McConnell confident Dems won't keep Gorsuch off Supreme Court

[Odoreida]

Source: Chicago Tribune

A showdown over President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee and Senate rules loomed as the number of Democrats opposing Judge Neil Gorsuch grew to two dozen on Tuesday.

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, was joined by five other senators who announced their intention to vote against Gorsuch. Republicans, who hold the majority in the Senate, are intent on getting Trump's choice confirmed before Congress' two-week break in mid-April.

"Judge Gorsuch's hearing reinforced my fear that he would favor corporations and special interest elites at the expense of American workers and families," Durbin, a member of the Judiciary Committee, said of the four-day confirmation hearing last week. He announced his opposition on the Senate floor.

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Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-mcconnell-gorsuch-supreme-court-20170328-story.html

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How about let's prove him wrong?

Contact your senator (if your senator is a Democrat).

https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/

[iluvtennis]

1. Done. One of my senators confirmed NO on Gorsuch. Still waiting to hear from the other one.

[aeromanKC]

2. * Illegitimate Justice

Forever to be known as: * Illegitimate Justice

[sharedvalues]

3. Contact your senator whether D or R

If you are calling an R senator tell them you are disgusted the GOP is the party of the wealthy and Gorsuch is going to help corporations and the super rich at the expense of the middle class.

GOP very vulnerable on this issue.

[elmac]

4. another bombshell from parrot face. nt

[mountain grammy]

5. Fuck you, Mitch.

I'm contacting every Dem with one message: Filibuster!

[Initech]

8. +1 - fuck you Mitch!!!

[bekkilyn]

6. I wish I could feel confident that Mitch is wrong. (nt)

[Demsrule86]

10. He will get in when Mitch uses the nuclear option but it looks bad and we want to deny a win

to this white house and that is why we must stick together...also, down the road we may be able to get him off the bench...because he is illegitimate...stolen seat.

[bekkilyn]

11. I'm all for the filibuster. (nt)

[Bayard]

7. Unfortunately

My senator IS McConnell!

[burrowowl]

9. NM both against Gorsuch!