Posted on 02/06/2019 12:54:47 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Senate Republicans have introduced a proposal to drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to confirm hundreds of President Trump's nominees as Republicans mull going "nuclear" to muscle through the change.
Under the resolution introduced by Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the chairman of the Rules Committee, most nominees would only be subjected to up to two hours of debate after they clear an initial hurdle.
Currently, nominees are subjected to up to 30 hours of additional debate after proving they have the simple majority needed to defeat a filibuster and be confirmed.
Blunt, in a statement, lashed out at Senate Democrats for pushing to require an initial cloture vote on nominees only to ultimately support them.
“This has been nothing more than obstruction for the sake of obstruction and it is outrageous," Blunt said.
Lankford added that the resolution would permanently reduce the amount of post-cloture debate time for most nominates and allow nominations to "function appropriately again.”
Republicans are expected to give the resolution a vote in the Senate Rules Committee by next month, though Lankford previously told The Hill he believed it could happen in February.
To implement the rules change as a standing order, which Lankford says is his preference, he'll need support from at least seven Democrats to get the 60 votes needed.
But Republicans have also said, absent bipartisan cooperation, they could use the "nuclear" option to force through the rules change with only a simple majority.
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They won’t get 7 democrats.
Go nuclear now.
It should have been done on day one of the Trump administration. No president, not even a Dem, should have nominees waiting more than a year for Senate approval.
It’s called the “QFAADYJ” Bill...
(quit f***ing around and do your jobs)
The awesome reviews for Trump’s SOTU must be scaring the snot outta the uniparty....
IDIOTS!!!
MOVE NOW!
For heaven’s sake. In Australia, a majority in the senate is all that is needed to pass legislation and a majority to block it. Why this garbage in your senate that you have to discuss this imbecilic ‘ nuclear’ option to get anything done. Nuts
It’s called majority rules Mitch. You know the change the Democrats will start as soon as they regain control of the Senate. If you wern’t a never-Trumper you would enact this now.
Yep - and I noticed Mitch looked a bit subdued..would love to have been a fly on the walls of a few rooms....
“Cuz the Dems would play nice if they were in charge.......
IDIOTS!!!
MOVE NOW! “
upvote.
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