Are the republicans planning to remove Murkowski and Collins from the Judiciary Committee?
Otherwise we can indeed find ourself in the whole FLAKE situation anew next time.
Yes, they and Romney can’t stop it on the floor, but they can play with the committee recommendations
“Are the republicans planning to remove Murkowski and Collins from the Judiciary Committee?”
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No, they aren’t planning on removing them from the Judiciary Committee. Do you know why? Because they aren’t members of the Judiciary Committee.
Currently, the Senate Judiciary Committee has 21 members, 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats, in a Senate that has 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats. Before RAT Doug Jones won the AL Senate election, the GOP margin in the Senate was 52-48 and there were 11 Republicans and 9 Democrats on the Judiciary Committee. Assuming that the GOP wins the MS runoff in a few weeks, Republicans will have a 53-47 Senate majority. With that advantage, I think that the Senate Judiciary Committee should have 12 Republicans and 9 Democrats starting on January 3.