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BumRushDaShow

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5. The 60 vote threshold was removed for ALL nominees

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 02:17 PM

Dec 2017

so guess what?

Plus the split will soon be 51 - 49 once Jones is sworn in. And the irony is that the GOP CONTROLS the Committees and their schedules. And the last couple years Obama was in office after they took control of the Senate, they refused to even schedule any confirmation hearings at all (see Merrick Garland as the biggest example).

Hopefully more on DU will see this and will take note that Democrats are not just sitting there doing nothing.

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Senate GOP seeks to change rules for Trump picks [View all] DonViejo Dec 2017 OP

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I second that !! geretogo Dec 2017 #19

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