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6. Because Republicans have a majority in the Senate now and Republicans make the rules.

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 10:38 PM

Dec 2016

If Democrats had gotten their majority back in the election they could have confirmed
Garland with 50 votes.

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Anyone Shitler tries to put on the Supreme Court needs to get the Garland treatment [View all] onecaliberal Dec 2016 OP

None MFM008 Dec 2016 #1

Democrats don't have a majority in the Senate. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #2

Then why the fuck isn't Garland confirmed? onecaliberal Dec 2016 #5

My point is they could have done it. BEFORE onecaliberal Dec 2016 #7

Ideas are better than surrender ck4829 Dec 2016 #9