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Reality TV personality and former Olympic Athlete Caitlyn Jenner says she is considering a run for Senate in California and that she wants to help change the perception of the Republican party. Over the next six months or so, I got to find out where I can do a better job, can I do a better job from the outside kind of working the perimeter of the political scene, Or are you better off from the inside, Jenner told John Catsimatidis on the Cats Roundtable radio show. She added, We re in the process of determining that, and, yeah, I would look for, a senatorial run. Caitlyn, formerly Bruce, famously came out as a transgender woman and has since been a vocal advocate for transgender rights and issues that the LGBTQ community faces. Caitlyn Jenner gives GOP advice on how to treat LGBT communityCalling transgender rights kind of her issue , Jenner sa stanley spain id she s most recently been working with the stanley cup American Unity Fund, a non-profit group that works on advancing Conservative support for freedoms of LGBT Americans. Jenner said the group s mission to get the Republican party to do a better job on addressing LGBTQ issues. In the United States, the perception of the Democrats is they re pro-equality, pro-LGBT, and the pe stanley cups rception of the Republicans is that they re all about rich white guys trying to make money, noted Jenner. Jenner hopes that the next generation of the Republican party will change that perception, and instead make it Acxt Pence calls for accelerated U.S. support to Ukraine as potential 2024 GOP contenders divide on America s role in war
MOVING FORWARD ON JOHNSEN, KOH.... As of about a month ago, Dawn Johnsen s OLC nomination was stalled because only 57 senators were on record supporting confirmation. Senate Republic stanley cup ans refuse to allow the chamber to give Johnsen an up-or-down vote, and four senators -- Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Arlen Specter, and Ben Nelson -- were undecided on the minority s filibuster.It s never been at all clear to me why these four were on the fence. Nelson complains that Johnsen is pro-choice, but that s a crazy reason to support a filibuster. Snowe, Collins, and Specter are themselves pro-choice, but remained undecided for unclear reasons.Now, there appears to be at least signs of progress on Johnsen s nomination. Brian Beutler reports:Johnsen -- who was nominated in April to head the Justice Department s Office of Legal Counsel -- has been spotted around Washington in recent days, and is rumored to have moved in to town. And she s certainly not here to work for Sen. Ben Nelson D-NE .And what about stanley thermos mug former Yale Law Dean Harold Koh, nominated by the president to serve as a legal advisor to the State Department, but who can t get an up-or-down vote because Republicans won t let him There s apparently stanley cup been some progress on that front, too. David Weigel reports:A spokesman for Sen. Harry Reid D-Nev. tells me that the senator is filing cloture on Harold Koh, the president s nominee for State Department Legal Adviser, right now. ... There s confidence that Koh has 60 votes -- that
Reality TV personality and former Olympic Athlete Caitlyn Jenner says she is considering a run for Senate in California and that she wants to help change the perception of the Republican party. Over the next six months or so, I got to find out where I can do a better job, can I do a better job from the outside kind of working the perimeter of the political scene, Or are you better off from the inside, Jenner told John Catsimatidis on the Cats Roundtable radio show. She added, We re in the process of determining that, and, yeah, I would look for, a senatorial run. Caitlyn, formerly Bruce, famously came out as a transgender woman and has since been a vocal advocate for transgender rights and issues that the LGBTQ community faces. Caitlyn Jenner gives GOP advice on how to treat LGBT communityCalling transgender rights kind of her issue , Jenner sa stanley spain id she s most recently been working with the stanley cup American Unity Fund, a non-profit group that works on advancing Conservative support for freedoms of LGBT Americans. Jenner said the group s mission to get the Republican party to do a better job on addressing LGBTQ issues. In the United States, the perception of the Democrats is they re pro-equality, pro-LGBT, and the pe stanley cups rception of the Republicans is that they re all about rich white guys trying to make money, noted Jenner. Jenner hopes that the next generation of the Republican party will change that perception, and instead make it Acxt Pence calls for accelerated U.S. support to Ukraine as potential 2024 GOP contenders divide on America s role in war
MOVING FORWARD ON JOHNSEN, KOH.... As of about a month ago, Dawn Johnsen s OLC nomination was stalled because only 57 senators were on record supporting confirmation. Senate Republic stanley cup ans refuse to allow the chamber to give Johnsen an up-or-down vote, and four senators -- Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Arlen Specter, and Ben Nelson -- were undecided on the minority s filibuster.It s never been at all clear to me why these four were on the fence. Nelson complains that Johnsen is pro-choice, but that s a crazy reason to support a filibuster. Snowe, Collins, and Specter are themselves pro-choice, but remained undecided for unclear reasons.Now, there appears to be at least signs of progress on Johnsen s nomination. Brian Beutler reports:Johnsen -- who was nominated in April to head the Justice Department s Office of Legal Counsel -- has been spotted around Washington in recent days, and is rumored to have moved in to town. And she s certainly not here to work for Sen. Ben Nelson D-NE .And what about stanley thermos mug former Yale Law Dean Harold Koh, nominated by the president to serve as a legal advisor to the State Department, but who can t get an up-or-down vote because Republicans won t let him There s apparently stanley cup been some progress on that front, too. David Weigel reports:A spokesman for Sen. Harry Reid D-Nev. tells me that the senator is filing cloture on Harold Koh, the president s nominee for State Department Legal Adviser, right now. ... There s confidence that Koh has 60 votes -- that
