Senate Could Be Tied up For Weeks Voting on Trump Nominees

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Senate majority leader moved to limit debate on a slew of nominations Wednesday

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved to thwart filibusters of more than a dozen of President Donald Trump’s 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.

https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/mcconnell-sets-potential-weeks-senate-votes-trump-nominees

[beachbum bob]

1. democrats must employ every tactic to shutdown the Senate until after the midterms

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2. agreed 100%

[beachbum bob]

5. they need to maintain unless all docs are released, no vote on Kavanough

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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.

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4. No compromise with the complicit. Fuck their "legislative agenda." They are aiding and

abetting Putin's puppet.

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6. This indicates the GOP know they and IQ45 are going down. Attempt

to pack the courts with judges who support the insanity.