Posted on 10/21/2020 3:05:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee will boycott Thursday's committee vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination.
The plan comes as the 10 Democratic senators on the panel have been discussing how to protest the GOP plan to confirm Barrett next week to the seat held by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Democrats on the committee, in a joint statement, said the push to confirm Barrett was a "sham process" and accused Republicans of breaking "the promises and rules" established by refusing to give Merrick Garland, then-President Obama's final Supreme Court nominee, a hearing or a vote.
“Fearing a loss at the ballot box, Republicans are showing that they do not care about the rules or what the American people want, but are concerned only with raw political power," they said.
"We will not grant this process any further legitimacy by participating in a committee markup of this nomination just twelve days before the culmination of an election that is already underway," they added.
Democrats, instead, are expected to hold two press conferences on Thursday.
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The rules can be changed by a simple majority.
Does the need for a quorum come into play in the committee or in the main vote?
“Can they “boycott” every single Trump judicial nomination hearings so we can swiftly confirm them?”
Only if we keep the senate, which, at this point in time, is probably a coin toss.
It will be interesting to see if Feinstein plays along.
I read last week that Mitch could “pull” the nomination to the floor without a committee vote.
Can anyone else confirm?
That's just fine. Then "The Turtle" should just move
for a floor vote on Friday. The country already knows
how those clown Senators are not going to vote on
the committee.
Isn't there some way to dock those Democrats' pay if
they don't show up and perform their jobs on the
committee? Really -- they only have one task to
perform as Senators from their respective States and
this is to vote yea or nay on legislation or on
matters before the committees they serve on.
They're not doing their job that day, they shouldn't
be paid. And maybe some type of discipline can be
meted out too.
Cool, it will give Linda a couple days to find his head and then bring it to the full Senate.
The GOP-e are such fools
How do quorum requirements play in to this?
good, you've said enough already
I doubt it. If so, the minority could block any vote they were going to lose just by not showing up, and nothing would ever get done.
It’s perfectly legitimate and its what the vast majority of the American people want
Perhaps you didn’t read my post: I said we’d pick up the Alabama seat, and that there was a good chance we’d pick up the MI seat. Sorry, but McSally is a horrible campaigner, and from what I hear from good friends in AZ she is not going to pull it out. As for Collins, she has been down an average of 4 points for weeks; and she pissed off a lot of Republicans when she said she’d be a NO vote on ACB. She is hoping to pick up some Dem and Indy voters, but they aren’t buying it.
The senate is very much in play.
Does this boycott effect the committee vote? Will it hold up her nomination being moved to the full Senate vote? If not who cares? The Dems can go sit in the corner and sulk.
I did read your post. This is what it said:
“Only if we keep the senate, which, at this point in time, is probably a coin toss up”
That's it. No more no less.
Sorry, but McSally is a horrible campaigner, and from what I hear from good friends in AZ she is not going to pull it out. As for Collins, she has been down an average of 4 points for weeks; and she pissed off a lot of Republicans when she said she’d be a NO vote on ACB. She is hoping to pick up some Dem and Indy voters, but they aren’t buying it.
Collins has caught up
Poll: Susan Collins, Sara Gideon in Virtual Tie for Maine Senate Race
Breitbart ^ | October 06 2020 | ASHLEY OLIVER
Posted on 07/10/2020, 04:51:49 by SmokingJoe
A poll released Tuesday found Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Democrat challenger Sara Gideon within one point of each other in the race for U.S. Senate in Maine.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3891300/posts
And so has McSally
There is no way Trump is winning in Arizona (which he is) and McSally is losing.
KSTP/SurveyUSA: Smith, Lewis [Minnesota] Senate race now a dead heat
KSTP ^ | 10/21/2020 | Tom Hauser
Posted on 22/10/2020, 01:10:53 by Coop
Democratic U.S. Senator Tina Smith is now in a dogfight to keep her Senate seat after her once double-digt lead dwindled to a one-point lead in our latest KSTP/SurveyUSA poll. Smith leads Republican challenger Jason Lewis 43% to 42%, with 12% undecided.
TOO BAD that we cannot get ALL of the DIMocRATS in the Congress to boycott the HoR & Senate FOREVER.
Yours, TMN78247
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