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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate Could Be Tied up For Weeks Voting on Trump Nominees
Senate majority leader moved to limit debate on a slew of nominations WednesdaySenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved to thwart filibusters of more than a dozen of President Donald Trumps nominees Wednesday afternoon.
The move sets up the potential for weeks of virtually continuous sessions of the Senate, although it is more likely that a bipartisan agreement will be reached at least ahead of the long Labor Day weekend.
The list of 17 nominees is highlighted by Richard Clarida to the Federal Reserve and a slew of Trump nominees to fill federal judgeships in seats across the country.
If senators were to object to time agreements, the Senate could literally spend weeks doing little other than considering the nominations, a move that complicates much of the legislative agenda for the rest of the year, particularly when it comes to finishing consideration of government spending bills before the end of the fiscal year on September 30.
The move sets up the potential for weeks of virtually continuous sessions of the Senate, although it is more likely that a bipartisan agreement will be reached at least ahead of the long Labor Day weekend.
The list of 17 nominees is highlighted by Richard Clarida to the Federal Reserve and a slew of Trump nominees to fill federal judgeships in seats across the country.
If senators were to object to time agreements, the Senate could literally spend weeks doing little other than considering the nominations, a move that complicates much of the legislative agenda for the rest of the year, particularly when it comes to finishing consideration of government spending bills before the end of the fiscal year on September 30.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/mcconnell-sets-potential-weeks-senate-votes-trump-nominees
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Senate Could Be Tied up For Weeks Voting on Trump Nominees (Original Post)
spanone
Aug 2018
OP
democrats must employ every tactic to shutdown the Senate until after the midterms
beachbum bob
Aug 2018
#1
And perhaps there wouldn't be sufficient time to roll out the second round of
no_hypocrisy
Aug 2018
#3
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)1. democrats must employ every tactic to shutdown the Senate until after the midterms
spanone
(135,857 posts)2. agreed 100%
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)5. they need to maintain unless all docs are released, no vote on Kavanough
no_hypocrisy
(46,150 posts)3. And perhaps there wouldn't be sufficient time to roll out the second round of
proposed tax cuts with cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
rzemanfl
(29,566 posts)4. No compromise with the complicit. Fuck their "legislative agenda." They are aiding and
abetting Putin's puppet.
sinkingfeeling
(51,469 posts)6. This indicates the GOP know they and IQ45 are going down. Attempt
to pack the courts with judges who support the insanity.