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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) Says Yes To Gorsuch
Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) says he will vote to confirm federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch, becoming the third Democratic senator to back President Donald Trumps nominee to the Supreme Court.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joe-donnelly-neil-gorsuch-supreme-court_us_58e13c95e4b0c777f7883526?
nycbos
(6,034 posts)I think Chuck Schumer's strategy is to allow red state Dems running for reelection to vote just to give them political cover and still have enough votes to sustain a filibuster.
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)For a political forum, there's a staggering amount of naivete when it comes to political posturing on votes.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)Chellee
(2,096 posts)Manchin, Heitcamp, Donnelly, ?
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)1)Donnelly-IN
2)Heitkamp-ND
3)Manchin-WV
Trump State Democratic US Senators that oppose Gorsuch are
1)Nelson-FL
2)Stabenow-MI
3)Peters-MI
4)McCaskill-MO
5)Tester-MT
6)Brown-OH
7)Casey-PA
8)Baldwin-WI
Clinton State Democratic US Senators that oppose Gorsuch are
9)Harris-CA
10)Blumenthal-CT
11)Murphy-CT
12)Carper-DE
13)Schatz-HI
14)Hirono-HI
15)Durbin-IL
16)Duckworth-IL
17)Van Hollen-MD
18)Warren-MA
19)Markey-MA
20)Klobuchar-MN
21)Franken-MN
22)Cortez Masto-NV
23)Shaheen-NH
24)Hassan-NH
25)Booker-NJ
26)Udall-NM
27)Heinrich-NM
28)Schumer-NY
29)Gillibrand-NY
30)Wyden-OR
31)Merkley-OR
32)Reed-RI
33)Whitehouse-RI
34)Sanders-VT
35)Kaine-VA
36)Murray-WA
37)Cantwell-WA
Democrats need 4 more votes to support the filibuster of Gorsuch
38)Cardin-MD
39)Leahy-VT
40)Coons-DE
41)Feinstein-CA
The remaining Democratic US Senators who are on the fence are
Bennet-CO
King-ME
Menendez-NJ
Warner-VA