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22 Sep 2020, 7:55 am
Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced an identical bill in the Senate in February 2019. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 7:24 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) issued a statement in which he sought to distinguish his refusal to give President Barack Obama’s last Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, a Senate floor vote during an election year and his pledge that Justice Ginsburg’s replacement will get such a vote.Class actions. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 6:01 am
Senate Republicans have enough votes to confirm a replacement for late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the Nov. 3 election, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told "Hannity" Monday. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 6:00 am
But earlier that same Friday, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) told reporters: “I would not vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee…50-some days away from an election. [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 1:54 pm
At FiveThirtyEight, Perry Bacon Jr. has a post titled “Will Senate Republicans Back Trump’s Push To Fill Ginsburg’s Seat — Even If He Loses Reelection? [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 1:53 pm
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee is set to hold hearings beginning Tuesday on proposed bills in advance of ... [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 1:35 pm
(Flickr) “Since May, Senate Republicans have called for a thorough, bipartisan, and transparent investigation into the massive loss of life at our long-term care facilities,” said Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean (R-21). [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 1:16 pm
Mitch McConnell changed the rules in 2017 to allow a simple majority vote for Supreme Court nominees; Senate Republicans have exploited the lack of a filibuster for lower court nominees in record-breaking fashion; and Kavanaugh is, of course, now on the Court. [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 11:49 am
The subcommittee will hear testimony from Derek Mitchell, the president of the National Democratic Institute; Alyssa Ayres, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; and Daniel Twining, the president of the International Republican Institute. [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 8:43 am
Jeffrey Toobin lays out the roadmap in the New Yorker:The question is whether the Republican Senate will violate its supposed principles from 2016 to push one of them through. [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 8:13 am
So our imagined Republican senator’s reward for his high-minded vote could easily be a longer-term defeat for moderate conservatism: The judiciary would be handed over to ambitious liberals, and his own party would become more populist, paranoid and hostile to any form of compromise.Whereas if he voted to confirm, then the worst-case scenario, the threat that Democrats are waving, would probably be an attempt at court packing in a Biden presidency, or perhaps in a Kamala… [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 7:21 am
The Republicans have 53 seats in the current Senate, and Vice President Mike Pence would vote to break a tie vote, so 50 votes are needed to confirm the nominee if the full Senate is present and voting. [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 5:00 am
But due to COVID-19, it’s not quite the sameUS AG Barr says calls for coronavirus lockdown are the 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' other than slavery in US history - CNNPoliticsAppeals court debates fate of Harvard's affirmative action policies - CNNPoliticsPublic should be asked about renaming of Dundas Street, says Toronto city reportFord government introduces rent freeze legislation for 2021The US attorney general called the Covid-19 lockdowns the 'greatest… [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 3:17 am
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hammered President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to rush a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as pressure mounted on senators to support or oppose a quick vote to fill the seat. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 2:04 pm
” Allan Smith of NBC News has an article headlined “‘Constitutional abuse’: Biden challenges Senate Republicans in blistering Supreme Court speech; Biden said he was targeting Republicans ‘who know deep down what is right for the country and consistent with the Constitution. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 1:00 pm
Peters has an article headlined “‘This Is Why We Wanted This Guy’: Conservatives Push Trump to Fill Court Seat Quickly; Social conservatives and evangelical groups sprang into action after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, encouraging a speedy confirmation and rallying support for embattled Senate Republicans. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 10:22 am
" Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on a call with his caucus yesterday, after a moment of silence for Justice Ginsburg: If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell "and Senate Republicans move forward with this, then nothing is off the table for next year. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 10:07 am
Right now Republicans have a 53-47 vote majority in the Senate. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 8:38 am
” A second Republican who has close ties to Florida said that “Lagoa is at the top of the list. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 4:11 am
Do we start adding states for parties to game the Senate? [read post]
