Posted on Sep 21, 2023
Senate bucks Tuberville's blockade to begin approving military promotions
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I see we have people who fail to understand what happens when a Hold is placed. Also given that the majority party does not have the 60 votes need to move past these blockages the processes allowed under the Senate Rules have to be undertaken and that takes time and also face obstacles.
There were going to be no votes on these nominations until public pressure hit a point forcing the minority party to play ball.
There were going to be no votes on these nominations until public pressure hit a point forcing the minority party to play ball.
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Great! It looks like they finally decided to do a by name vote. Could have happened much sooner.
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MSG Thomas Currie
Apparently Chuck Schumer finally decided he had milked blaming Tuberville about as far as that was going to go. It was always up to Schumer.
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SGT (Join to see)
Actually the vote could not happen sooner. A hold is basically a filibuster which requires a cloture vote (60) to break the filibuster and move forward to consideration of the issue. And given a near evenly divided Senate pulling together the votes needed for cloture is basically impossible.
Then there is making use of SENATE RULES. A process which requires a serious investment in time to move something forward. This is why you want people in office who have been around long enough to know how to use the Rules of both the House and Senate.
Then there is making use of SENATE RULES. A process which requires a serious investment in time to move something forward. This is why you want people in office who have been around long enough to know how to use the Rules of both the House and Senate.
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Thanks for proving my point. Everyone was saying he was hilding up readiness when in fact if the dems did it right they could have had this done already. All political games!
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