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4. I'm pretty sure that when the filibuster was voided
Fri Jan 3, 2025, 04:00 PM
Jan 3

except for SCOTUS justices that applied to all non-SCOTUS nominees.

That includes cabinet-level nominees as well as people far lower on the totem pole.

(R) came along later and removed the SCOTUS exemption to making taking up approval of nominations debatable.

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