In 2009-2010, the Democrats did everything shy of murder to get the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) rammed through congress in an eleventh-hour vote before Republican Senator Scott Brown could take office. The bill that the Senate passed was virtually unrecognizable from the narrowly passed House bill. And now Harry Reid and the Democrats may have a new trick up their sleeve to try to force a vote on Obama’s SCOTUS nominee.
Reid claims that there are many things they can do to force a vote, but The Hill analyzes the rare procedural tactic of a discharge resolution that Reid is considering:
“There are many procedural things we can do,” Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) said Tuesday when asked about the possibility of using a discharge resolution to bypass Republicans.
[…]Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said last week that Republicans can’t stop Reid from at least attempting the maneuver.
“There’s nothing we can do about it. Under the rules of the United States Senate, that resolution can be offered any time,” he said at a town hall meeting in Iowa.
Although little is known about the discharge resolution procedure, scholars believe it would be difficult to pull off. Even if they succeeded in discharging Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination from the Judiciary Committee they would still need 60 votes to confirm him on the floor of the Senate.
Source: The Hill
Damn, I wish January would hurry up. This A hole will be gone.
heres a.solution how biut CONSERVATIVES DO THEIR JOBS AND QUIT PLAYING POLITICS
He’s one of your libtards. Get it straight before you post and show your ignorance!
I know he is theyre all idiots
He isn’t conservative! He is a liberal land mine for President abdullah ovomit!
Id vite for anyone who guarantees term limits in congress .First 2 to go would be Reid and Mcconell
Followed by Paul Ryan!