Democrats close in on 41 votes to block Gorsuch
Mitch McConnell reiterates that he's prepared to kill the filibuster to get the high court nominee confirmed.
By Seung Min Kim
04/02/17 07:00 PM EDT
Updated 04/03/17 11:59 AM EDT
Neil Gorsuch almost certainly will end this week confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. And the Senate’s rules — indeed, the institutional character of the chamber — seem just as sure to end up severely eroded.
Senate Democrats are quickly closing in on the 41 votes needed to block the nomination of President Donald Trump’s first pick for the Supreme Court. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his GOP ranks aren’t backing down in the face of the filibuster threat, continuing to insist that Gorsuch will be installed as the next high court justice, whether Democrats like it or not.
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