Posted on 04/06/2017 7:53:11 AM PDT by Dave346
At 11:00 a.m, the Senate will VOTE on cloture for Exec. Cal. #33, Neil Gorsuch, of Colorado, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Suggest adding “Live” to title because it will be an interesting day.
Chuckie just moved to adjourn to 5pm. Taking roll call vote on that now
I hope not. But from my experiences observing the Republican Party, I would not argue against you.
> To delay the cloture vote until April 24th.
What year? Have Graham and McCain suggested 2021 yet? Will the Rs insist on 2017? /s
Is this “majority vote” to change back to the Constitutional option?
Schumer asks to adjourn until 5pm.
What a prick.
Murray and Feinstein behind Chuckie look like they’re at a funeral.
Don't the Republicans get a say in how the Senate runs?
Chuck E is worried about samanila in the pepperoni
What’s next? The RATS all just walk out and make the police drag them back in order to “protest”?
Schmukky trying to stalll. Calling for recess until 5 pm. Will probably be defeated.
Schmuck Schemer is a prick of the highest order.
“Suggest adding “Live” to title because it will be an interesting day.
Chuckie just moved to adjourn to 5pm. Taking roll call vote on that now”
What on earth.....just take the vote ...Nuke it now!
1. Have vote to end filibuster, i.e., cloture. The vote failed 55-45, with 60 votes being needed to pass cloture.
2. Change Senate rules to allow a simple majority vote to confirm SCOTUS justice. You only need 51 votes to do change the Senate rules.
3. Vote on confirmation of Gorsuch with only 51 votes needed for confirmation.
LOL. They’re all dirtbags on the left.
Another delaying tactic procedural vote by Schumer.
Both Schumer and the chair were literally reading from a script. I'm sure McConnell was aware this was going to happen.
McConnell just rasied the nuclear point of order.
I sort of object to today's proceeding being nuclear - when Frist was considering this, the deciding vote was going to be Cheney.
Schumer now moves to adjourn until 5 pm and asks for yeas and nays. Motion to adjourn is not debateable, so straght to a simple majority vote. This is a sophomoric delay tactic.
On the vote to confirm Gorsuch, the chair ruled against Mcconnell, and he is appealing the ruling of the chair. The question will be should the ruling of the chair be upheld (may be phrased in the negative, should the ruling of the chair be rejected). Listen carefully to the question, so you don;t have a heart attack as that vote is taken.
They are some strange demonic folk right there.
Give me the creeps every single time.
It’d be hilarious if he’s caught up in all that too.
Chuck U, Schumer
You presume there are 51 votes to change the rules (Pence does not vote on rules).
In 1967, Hubert Humphrey (VP and therefore President of the Senate) made a ruling from the chair that requiring a supermajority to close debate was unconstitutional, and that debate could be closed with 51 votes.
This ruling was appealed to the floor.
At the time, the Democrats had 68 Senators and the GOP had 32.
Humphrey's ruling was overturned 46-54. The power to block legislation while a Senator is a member of the minority is one of the most awesome powers given to a legislator anywhere in the world. It's not at all clear that all 52 Republican Senators want to give that up.
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