process of being nominated and confirmed quickly and with bipartisan support,” Earnest said. - PBS News Hour, 9/26/14
Might want to keep track of your bull shit statements there, Chuck.