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Encouraging: FBI will decide what is "credible" to investigate & how many accusers (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Sep 2018
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Stallion
(6,474 posts)1. Turns Up Heat on Kavenaugh to Withdraw
W_HAMILTON
(7,867 posts)2. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Why would he be delaying the cloture vote?
Better yet, why is there even a cloture vote? Doesn't that mean that a 60-vote threshold is required, which should have already been eliminated since Republicans eliminated the ability to filibuster Supreme Court nominations with Gorsuch?
Are they just trying to avoid having a vote -- any vote -- on the full Senate floor, on the record, at this time?
hlthe2b
(102,279 posts)3. they always have to have a cloture vote which ends debate and opens up the final vote.
It is no longer a 60-vote requirement, however--since Gorsuch.
eleny
(46,166 posts)4. So they DO draw some conclusions! nt
hlthe2b
(102,279 posts)5. Kick
marlakay
(11,468 posts)6. I have lots of doubts about this
like Trump firing any FBI agents that come up with stuff he doesn't like. They know Trump has no problems firing long time FBI agents.
ananda
(28,862 posts)7. Does the public get to see the report?
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