That’s not what the organizing resolution says.
Occasionally McConnell can be useful.
Great news if this is true.
A true opposition party could stop this nomination if they wanted to under these circumstances.
Too many of the GOP Senators are Assistant Democrats for this to happen.
It would be total insanity for the Senate to advance such an incompetent nominee to the SCOTUS.
Therefore, nothing would surprise me in these times.
I’ll believe this when I see it, and I don’t expect to see it. Too much corruption in the Senate.
Get her out...she’s a total POS.
I’d rather have Al Sharpton than this repulsive wench.
We’ll still get someone bad, but this person is a not even clown-level.
Lol “hardline cons”.
Nuke pption is now ok for judges. Jarry reid started that. McConnell continued it. Unless schumer really doesn’t want the lady, she’s a lock. If they don’t nuke it, then schumer wants the other black lady, but he gets to blame it on McConnell.
I forgot. 50/50 tie gets broken by harris.
If McConnell exposes enough RINO Senators (Romney, Collins, Murkowski etc.) infuriating the Republican base using this strategy how does that help him? He must have the RINOs with him in opposition already.
What did McConnell give away in return?
I don’t think Schumer would agree to this.
Probably wishful thinking. Harry Reid started it for District Court of Appeals nominees and Mitch extended it to SCOTUS. I don’t think McConnell is going to use a procedural rule to block a SCOTUS nominee by filibuster. On the other hand, McConnell has played hardball on previous Dem candidates, and blocked Merrick Garland, so you never know when “Cocaine Mitch” will show up.
And in any case, the bottom line is that 50 Senators plus the VP are enough to do anything except override a veto or convict on impeachmentm
I don’t know how but if it’s possible Mitt Romney will screw it up!!!
Am I to believe a tweet that isn’t nasty, mean and from some guy I never heard? I will wait and see. There’s nothing for me to do that would make any difference anyway. I already called my two Senators. I’m sure Bob Casey ignored my message and I get the feeling, believe or not, that Arlen Toomey wants to retire with a slightly different reputation that he has earned.
If this is correct, I think Brown gets 10 R votes for cloture. Then they vote No on nomination. That way, depending on audience, they can say they voted for Brown or against Brown.
Brown still gets to the Supremes that way.
Hope it’s correct.
Personally, I never even understood the legal theory that produced a nomination for the Supreme Court without an actual vacancy.