Clearing the road for the incoming Trump administration…
The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America are launching a $1 million campaign to advocate for the “prompt confirmation” of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees.
“Taking down the deep state isn’t just a priority for President Trump — it’s the mandate the American people gave him,” president of the Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America Dr. Kevin Roberts told Fox News Digital. “If he succeeds, it will cement his legacy as the president who confronted Washington’s unaccountable bureaucracy and restored power to the people.”
Roberts said Trump’s Cabinet choices “reflect a commitment to this mission, and now is the time for every conservative to quickly unite behind his nominees and get to work saving this great republic.”
Heritage Executive Vice President Ryan Walker, said the organization and its “millions of grassroots conservatives stand ready to support President Trump and his slate of nominees through a swift Senate confirmation process.”
Former general counsel to the U.S. Department of Transportation under Trump and distinguished fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Steve Bradbury, told Fox News Digital that Trump “is right to demand a return to the regular constitutional order for appointments in which the Senate gives his nominees expedited consideration and a prompt confirmation vote.”
“The advice and consent function of the Senate is critical to our constitutional system of separated powers, but it should not be used to obstruct the president’s ability to put qualified appointees in place,” Bradbury said. “The president is also right to demand an end to the Senate’s dubious practice of using pro forma sessions to prevent recess appointments.”
Bradbury noted that until recent history, presidents have exercised their authority under the Constitution to fill vacancies during recesses of the Senate with temporary appointments.
“This power is an important check on the Senate’s advice and consent function, and President Trump is right to reserve his authority to make use of his recess appointment power if the Senate refuses to give his nominees fair and prompt consideration,” he said.
Trump has already tapped the majority of key Cabinet officials and is “confident” that Senate Republicans “will hold the line and respect the will of the American people by approving his cabinet nominees.”
A Trump transition official told Fox News Digital that the president-elect is “very happy” with Vice President-elect JD Vance, who has been “laser focused on already getting the ball rolling on his highly-qualified nominees.”
Trump’s nominees and administration picks during his second administration are being publicly announced at a much faster pace than during his first administration in 2016, which the transition team attributed to Trump’s commitment to putting “America first.”
“The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin, giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail, and his Cabinet picks reflect his priority to put America First. President Trump will continue to appoint highly qualified men and women who have the talent, experience and necessary skill sets to Make America Great Again,” Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt previously said when asked about Trump’s speedy rollout of Cabinet picks.
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There are only SEVENTEEN specific duties/powers for fedzilla specified in the Constitution. Any powers assumed by the feds that does not fit within those duties as listed are a usurpation. Period. That is why the 10th Amendment leaves those duties to the ‘several states’. Prove me wrong.
It is my hope that the Heritage Foundation will target Republican held seats to primary and rid the Senate & House of those politicians who have been there far too long and lost sight that they are entrusted to focus on effectively serving their districts rather than their continued re-election to office. I’m referring to RINOs like McConnell, Collins, Romney, & Murkowski who prefer the status quo in which they have succeeded rather than support desperately need change to make the government more responsive to the people rather than to keep them inharness. We must get rid of the self-aggrandizing dead weight in our own party before subduing the democrats and liberals. If these comfort seeking republicans had supported Matt Gaetz for Attorney General we would have seen well-deserved retribution for members of the prior administration who used the weight of the federal government to trod upon the rights of citizens. But since these RINOs were not directly impacted, justice is of no consequence to them.