Use the Schumer rule.
Holding breath, fingers crossed that dems go through with it and filibuster Gorsuch!!
I think the Dems actually WANT McConnell to invoke the Reid Rule because then they can say to their base there was nothing they could do.
Do not forget about McCain.
WHo was it that actually put this Senate Rule in to the Rules?? My memory tells me that it was always a Majority Vote for Supreme Court Justices, see Clarence Thomas 52-48
The 2/3 vote s meant for legislative matters...not for consent matters.
The only reason to expect anything else is the assumption by the Dems that the Republican's can't come up with 50 votes to repeal the 60 vote requirement for cloture on Supreme Court nominees.
One of the effects of the prolonged argument is to lock the Republican into position on the issue--if the Dem's won't vote cloture on the debate, the Republicans will modify the cloture rule. Simple as that.
The real issue before the Senate at this point is not the Gorsuch nomination but nomination of replacements for Ginsberg and Kennedy, both of which can be foreseen in the next eight or ten months.
The Dems can reasonably expect that if the 60 vote requirement stays in place, the Republican's won't find a nominee that persuades the Senate to revoke the rule prior to the next election.
It’s easy for McConnell to take this position knowing full well
That McCain will betray him. That way, McConell can claim he did everything he could.
We should just pack it in and go home
Behind the scenes: Schumer will remove the filibuster on Gorsuch if Mitch (rhymes with...) agrees by handshake to not go nuclear on SCOTUS slot #2. Mitch is a beta male, and will agree.
Good to hear!
both in 1917, when the filibuster rule was established, and again in 1975, when it was modified to its current status, Democrats had the majority in the Senate. This was not necessarily to bring harmony.
The Democrats dominated congress for many years and had their will. Of course this was before the Dems became controlled by the Socialist wing of its party.
We saw Polosi and Reid’s brand of politics when she said to vote for the Obamacare bill before knowing what was in it, and his destruction of the cloture rule for Federal judges in order to stack the Federal Courts.
The Dems have always played dirty, especially since the Socialist wing has taken control. They wear masks and they manipulate.
Invoke the nuclear option. Then no politician can hide behind, “I supported the bill”, or “I opposed the bill”, in order the cover their backside when facing election. The masks tat Dems wear are beginning to slip. Hopefully the masks worn by liberal Republican will be ripped off for all to see.
If we only instituted TERM LIMITS fewer RATs would be concerned about losing party backing for their reelection. Then they could vote honestly.