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NullTuples

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3. ...to tell them his charitable giving has been brought to his attention? Oh, so he got caught.
Fri Apr 21, 2023, 02:00 PM
Apr 2023


Pure Federalist Judge.

Also, from Ballotpedia, a reminder of how McConnell cheats:

Guidry was confirmed to a U.S. District Court under a new precedent the Senate established.

On April 3, 2019, the U.S. Senate voted 51-48 in favor of a change to chamber precedent lowering the maximum time allowed for debate on executive nominees to posts below the Cabinet level and on nominees to district court judgeships from 30 hours after invoking cloture to two.[3]

The change was passed under a procedure, often referred to as the nuclear option, that requires 51 votes rather than 60.[4]

It was the third use of the nuclear option in Senate history. In 2013, it was used to eliminate the 60-vote threshold to confirm presidential nominees, except those to the Supreme Court. In 2017, it was used to eliminate the 60-vote threshold required to confirm Supreme Court nominees.[5] For more, see Filibuster and reconciliation in the United States Congress.



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