Democrats Jerring Republicans On Senate Floor

Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said the president s nominee will receive a vote on the floor in a statement shortly after ginsburg s death and trump called on republicans to replace her vacant seat without delay in a tweet the next day.

Democrats jerring republicans on senate floor.

Republicans who will meet for a weekly lunch on tuesday hold a 53 47 edge in the senate. Passage of h r 8337 continuing resolution. The contents of this site are 2020 capitol hill publishing corp a subsidiary of news. Trump s third supreme court nominee when democrats control the senate in the next congress we must abolish the filibuster and expand the supreme court sen.

Senate democrats are furious that republicans plan to confirm a new justice just a few weeks before the presidential election when in 2016 they blocked the confirmation of merrick garland. If republicans confirm mr. Yet republicans may also see a chance here to provoke democrats into threatening a bunch of changes that delight the folks on the left wing but unsettle people in the middle. Democrats on the senate judiciary committee are warning chairman lindsey graham r s c that he is putting his colleagues health in jeopardy by moving ahead with supreme court confirmation.

Democrats hopes of keeping the seat empty faded on monday when two republican senators chuck grassley and cory gardner signaled their support for moving forward quickly. Democrats are determined to prevent the republican president and republican senate to nominate and confirm the next supreme court justice to replace ruth bader ginsburg. The 87 year old ginsburg passed away at home on friday. Publicly democrats vowed to fight with every fiber in the judiciary committee confirmation hearings and on the senate floor as the liberal alliance of outside interest groups began planning how.

Tucker carlson opened his show on the left s latest threats against republicans the us president and america. But democrats are expected to fight back against what could potentially be trump s third supreme court pick so far.