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In reply to the discussion: Pelosi: "We have our options. We have arrows in our quiver that I'm not about to discuss right now" [View all]FBaggins
(26,731 posts)64. Not much of an arrow
The committees that budget money don't have the power to take money away that is already out there. Even if they could it wouldn't impact a Senate confirmation. It doesn't cost anything for the president to send over a piece of paper saying he nominates someone... and the House can't strip the Senate of the funds to hold a hearing. And even if they could do that... the Senate doesn't have to hold a hearing if they want to just vote up/down on a nominee.
People overstate the "power of the purse" all the time. But this could be a new extreme.
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Pelosi: "We have our options. We have arrows in our quiver that I'm not about to discuss right now" [View all]
triron
Sep 2020
OP
Don't think Stephanopoulos suggestion would have any effect. Hope Pelosi is correct
Raven123
Sep 2020
#2
the hOuse no power in any the stuff concerning a supreme court nomination or approval
beachbumbob
Sep 2020
#4
I agree. Pelosi doesn't shoot from the hip. EVER. What she has, she thinks will slow this down
CTyankee
Sep 2020
#25
If the government shuts down, the stock market will crash. That is about the only thing
vsrazdem
Sep 2020
#46
Pelosi says she won't do it. But it doesn't really matter. She will be blamed if this goes
vsrazdem
Sep 2020
#71
At this point--shoot the arrows, launch the catapult, drop the mother of all bombs...
Mrs. Overall
Sep 2020
#9
Agree! Nancy's got something up her sleeve. They need to go for the jugular vein RIGHT NOW!...
Illumination
Sep 2020
#16
Republicans are waging an all-out war against Americans and American democracy
dalton99a
Sep 2020
#19
The Senate confirms justices. The House has no say in this, unless, impeachment again?
Baclava
Sep 2020
#22
If they just impeach for the sole purpose to stall, then Trump wins in November
Polybius
Sep 2020
#26
I think we need to get 4 Republican Senators to commit to not voting until after the election
Polybius
Sep 2020
#31
What can the House do that stops the Senate, forces the Senate to deal with something?
bucolic_frolic
Sep 2020
#39
ABC News - Democrats will 'use every arrow in our quiver' to block Trump's Supreme Court nominee
BlueWavePsych
Sep 2020
#49