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Schumer: Trump's Supreme Court pick will need 60 votes
The Hill ^ | 2/1/17 | JORDAIN CARNEY

Posted on 02/01/2017 11:14:36 AM PST by jeannineinsd

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To: Cobra64

Sure he does, he was quiet as a church mouse with his “opposition “ to the iran deal


101 posted on 02/01/2017 1:32:45 PM PST by italianquaker
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To: Jim Noble

You’re exactly right. This is a low stakes battle for Dems. The composition of the court won’t actually change.

All of that said, we should be careful not to project reasonableness onto democrats.


102 posted on 02/01/2017 2:08:11 PM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: jeannineinsd

There are a few Democrats who are indicating that this isn’t the hill they want to die on. They want to keep their powder dry for the NEXT SCOTUS picks that may come up if Justice Kennedy and/or Justice Ginsberg retire.


103 posted on 02/01/2017 2:08:27 PM PST by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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To: jeannineinsd

Schmuck “Pagliacci” Schumer is doing what all Democrats do when they are out of power - act like they are still in power. Elections have consequences (”I won!” - Obama), and the Dems are in position to become a super-minority party as these antics continue.


104 posted on 02/01/2017 2:18:23 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: jeannineinsd

UpChuck had a large group of insane democrats protesting outside his Brooklyn condo demanding to know why he isn’t standing against Trump’s cabinet appointments and getting them rejected. These people are nuts so Chuck has no option but to toe the hardest line possible, otherwise they’ll be coming for his head. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.


105 posted on 02/01/2017 2:30:35 PM PST by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: jeannineinsd

“There will be 60 votes for confirmation.”

Sounds like he’s admitting some Democrats will vote for him. There are 10 Democrat senators up for reelection in states Trump won. Do they really want to be seen as obstructing Trump’s pick?


106 posted on 02/01/2017 3:32:32 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Da Coyote
Perhaps you should do some reading in the vast time that you walk the streets searching for a tv camera.

Reading? Reading? Chuckles don't need no stinkin' reading! As he constantly reminds us, Chuckles made a perfect score on his SAT!

107 posted on 02/01/2017 3:37:30 PM PST by aposiopetic
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To: aposiopetic
As he constantly reminds us, Chuckles made a perfect score on his SAT!

SAT - in Chuck's case stands for Stupid Asshole Test.

108 posted on 02/01/2017 3:44:44 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: jeannineinsd

Yup. He’s telling his vulnerable folk it’s okay to vote Gorsuch. It’s obvious to me, anyways. He doesn’t want the Nuclear Option precedent. He’s saving up for Ginsberg.


109 posted on 02/01/2017 3:47:55 PM PST by Lazamataz (I hereby coin a new Internet acronym: NTOWY -- Not Tired Of Winning Yet.)
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To: jeannineinsd

The nuclear or constitutional option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the U.S. Senate to override a rule or precedent by a simple majority of 51 votes, instead of by a supermajority of 60 votes. ... They immediately put the issue to the full Senate, which decides by majority vote. Thank You Harry Reid..


110 posted on 02/01/2017 4:38:02 PM PST by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (------->VMFA 235 '69-'72 KMCAS <------- "Death Angels")
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To: jeannineinsd

Stuff it up your smelly Obamahole, Schmuckie O’ Putz


111 posted on 02/01/2017 5:21:12 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (FU Shmuckie Shoomer (Rat-NY) and Prick Durbin(Rat-IL))
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112 posted on 02/01/2017 6:35:51 PM PST by Chode (may the RATS all die of dehydration from crying)
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To: Paladin2

Thre will be a 51 vote nuking.

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All he would need is 50 senators and then the tie breaker vote from the president of the senate (V.P. Pence)


113 posted on 02/01/2017 8:19:55 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: JudyinCanada

the Reid option should be done early and often.
get the dems used to getting blown away at every turn... and it will dispirit and depress the followers... and they will act out in ways that send them Guantanimo as Terroristas.

The sooner we start bull dozing the democrats, the sooner we can complete the policies that will make the United States of America GREAT again. Sixteen years of this type of onslaught, would set the devil and his kingdom back 250 years.

Unless it is actually “THAT” time. The end, so to speak, or the beginning... depending on what side one is cheering for.

Do a quick work and cut it short in righteousness.


114 posted on 02/01/2017 8:42:19 PM PST by MIA_eccl1212 (10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres T)
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To: SENTINEL

We must have used it for Alito since he only got 58 votes.


115 posted on 02/02/2017 7:06:56 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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116 posted on 02/02/2017 7:51:05 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: dhs12345
Does that include the VP?

no...

117 posted on 02/03/2017 12:07:36 AM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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