easyt65
Diamond Member
- Aug 4, 2015
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The Democrats out-smarted THEMSELVES. Believing they were going to remain in control / power forevuh, Reid created and helped Democrats ram rules into effect that would give them the ability to more easily get their nominees for all appointments confirmed. They forgot that if they ever lost that power their own rules could be used them. That has come back to haunt them. After more than 1,000 political positions lost in the last years and after having lost power due to 2 historic, record-setting back-to-back political losses, the snowflakes are regretting they ever supported Reid's Rules.
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"A little later this morning, Mitch McConnell will trigger the Reid Option and recast precedent to make the filibuster out of order on all presidential nominations, the culmination of a process started by Harry Reid in late 2013. But will Republicans stop there — or will Democrats finally cave?
Let’s just say that McConnell plans to make it verrrry interesting. Not only will Democrats not have the filibuster on Gorsuch, they may end up with only a fraction of the normal time on future nominees too. They can also thank Harry Reid for this change, too"
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"The additional change under consideration would affect hundreds of Trump nominations.
It would reduce debate time after a nominee clears an initial procedural hurdle from 30 hours to eight hours, greatly reducing how long the Senate would need to confirm Trump nominees. …
The proposal would be similar to a provision from a 2013 resolution on limiting debate for most nominations.
The 2013 measure passed the Senate by a vote of 78-16 but only governed the rules for the 113th Congress. Democrats at the time held the majority in the Senate.
That change included an exemption for “executive schedule I” nominations, which include department secretaries and other top positions such as the director of the Office of Management and Budget and federal judges."
Senate GOP ready to go nuclear — with a side of tactical - Hot Air
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"A little later this morning, Mitch McConnell will trigger the Reid Option and recast precedent to make the filibuster out of order on all presidential nominations, the culmination of a process started by Harry Reid in late 2013. But will Republicans stop there — or will Democrats finally cave?
Let’s just say that McConnell plans to make it verrrry interesting. Not only will Democrats not have the filibuster on Gorsuch, they may end up with only a fraction of the normal time on future nominees too. They can also thank Harry Reid for this change, too"
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"The additional change under consideration would affect hundreds of Trump nominations.
It would reduce debate time after a nominee clears an initial procedural hurdle from 30 hours to eight hours, greatly reducing how long the Senate would need to confirm Trump nominees. …
The proposal would be similar to a provision from a 2013 resolution on limiting debate for most nominations.
The 2013 measure passed the Senate by a vote of 78-16 but only governed the rules for the 113th Congress. Democrats at the time held the majority in the Senate.
That change included an exemption for “executive schedule I” nominations, which include department secretaries and other top positions such as the director of the Office of Management and Budget and federal judges."
Senate GOP ready to go nuclear — with a side of tactical - Hot Air
