Schumer pressures Grassley to buck McConnell, uphold ‘blue slips’ that block judicial nominees

The Washington Times ^ | October 11, 2017 | Alex Swoyer

[jazusamo]

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer put pressure Wednesday on the GOP chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to retain the “blue slip” process that could give Democrats a path to scuttle some of the president’s judicial nominees.

Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat, told Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the chairman, to resist calls to de-prioritize the blue slip process — including suggestions from the Senate’s top Republican, Sen. Mitch McConnell.

“The Senate has fewer and fewer mechanisms that create bipartisanship and bring people to an agreement. The blue slips are one of them,” said Mr. Schumer in a press release on Wednesday.

Under a Senate tradition, unless both home-state senators return their blue slips signaling acquiescence, the Senate Judiciary Committee usually won’t proceed with a nomination.

[jazusamo]

Hilarious! Chuckie is crying crocodile tears over bipartisanship to bring people together. lol

[bagster]

These guys will say ANYTHING.

[NorthMountain]

mechanisms that create bipartisanship

STFU, Chuck, ya putz! You refuse to work with We the People, you try to shove your Uniparty Swamp Creature agenda on us ... we'll find ways to defeat you.

[originalbuckeye]

Blue slips=blocking the other party’s appointments......HOW IS THAT BI-PARTISANSHIP, SCHMUCKIE???

[Autonomous User]

Schumer is a whore an a two bit dirty dealin floor flushing sidewindin’ bushwackin’, hornswagglin’ cracker croaker.

[Political Junkie Too]

Under a Senate tradition, unless both home-state senators return their blue slips signaling acquiescence, the Senate Judiciary Committee usually won’t proceed with a nomination.

But... but... but...

I read an article on Townhall this morning that said:

Under a Senate tradition, unless both home-state senators return withhold their blue slips signaling acquiescence, the Senate Judiciary Committee usually won’t proceed with a nomination.

The article said the 20th century tradition needed both Senators to refuse, not both Senators to agree.

-PJ

[gubamyster]

Take you blue slip & stick it Cryin’ Chuck. Elections have consequences, or at least they should.

[bagster]

You ain’t never lied!!

[brewcrew1965]

The blue slips are nothing more than another means of obstruction.

[Safetgiver]

Schumer is a whore an a two bit dirty dealin floor flushing sidewindin’ bushwackin’, hornswagglin’ cracker croaker.....So how do you REALLY feel about Chuckie?

[jazusamo]

Well said! LOL!

[Political Junkie Too]

Schumer is like a lion skilled at separating weak prey from the herd.

He will try to pick off Republicans one by one.

-PJ

[jazusamo]

Lets git ‘er done, folks!

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[jazusamo]

Yep, and there’s no limit as to how low he’ll go to do it.

[txrefugee]

Bipartisanship = Republicans surrendering to Democrats
If I were Sen. Grassley, I would consider it insulting that UpChuck thinks I’m the weakest link.

[BatGuano]

I agree with you except Schumer is a “four flusher,” not a “floor flusher!” Great scene from a great movie though...

[dontreadthis]

that’s authentic frontier gibberish

[Autonomous User]

You are correct. Let me say then I want to tell Chuckie what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is!

[jazusamo]

Chuckie is in lala land.

Had it been up to Sen. Grassley the blue slip fiasco would have already been changed.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

The alternative is to nominate judges from states where the senators are republican; with the exception of the people’s republic of arizona.

All nominees may be Texans.