Dems delay Senate panel vote on Supreme Court nominee

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 03/27/17 12:17 PM EDT

Democrats are delaying for one week an initial committee vote on Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the committee, said Democrats had requested that the committee's vote on Gorsuch be punted to next week. "I understand that the minority would like to hold him over," Grassley said during the Judiciary Committee's meeting on Monday.

Under committee rules any one member can request that a nomination be held the first time it appears on the agenda. Democrats were widely expected to delay the committee's vote until next week.

The delay means the committee vote will likely take place on April 3, giving Republicans days to meet their goal of winning Gorsuch's confirmation by the full Senate by the end of that week.

Read more: http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/325923-dems-delay-senate-panel-vote-on-supreme-court-nominee

[47of74]

1. Well Grassley, shoe, other foot

Retire already.

[red dog 1]

2. K&R...Thanks for posting

Too bad they couldn't postpone the committee vote for longer than one week.

[swag]

3. Good. Here are Dem senators who are squishy on cloture and who need calls

Brief summary of people who need a call: urge them to stand with the Democrats' filibuster (i.e. against cloture) for genuinely evil Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch.

US Senate switchboard: [phone]

or lookup your Senator's direct line or state office number.

Joe Manchin (West Virginia)
Heidi Heitkamp (North Dakota)
Jon Tester (Montana)
Joe Donnelly (Indiana)
Angus King (Maine)
Mark Warner (Virginia)
Claire McCaskill (Missouri)
Dick Durbin (Illinois)
Bill Nelson (Florida)
Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada)
Gary Peters (Michigan)
Chris Coons (Delaware)
Michael Bennet (Colorado)
Tim Kaine (Virginia)
Patrick Leahy (Vermont)
Dianne Feinstein (California)

[diva77]

4. Thanks for the list! Getting ready to make calls!!

(we need an emoticon of someone making a phone call!!)