WFB: The Senate confirmed 65 Trump administration nominees on Thursday afternoon, marking a significant change in Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D, N.Y.) previous efforts to stall the confirmation of several nominees.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R, Ky.) moved the nominations in a large package agreed to by a voice vote, indicating that no senators objected, the Washington Examiner reported.
The vote came on the final day before the August recess, a break that had already been delayed by McConnell in order to tackle the GOP’s “unfinished agenda.”
Schumer had been dragging out the confirmation process to protest Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. The procedural move employed by Schumer meant that Democrats could not filibuster, or infinitely block, nominees because procedural objections can be overcome with a simple majority vote instead of a supermajority of 60. However, Senate Democrats are able to extend the process “to an excruciating degree,” the New York Times reported.
As a result of the procedural delays, 198 nominees were still working their way through the Senate as of Wednesday, according to the Hill.
In response to the efforts by Democrats to stall nominations, GOP senators had considered taking more dramatic steps. Sens. James Lankford (R, Okla.) and Ron Johnson (R, Wis.) proposed a plan on Wednesday to curb the amount of debate time required for most of the president’s nominees after they clear an initial hurdle. That initial amount of time is currently capped at 30 hours. more here
Done so they could have a real recess, they do not have to do sham Senate sessions to prevent recess appointments
I can only imagine what McConnell gave Schumer to ensure his precious vacation wasn’t wrecked. Ugh !
ANOTHER DONKEY!! MJA’S MAKING ME HORNY!!
Schumer doesn’t do anything out of the goodness of the Country. You can bet he got more than a few appointments to feather the democrat nest of judicial activists and thieves.
Schumer reminds me of that Jewish dad peering over his glasses at you from the end of the dinner table while chewing on a matzo ball and lecturing you about plastics, when all you want to do is screw his daughter.
I HATE Democrats.
Mr. Anth Ropy, I hate the Republicans, too.
“…An “intervening day” is then required to allow the cloture request to “ripen.” Next is a vote to impose cloture followed by 30 hours of “post-cloture” debate before a final vote…”
Jeebus Funkin” Chrysler, who came up with that shit? Monty Python? There HAS to be a gay bar in DC named “Cloture”.
schumer………….transfer to Poland 1942