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mwooldri

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7. Sure they could.
Reply to Jonny Appleseed (Reply #3)
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 08:00 PM
Mar 2017

But if they're doing it before a Majority leader Chuck Schumer is sworn in, then the rules can be changed again.

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Is the Gorsuch block a calculated risk? [View all] Baconator Mar 2017 OP
If the filibuster can;t be used in this case because... Adrahil Mar 2017 #1
The Republicans will use the nuclear option the next time if they don't doc03 Mar 2017 #2
Can they change the rules back to the old system the day before a democratic senate is sworn in? Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #3
Sure they could. mwooldri Mar 2017 #7
The senate sets the rules before each session NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #10
A risk is letting ANY Supreme Court nominee through until we know the full extent of the still_one Mar 2017 #4
Its very simple. If you don't approve of the appt you do all you can to block it. bullimiami Mar 2017 #5
expecting repubs to honor their agreements/promises is suicidal. roll over and play dead is not msongs Mar 2017 #6
Remove the house from the calculation Loki Liesmith Mar 2017 #8
They will use the nuke MFM008 Mar 2017 #9
You're making an assumption... stopwastingmymoney Mar 2017 #11
Everything in Washington is a calculated risk... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #12
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