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To: Snowybear

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)


826 posted on 04/03/2019 7:37:57 PM PDT by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)
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To: little jeremiah

The Senate is the saucer where hot headed legislation goes to cool.


918 posted on 04/04/2019 6:50:11 AM PDT by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)
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