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Schumer: 'We're going to filibuster Neil Gorsuch'
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March 23, 2017
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"Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings ended Thursday on a confrontational note, with the Senate’s top Democrat vowing a filibuster that could complicate Gorsuch’s confirmation and lead to an overhaul in the way the U.S. Senate conducts its business.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he will vote no on President Trump’s nominee, and asked other Democrats to join him in blocking an up-or-down vote on Gorsuch.
Under Senate rules, it requires 60 votes to overcome such an obstacle. Republicans eager to confirm Gorsuch before their Easter recess begins April 7 have only a 52-senator majority. They have said Gorsuch will be confirmed, even if it means removing the filibuster option and allowing Supreme Court nominees to be confirmed to their lifetime appointments with a simple majority vote.
Schumer’s decision was not unexpected, but increased the tension over the battle to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant since Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly in February 2016."
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