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Senate panel advances Gorsuch to 'nuclear' showdown
« on: April 03, 2017, 06:55:11 pm »
Senate panel advances Gorsuch to 'nuclear' showdown
By Alexander Bolton - 04/03/17 02:34 PM EDT

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday morning advanced the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, setting up a bitter floor fight that will likely end with Republicans triggering the "nuclear option" to change Senate rules.

The committee voted along party lines, with all 11 Republicans voting for Gorsuch and all 9 Democrats voting against him.

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Re: Senate panel advances Gorsuch to 'nuclear' showdown
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2017, 08:31:47 pm »
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Re: Senate panel advances Gorsuch to 'nuclear' showdown
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2017, 01:28:07 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on April 03, 2017, 08:31:47 pm
OK, Chucky:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Munn2k6tbwA

Yep!  Chucky has no shame... it will be interesting to see what his next move is.
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Re: Senate panel advances Gorsuch to 'nuclear' showdown
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2017, 03:19:07 pm »
Another concern with the nuclear option; yes, in 2013, Senate Democrats employed a series of procedural maneuvers to change the requirement to a simple majority for all Cabinet-level and judicial nominations, all except for those to the Supreme Court.

So...wouldn't the nuclear option have to again be changed in order to include nominations to SCOTUS??
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