jimnyc
04-05-2017, 05:52 PM
Looks like the big bomb is about to go off!!
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Going Nuclear: McConnell Confirms The GOP Has Votes To Break Democratic Filibuster Of Gorsuch
With Friday’s final vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch looming, Senate Republicans reiterated that they have the votes to invoke the nuclear option to break Senate Democrats’ unprecedented filibuster. Democrats have formed a united front against President Trump’s nominee, despite him being mainstream, well qualified, and a recipient of the American Bar Association’s highest rating. There is no good reason to block Gorsuch other than political spite. The Left is unhappy that Trump won the election, and that Merrick Garland, Obama’s initial pick to fill the vacancy left by the late Antonin Scalia, wasn’t considered by Republicans via the Biden rule. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Or) occupied the Senate floor last night to protest Gorsuch’s nomination, saying that if confirmed—the courts’ integrity would be undermined for decades. He also expounded on how this seat is stolen because Garland’s nomination was foiled.
Now, some Republicans, like Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), have tried to hash out a deal to avert the nuclear option from being invoked. The Hill reported that those talks have broken down:
Bipartisan negotiations involving as many as 10 senators hoping to avoid a floor blowup over the Senate rules and Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch have collapsed, setting up a partisan showdown on Thursday.
A group of Republicans and Democrats led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Christopher Coons (D-Del.) negotiated intensely in recent days in hopes of reaching a deal to avoid the nuclear option, a tactic GOP leaders plan to use Thursday to change the filibuster rule.
Senate Republicans are poised to hold a simple majority vote to strip the minority party of the power to filibuster Supreme Court nominees — a rarely used and highly controversial tactic that would allow them to confirm Gorsuch without help from Democrats.
The participants revealed their last-minute scramble to reporters Wednesday after it became clear they would not reach an agreement.
“The negotiations with which I was heavily involved have failed to come up with a compromise, which saddens me. There’s so little trust between the two parties that it was very difficult to put together an agreement that would avert changing the rules,” Collins told reporters.
Rest here - https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/04/05/mcconnell-oh-i-have-the-votes-to-go-nuclear-on-democratic-obstruction-on-gorsuch-n2309464
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Going Nuclear: McConnell Confirms The GOP Has Votes To Break Democratic Filibuster Of Gorsuch
With Friday’s final vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch looming, Senate Republicans reiterated that they have the votes to invoke the nuclear option to break Senate Democrats’ unprecedented filibuster. Democrats have formed a united front against President Trump’s nominee, despite him being mainstream, well qualified, and a recipient of the American Bar Association’s highest rating. There is no good reason to block Gorsuch other than political spite. The Left is unhappy that Trump won the election, and that Merrick Garland, Obama’s initial pick to fill the vacancy left by the late Antonin Scalia, wasn’t considered by Republicans via the Biden rule. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Or) occupied the Senate floor last night to protest Gorsuch’s nomination, saying that if confirmed—the courts’ integrity would be undermined for decades. He also expounded on how this seat is stolen because Garland’s nomination was foiled.
Now, some Republicans, like Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), have tried to hash out a deal to avert the nuclear option from being invoked. The Hill reported that those talks have broken down:
Bipartisan negotiations involving as many as 10 senators hoping to avoid a floor blowup over the Senate rules and Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch have collapsed, setting up a partisan showdown on Thursday.
A group of Republicans and Democrats led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Christopher Coons (D-Del.) negotiated intensely in recent days in hopes of reaching a deal to avoid the nuclear option, a tactic GOP leaders plan to use Thursday to change the filibuster rule.
Senate Republicans are poised to hold a simple majority vote to strip the minority party of the power to filibuster Supreme Court nominees — a rarely used and highly controversial tactic that would allow them to confirm Gorsuch without help from Democrats.
The participants revealed their last-minute scramble to reporters Wednesday after it became clear they would not reach an agreement.
“The negotiations with which I was heavily involved have failed to come up with a compromise, which saddens me. There’s so little trust between the two parties that it was very difficult to put together an agreement that would avert changing the rules,” Collins told reporters.
Rest here - https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/04/05/mcconnell-oh-i-have-the-votes-to-go-nuclear-on-democratic-obstruction-on-gorsuch-n2309464