Mitch has envoked the nuclear option on judge nominees.
-SB
The headline sounds as though not a done deal, but it is a done deal. At least that how it looks to me from the article, the arcane folderol in the Senate is beyond my ken. And other sources said that McConnell did get the rules changed. FINALLY.
McConnell Pushing Senate to Adopt Two-Hour Debate Limit
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mcconnell-pushing-senate-to-adopt-two-hour-debate-limit_2865451.html
WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a huge first step Wednesday afternoon to enacting a new rule limiting debate on most presidential nominations to two hours.
McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, had to raise a point of order after the Senate approved a cloture motion to limit debate to 30 hours on President Donald Trump’s nominations of Jeffrey Kessler as an assistant secretary of commerce.
When McConnell raised the point of order to instead set a two-hour limit, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), sitting as the Senate Presiding Officer, ruled against the majority leader.
McConnell appealed the ruling and senators voted to overrule the presiding officer on a 51-48 count.
(More on the mind-numbing Senate procedure stuff at link)
Has he? Too bad he had to, but better now than later.