Posted on 02/01/2017 11:14:36 AM PST by jeannineinsd
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) insisted on Wednesday that Neil Gorsuch, Trump's Supreme Court pick, will need 60 votes to clear the upper chamber.
"We Democrats will insist on a rigorous but fair process. There will be 60 votes for confirmation," he said from the Senate floor. "There will be 60 votes for confirmation."
Trump's nomination of the well-respected conservative jurist is kicking off a high-stakes battle in the Senate. Five progressive lawmakers, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), have already come out in opposition to Trump's nominee.
Schumer said requiring 60 votes for confirmation of Gorsuch is "the right thing to do."
Though Merkley has said he will filibuster Trump's pick, Schumer is publicly staying on the fence and hasn't explicitly backed a filibuster.
But Schumer is defending his party's push for Gorsuch to get 60 votes, noting that previous Supreme Court nominees have been able to win bipartisan support.
"It was a bar met by each of President Obama's nominations," he said. "In my mind 60 votes is the appropriate way to go whether there is a Democratic president or a Republican president, a Democratic Senate or a Republican Senate."
The back-and-forth over Trump's nominee comes as the president endorsed going "nuclear" and lowering the requirement to a simple majority if Democrats block his nominee.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has repeatedly indicated that he does not want to take what would be a historic step and change Senate rules.
Schumer appeared to push against Trump on Wednesday, arguing that if Gorsuch can't get 60 votes, then the "problem" is with the president's pick.
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Guess what Chuckie? We Won.
Murkowski other holdout... I think you’re thinking of retired Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins.
Snowe is the one I am thinking about...
It was from the beginning that the filibuster was for legislative matters only...
Schumer appeared to push against Trump on Wednesday, arguing that if Gorsuch can’t get 60 votes, then the “problem” is with the president’s pick.
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NO Upchuck-—
You and your minions have virtually said that if Jesus Christ or Martin L King or Al Sharpton were the (President) Trump nominee YOU ALL would fight it on principle alone.
Rs got to stand up and REMIND all of the statements these same idiots made when it was in their favor.
Start with HRC saying her and the others blasting W at every chance was the American way and the Constitution said they could and should do it.
Then play HRC calling ALL who said a ‘cross’ word about BO was not only UnAmerican but Racist as well.
Take all those quotes and repeat.....
Whether mitch uses the nuclear option or not- the very next time a democrat takes office- they WILL use the nuclear option against the republicans- so the republicans might as well use the option now- preemptively- and get it out of the way- sure- the left will use it against us when they get the office, but we’ll at least have the supreme court for decades likely-
Oh yeah. What was her bet again? Does someone have a recording of what she said she would do?
Remember, a very small typo or a smidgen of dyslexia will turn
NUclear
to
UNclear in a heartbeat.
Did he cry when he said it?
Do we need a postcard campaign to McConnell?
#GoNuclear!!!!
Here’s what the `rats were saying when Hillary was a shoe-in and everything was blue skies, but even if:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_breakfast_table/features/2016/merrick_garland_nomination/we_need_merrick_garland_hearings_now.html
“Oh, and by the way ... even if Clinton loses, if the Democrats somehow manage to retake the Senate, they would be free to confirm Garland when the new Senate convenes in early January after reforming the filibuster with one simple votethe nuclear option. In fact, a Democrat-controlled Senate would even be free to confirm two more Obama nominees in the window between the start of the Congressional session on Jan. 3 and the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 were, say, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Breyer to offer to step down as a rebuke to obstructionist Republicans. Just saying.”
I wouldn’t take his word that day is light and night is dark.
Trump to Schumer - “Are you begging us to go all Harry Reid on you?”
I would love to see the filibustdr killed. I’ve long been an opponent of it.
Let elections have consequences. Lousy legislation can quickly be gutted in future congresses, and lousy presidents be quickly identified.
The process will be more dynamic and better mirror what the founders envisioned.
Plus, after losing their connection to their state legislatures, senators are immune from scrutiny for 5 straight years. That’s absurd.
Sorry Chuck. You’re going to be nuked...
Why is Amy saying that?
While Dims will grandstand and insult etc. there will be 60 votes to confirm.
Dims are already running scared and telling Schumer to chill a notch.
Article III of the United States Constitution does not specify the number of justices. The Judiciary Act of 1789 called for the appointment of six justices, and as the nation’s boundaries grew, Congress added justices to correspond with the growing number of judicial circuits: seven in 1807, nine in 1837, and ten in 1863.
In 1866, at the behest of Chief Justice Chase, Congress passed an act providing that the next three justices to retire would not be replaced, which would thin the bench to seven justices by attrition. Consequently, one seat was removed in 1866 and a second in 1867. In 1869, however, the Circuit Judges Act returned the number of justices to nine,[68] where it has since remained
Ginsburg the Ex ACLU Lawyer got 97 Votes.
Sotomayor the Wise Latina, another unqualified Liberal got 68.
Strong arming democrats up for reelection would be my preference to nuclear vote. We know that democrats are lying rule changers and will take any opportunity to change the rules and destroy this country when they are in charge again.
Pray it never happens, but the media hysteria and negativity will not let up. At least Trump is a fighter. Slime balls aren’t used to that.
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