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Schumer: Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch nomination
Washington Post ^
| March 23
| Ed O'Keefe, Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow
Posted on 03/23/2017 8:11:43 AM PDT by PghBaldy
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To: PghBaldy
Chuckies got his orders. Get them to change the "rules". Then when we get everything back in 2020, we get the free ride.
Yeh...right Chuckie...
To: Signalman
Stupid Dems. After Gorsuch is confirmed by 52 GOP votes, the next selection, after Ginsburg leaves, may be far more conservative than Gorsuch and the Dems wont be able to stop him/her since the precedent for the nuclar option has been set.
I've heard more than one commentator speak as if it is common knowledge that Anthony Kennedy will step down after this term. I hope they are right, because then the next two justices will be approved with only a fifty-vote threshold if Sharkface Schumer goes ahead with this.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:46:27 AM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: PghBaldy
OMG. This is so simple.
Just reverse the situation. How long would it take for Schumer to go nuclear? SECONDS!
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:46:52 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: upchuck
Japanese Emperor Schumer:
“Tell the Americans we bomb Pearl Harbor on Sunday morning”.
To: Red Badger
Yup. The “Harry Reid” Nuclear Option... which allowed the Obama admin to flood the lower courts with Liberal judges.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:47:06 AM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: rb22982
“Well, unless 8 Democrats cross the isle, time to use the nuclear option - and Id use it for all bills and not just USSC.”
These are not normal times. The dimoKKKRATS have declared all out war against the Republicans. It is time to fight back likewise. Go nuclear.
To: PghBaldy
N.U.K.E. E.M.
We're saddled with the Tuna Lappers for decades, we need judges like Gorsuch to even out the playing field.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:48:34 AM PDT
by
rhubarbk
(The Art of the Presidency -- Donald J Trump)
To: PghBaldy
Nuke em, nah. Let’s “Harry Reid” them. Refer to the option as the “Reid Option”. That will embarrass the dems if they can be embarrassed.
To: Always A Marine
They have not played by the rules for years.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:48:35 AM PDT
by
Darnright
(If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Anatole France)
To: xkaydet65
“simply call these people the radical Left.”
No. We need to call them “the hateful Left”.
Much more descriptive and understandable.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:49:01 AM PDT
by
alternatives?
(Why have an army if there are no borders?)
To: PghBaldy
To: kabar
I hear talk that Gorsuch is like Souter.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:50:49 AM PDT
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
To: PghBaldy
This is perfect. There is zero rationale for their actions. Pubs can easily say they are forced to use the nuke option. Do that now well in advance of the next SC vacancy which would be a greater fight.
To: PghBaldy
The Senate has not been a “deliberative body” since passage of the 17th Amendment, IMO.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:52:21 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: PghBaldy
Schumer is emboldened because HC is stalled
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:52:43 AM PDT
by
Sybeck1
To: JBW1949
Wimps! And this is why we lose so often. The Dems take it seriously and treat it as life or death.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:52:44 AM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: chimera
Also, make the filibuster speech germane to the issue...No more “Green Eggs and Ham” speeches or reading Tom Sawyer....
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:57:05 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: PghBaldy
I think at this point, we go to a NEUTRON option.
An AYE vote for any confirmation shall only take 20 votes.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:57:35 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
To: PghBaldy
Is that true, or did you read it on WaPo?
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:58:10 AM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: Maceman
The Repubs need to invoke the nuclear option now, because if they dont, you can be damn sure the Dems will next time they have control of the Senate. Like the commercial says "Just do it". Nuke the filibuster. Nuke it from orbit.
You know it will be a fight to the death on the next nominee.
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posted on
03/23/2017 8:58:15 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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