“Under the rules, the cloture motion will ripen one hour after the Senate convenes on Thursday, April 6th.”
If I’m reading this right, doesn’t it mean they can take the final vote one hour after the Senate convenes on Thursday? If so, then it may be because Prez Trump has to skedaddle down to Mar A Lago to meet with the Chinese Premier on Friday, and Trump probably wants to swear Gorsuch in before he leaves for FL. Where am I going wrong here?
It may have been done now to throw the dRats off balance. It sure did me.
Between now and when cloture ripens, democrats can “filibuster”. How do they initiate a fillibuster?
Vote on cloture happens Thursday. They can go nuclear immediately after the vote. You’re not missing anything.