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Bonn1997

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40. And perhaps their line will be no SC Justice hearings until after impeachment hearings are over

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Thu Oct 27, 2016, 07:41 AM

Oct 2016

And they'll try to stall forever. I'm not sure if they have a majority in the Senate that they'll EVER allow the SC balance to be reversed.

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Impeachment Hearings Will Begin Right After Inauguration. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Oct 2016 OP

Send donations to NC's Senate race so Dems run the senate. blm Oct 2016 #1

As long as we have the majority in the Senate, and change the filibuster rules for the Senate before still_one Oct 2016 #2

And also 'try' (run) impeachment procedings ILFightinDem Oct 2016 #6

F**Kem. Maybe she will appoint President Obama to the Supreme Court. That would make their tiny still_one Oct 2016 #9

He's indicated that he's not interested in SCOTUS ILFightinDem Oct 2016 #13

They still need a 2/3rd majority for conviction in The Senate. Not a simple majority. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2016 #35

How are they going to change the Senate rules before the next Congress is gaveled in... hedda_foil Oct 2016 #11

you so do NOT want to change the filibuster rules, not with what's Grey Lemercier Oct 2016 #38

I don't think so. LuvNewcastle Oct 2016 #3

It will be interesting. Does the GOP continue with the politics that has brought them Trump? pampango Oct 2016 #37

Day of Inauguration? On what grounds will they impeach her emulatorloo Oct 2016 #4

Oh, the same grounds they used for all their bogus investigations of her so far. They're infants. ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #14

+ 1 Achilleaze Oct 2016 #39

From the way things are sounding at the moment Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2016 #16

In that case, 'recall'ing them seems in order. BadgerKid Oct 2016 #36

If they do it, they will be handing us the 2018 midterms on a silver platter. roamer65 Oct 2016 #5

If only. But as you must know, the midterms have a history of going against the incumbent party ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #8

Didn't work with Bill Clinton. duffyduff Oct 2016 #23

Let's hope that if history repeats itself, it picks that pattern to follow. Thanks for reminder. ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #42

When democrats win the senate..they can change the filibuster rule and beachbumbob Oct 2016 #7

We need to show up in larger numbers during off year elections. ecstatic Oct 2016 #12

Yes. Exactly. We need GOTV for midterms the same as for presidential years. ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #15

Fuck Republicans world wide wally Oct 2016 #17

You go ahead with that, if it turns you on. I'll skip on that one. ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #43

R#3 & K for, yip, "investigations" and gridlock and "impeachment" UTUSN Oct 2016 #18

Respectfully...but I call BS GulfCoast66 Oct 2016 #19

But will you stop your hysterics right after inauguration? nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2016 #21

We almost certainly get the Senate, and it's possible the House is seriously in play. tritsofme Oct 2016 #22

There's a good chance they will lose the Senate Major Nikon Oct 2016 #25

They will try it right out of the gate. denbot Oct 2016 #26

Because that worked out so well for the Republicans the last time they did that BlueStreak Oct 2016 #27

I don't think it will Lebam in LA Oct 2016 #28

If you believe in the Constitution and the intention of the Founders BlueStreak Oct 2016 #29

They would have done the same thing to any Democrat radical noodle Oct 2016 #30

Sabotage! applegrove Oct 2016 #31

Blanket pardon by Obama. Make them start fresh. Shrike47 Oct 2016 #32

If Republicans had even one brain cell...? kentuck Oct 2016 #33

The Republicans have been slow to grasp a certain fact DFW Oct 2016 #34

And perhaps their line will be no SC Justice hearings until after impeachment hearings are over Bonn1997 Oct 2016 #40

I don't know why LWolf Oct 2016 #41

This is a variation on what they did with Obama, except that time pnwmom Oct 2016 #46

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