Fair? They call denying his picks "fair"? They didn't see it fair to allow Republicans to deny Obama's picks as "fair". They used the nuclear option.
Posted on 01/04/2017 3:32:49 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Incoming Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says he regrets a 2013 decision by Senate Democrats, known as the “nuclear option” to decrease the number of senators needed to confirm Cabinet picks from 60 to 51 votes.
“I wish it hadn’t happened,” Schumer said in an interview with CNN, about the move that was triggered by former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid (D-NV).
The move is dubbed the “nuclear option” because by altering the filibuster rules it stands to blow up bipartisan Senate relations.
“I argued against it at the time,” Schumer said. “I said both for Supreme Court and in Cabinet should be 60, because on such important positions there should be some degree of bipartisanship. I won on Supreme Court, lost on Cabinet. But, that’s what we have to live with now.”
Republicans hold a 52-48 majority in the new Senate which means they already have the number needed to confirm Trump’s nominees without the Democrats. However, the Democrats have still vowed to fight against the picks. Schumer and his fellow Democratic senators will aggressively target eight of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, which he refers to as “rigged.”
“If Republicans think they can quickly jam through a whole slate of nominees without a fair hearing process, they’re sorely mistaken,” Schumer said recently...
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I say run them through in a day. To the victors go the spoils.
Now the Republicans need to install it for Supreme Court nominations.
Fair? They call denying his picks "fair"? They didn't see it fair to allow Republicans to deny Obama's picks as "fair". They used the nuclear option.
Only worth news point of the story.
...something something chickens, something something, home to roost.
Well payback is a bitch, Chuck-and your tears of regret are delicious...
Who are the others? He’s the only one talking against unfiltered leftism in the Democrat party right now
It’s not unconstitutional as it is a enumerated right of the U.S Congress to establish it’s own internal rules and order.
Only a Supreme Court intent on having itself marginalized would attempt to put their nose in that business.
Chucky is gonna need a lotta butthurt cream.
No, Schumer did not vote against it. Joe Manchin, Mark Pryor, and surprisingly, Mark Levin, were the only Dems to vote against it.
If wishes were horses, Chuckie, if wishes were horses . . . . .
Chuckie, you’re breaking my heart.
Hoist on your own petard.
I would support suspending the filibuster until such a time as when Senators are once again appointed by their state legislatures as intended by the Founders.
I have rejected that argument for years. The constitution spells out those votes that require greater than a majority. Manipulating language to create different legislative requirements on already spelled out constitutional processes is an attack on the constitution and a covert amending of it.
Now, here's the fun part: watch as Trump does indeed "jam through a whole slate of nominees".
Lol. ANYTHING a liberal says, the exact opposite is true. Every. Single. Time.
Oooh, I forgot about her snotty statement!
I agree that disconnection of senators from their state legislature was a huge mistake.
That slimy POS wasn’t complaining then if my memory is correct. Tough Duck ahole move aside, “elections have consequences”.
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