Schumer confident Democrats have votes to block Gorsuch

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Schumer confident Democrats have votes to block Gorsuch

The Senate minority leader is prepared to force Mitch McConnell to try to invoke the 'nuclear option.'

By Burgess Everett and Elana Schor

03/23/17 09:21 PM EDT

Updated 03/24/17 09:06 AM EDT

Chuck Schumer is prepared to push the Senate into a nuclear confrontation over the Supreme Court.

In an extensive interview with POLITICO Thursday, the Senate minority leader made his most definitive statement to date that Democrats will deny Neil Gorsuch the 60 votes he needs to clear a Senate filibuster and ascend to the Supreme Court. Dismissing the notion of a deal to confirm Gorsuch floated by some members of his caucus this week, Schumer all but declared that Donald Trump's nominee will not receive the requisite eight Democratic votes — and that it will be up to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as to whether to try to blow up the filibuster to get Gorsuch through.

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What a slimey POS Schumer is...Harry Reid taught him well!

[Frank Cannon]

What a slimey POS Schumer is...Harry Reid taught him well!

Reid also taught McConnell well. It's called the nuclear option and it will be the Rats nightmare come to life.

[libertybele]

Reid also taught McConnell well. It's called the nuclear option and it will be the Rats nightmare come to life.

That's all dependent on if the Turtle has a spine.

[Bigun]

What a slimey POS Schumer is...Harry Reid taught him well!

And he continues to prove it on a daily basis!

http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/23/tom-cotton-chuck-schumer-confrontation-cia-director-mike-pompeo-senate-floor

http://www.weeklystandard.com/republicans-rethinking-relationship-with-schumer-after-pompeo-incident/article/2006451?custom_click=rss

[Frank Cannon]

That's all dependent on if the Turtle has a spine.

RINO Grahamnesty is calling for the Nuke Option now. It appears the Turtle wing of the party has decided to flex it's muscles.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

That's all dependent on if the Turtle has a spine.

All well and fine until the Dems control everything and then we'll have single payer for sure.

[Mesaclone]

All well and fine until the Dems control everything and then we'll have single payer for sure.

Dems are going to throw the 60 vote rule out the window REGARDLESS, so we'd be fools to cling to it now in some vain hope they'll honor it down the road. Had Harry not already tossed it aside for lower court judicial appointments, you might have a point. As you know, he tossed it aside like a dirty dishrag when it was convenient. Its beyond naive to cling to the hope that the Dems will honor 60 votes  in the future, when they've already proven otherwise.

[truth_seeker]

I wouldn't discount the chance McCain, Collins, Murkowsky and others prevent reaching 50+Pence to change rules.

IOW don't count on it being a slam dunk.

[Fishrrman]

Weird wrote:
"All well and fine until the Dems control everything and then we'll have single payer for sure."

You're quite the gullible one.

Don't you realize that the first time the ever-more-radical democrats regain power in the Senate, the FIRST THING they'll do is "go nuclear" to shove through whatever they want?

It makes no difference -- NONE -- what the Pubbies do regarding Gorsuch or the nuclear option today, or for as long as the Republicans retain control of the Senate.

The time for "being gentlemen" in the Senate is over.

THIS IS WAR.

The other side has been winning too long -- because they don't care about how our side feels, or objects. They just do what they're gonna do.

It's time for the Pubbies to get off their gentlemanly butts and do the same.

FIGHT BACK with all barrels blazing.

Nuke 'em!

[libertybele]

I wouldn't discount the chance McCain, Collins, Murkowsky and others prevent reaching 50+Pence to change rules.

IOW don't count on it being a slam dunk.

Agreed; too many RINO's and RINO leadership.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Re: Schumer confident Democrats have votes to block Gorsuch

We shouldn't be surprised if this is true.  Democrats are able to unify.  I'd even expect McCain and his bride to join them.

[libertybele]

Re: Schumer confident Democrats have votes to block Gorsuch

We shouldn't be surprised if this is true.  Democrats are able to unify.  I'd even expect McCain and his bride to join them.

After the healthcare fiasco the DEMS are now re-energized and I anticipate it's going to be a challenge now getting anything done; it appears that the DEMS still have their majority.