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Larkspur

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4. The Dems don't have the numbers to stop the cabinet nominees

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 11:12 AM

Feb 2017

that's why they are getting thru. Harry Reid ended the filibuster on cabinet nominees so Obama could get his cabinet staffed.

However, the SCOTUS nominees can still be halted by filibuster until Yertl the Turtle Mitch McConnell throws the nuclear option. Until then the Dems need to put a hold on Trump's SCOTUS nominees.

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