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W_HAMILTON

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