Schumer, Cruz at standoff over Biden nominees

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are at a standoff over President Biden's nominees, with the Senate's end-of-year schedule hanging in the balance.

Cruz and Schumer have swapped offers this week but appeared far from a deal as of Wednesday morning as they drew competing red lines.

"We've been working over the past day to secure lift on many of these holds. I want to echo what Sen. Menendez made clear, if the senator from Texas offers a proposal that does not include lifting all State, Treasury, USAID nominees, we cannot come to an agreement," Schumer said.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) told reporters earlier this week that Cruz had to drop all of his holds in order to get a vote on sanctions related to construction of the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Schumer had declined to comment on that ultimatum on Tuesday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/schumer-cruz-standoff-over-biden-181910790.html

[msongs]

1. dems need to outlaw blocks, holds, blue slips and other scummy things like them nt

[jimfields33]

3. Hell no. Blue slips used by Democratic senators

Saved a lot of crappy judges from getting on the trump courts.

[Bev54]

2. just put them on the floor for a vote

Fuck these assholes