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re: Senate Democrats to filibuster Trump SCOTUS nominee regardless of who it is
Posted on 1/30/17 at 12:20 pm to Sentrius
Posted on 1/30/17 at 12:20 pm to Sentrius
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The US Senate voted on Thursday to change the rules that have enabled Republicans to block Barack Obama's nominees for top administration posts.
By 52 votes to 48, senators approved along partisan lines a measure that would ban the use of the filibuster to prevent nominees from being confirmed.
In a speech in support of the measure, majority leader Harry Reid accused Republicans of blocking nominees in the pursuit of unrelated legislative goals.
"For the first time in the history of our republic, Republicans have routinely used the filibuster to prevent President Obama from appointing an executive team and from appointing judges," Reid said. "The need for change is so, so very obvious. It's clearly visible. It's manifest we have to do something to change things."
Until now, 60 votes have been required to lift or avoid a filibuster. Under the new rules, a simple majority of 51 would suffice. The new measure would not apply to supreme court nominees. "It's an undeniable fact that the obstruction we've seen in recent years is altogether new," Reid said after the vote.
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Republicans have warned, however, that Democrats may regret the move when they next find themselves in the minority. "Some of us have been here long enough to know the shoe is sometimes on the other foot," minority leader Mitch McConnell said, on the Senate floor. "You'll regret this, and you may regret it a lot sooner than you think."
The article does say it does not cover Supreme Court nominations, but I find it funny nonetheless.
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Posted on 1/30/17 at 12:23 pm to Sentrius
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Senate Democrats to filibuster Trump SCOTUS nominee regardless of who it is
well isn't that what the republicans did last year?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 12:24 pm to Sentrius
Anyone else sick of hearing talking heads say that Trump needs to compromise with the dims?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 12:25 pm to Sentrius
Just nuclear them. They let that cat out of the bag
Posted on 1/30/17 at 12:35 pm to Sentrius
Nuclear option will get it done. Thanks to POS Harry Reid for making this possible. What goes around, comes around Harry.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 12:37 pm to Sentrius
2 words: nuclear option
Thank you HarrymotherfrickingReid
Thank you HarrymotherfrickingReid
Posted on 1/30/17 at 1:05 pm to Sentrius
Excellent news here. Keep fighting the good fight. If Republicans can do this for a year, then we will do it for 4 years.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 1:17 pm to Sentrius
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Senate Democrats to filibuster Trump SCOTUS nominee regardless of who it is
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Posted on 1/30/17 at 1:23 pm to Sentrius
They're such a reasonable bunch.
ATTENTION: Those who think that a middle ground can be found with Democrats, as if the past 8 years haven't taught you they desire no middle ground, this should hopefully serve as another reminder that there is NO middle ground to be had with radicals, and that's exactly what they have become. When we bend, we only take the line of middle ground further and further to the left. It never goes to the right, so stop bending. Take notes from Obama. He didn't give a rats arse about Conservatives and finding a middle ground. frick the Democrats, exactly like they treated Conservatives, give them their own medicine.
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ATTENTION: Those who think that a middle ground can be found with Democrats, as if the past 8 years haven't taught you they desire no middle ground, this should hopefully serve as another reminder that there is NO middle ground to be had with radicals, and that's exactly what they have become. When we bend, we only take the line of middle ground further and further to the left. It never goes to the right, so stop bending. Take notes from Obama. He didn't give a rats arse about Conservatives and finding a middle ground. frick the Democrats, exactly like they treated Conservatives, give them their own medicine.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 1:41 pm to Sentrius
I mean....what did you expect?
They'll force the GOP to go nuclear. That's their only play.
They'll force the GOP to go nuclear. That's their only play.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 2:29 pm to Sentrius
give Merrick the seat or wait 2 more years to see if you can get to 60.
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Posted on 1/30/17 at 2:48 pm to Sentrius
I say let them filibuster the SCOTUS pick, and wait before using the nuclear option until after the 2018 elections. Hammer all of the Trump states that have sitting Dems up for re-election that their incumbent senator has been obstructing for 2 years. See how that ends up for them.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:05 pm to Sentrius
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That means Trump's nominee will need 60 votes to be confirmed by the Senate.
How hard should it be for Trump to propose a Supreme Court Justice who would be accepable to 60 senators?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:24 pm to Sentrius
And I am SURE this board was Furious with the Republicans refusal of Obama's pick.
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:30 pm to Sentrius
Of the 25 Democrat or Independent Senators up for reelection in 2018 how many will carry the charade to the point it sinks their reelection chances?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 3:41 pm to Sentrius
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That means Trump's nominee will need 60 votes to be confirmed by the Senate.
How hard should it be for Trump to propose a Supreme Court Justice who would be accepable to 60 senators?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:05 am to Sentrius
They shouldn't go nuclear. The Senate is not the house. It was designed to protect the minority party so that nothing would get done. Getting rid of the cloture rule just means that the conservatives will be run over when the pendulum swings back again.
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