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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Senator Schumer apparently does not see things the same way.
This isn’t the one to fight. If I was Schumer I would save my ammunition for the Ginsburg replacement.
No. Senate rules will have to be changed if the crybaby party refuses to allow a vote.
Eat excrement, Schumer.
Perhaps you should do some reading in the vast time that you walk the streets searching for a tv camera.
Different times Chuckie boy. Different times. The donkeys are not the only ones that can play the nuclear card.
Wishful thinking from Schumer.
according to Rush, he has 58 votes as of now...
I believe he also says that the moon is made of cheese. I’ll check Snopes...
Thre will be a 51 vote nuking.
There will be a 51 vote nuking.
Don’t count on it. One thing is for sure. Gorsuch will take Scalia’s seat.
Schumer, you idiot, tread carefully here.
If you force nuclear then the lowest common denominator prevails on the next three and you will be that tree in the woods
And he’ll get them eventually.
Right, so how many Democrats up for election want to go up against this?
Did he "devastate" him with one sentence?
It’s the 60th vote that is the tough one.
KABOOM!
Buh bye, chuckles with a little “c.”
This asshole reminds me of mayonnaise-head-Wasserman-Schultz. He NEVER shuts up!
My guess is he'll get 60+ votes.
“Senator Schumer apparently does not see things the same way.”
Not that he meant to, but Chuckie’s words promised a confirmation:
“There will be 60 votes for confirmation”
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