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To: sickoflibs

In April 2017, he [Flake] voted to invoke cloture (end debate) on the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, putting an end to the Democratic filibuster. Flake also voted for the “nuclear option,” ending the ability to filibuster Supreme Court nominees, and deviating from Senate tradition.

He stated, “While changing Senate rules was not my preferred outcome, this will simply make de jure what was de facto prior to 2003, when filibusters were virtually never used on the executive calendar.

source: wikipedia


24 posted on 06/27/2018 7:48:26 PM PDT by donna (The United States Constitution and the Koran are mutually exclusive.)
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To: donna

Good points!

Its unlikely that LOD Dems dreams will come though on this, but I had to get it out there.


26 posted on 06/27/2018 7:58:49 PM PDT by sickoflibs ('Equal protection' only applies to illegals not you!)
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