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W_HAMILTON

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3. This looks like a committee vote -- not the full vote in the Senate.

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 01:55 PM

Jul 17

From what Booker said, it sounds like Republicans are breaking the rules (again) to rush through a nominee simply to bypass regular procedure and to speed up the process of confirming him in the full Senate.

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Don't they need 60 votes?..................... Lovie777 Jul 17 #1

No In It to Win It Jul 17 #2

This looks like a committee vote -- not the full vote in the Senate. W_HAMILTON Jul 17 #3

Senate rules... surfered Jul 17 #5

This has nothing to do with that. W_HAMILTON Jul 17 #7

I was replying to a comment asking if it would take 60 votes surfered Jul 17 #11

Wondered about that, too. Kid Berwyn Jul 17 #4

Senate Democrats confirmed more judges under Biden than Trump got in his first term. tritsofme Jul 17 #8

Big deal. Trump the traitor is getting his way in Court and Congress. Kid Berwyn Jul 17 #10

Uh, Democrats did filibuster Gorsuch, and then McConnell used the nuclear option. tritsofme Jul 17 #13

Right. Might as well just get out of the way. Kid Berwyn Jul 17 #14

Just as Republicans were powerless to stop Biden and Democrats from confirming a record number of judges. tritsofme Jul 17 #18

No, the only way is to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Kid Berwyn Jul 17 #19

No Polybius Jul 17 #15

It's a committee hearing. Reid didn't touch their rules, I don't think. n/t Igel Jul 17 #16

Apparently, they're not better than that, but this kind of democratic disrespect is consistent with their cowardice Uncle Joe Jul 17 #6

Maddow Blog-Republicans shrug off laundry list of scandals, advance Emil Bove's judicial nomination LetMyPeopleVote Jul 17 #9

I'd like to read the Senate quorum rules someday. Igel Jul 17 #17

Ramming through a piece of human garbage, much like themselves. Passages Jul 17 #12