Senate Minority Leader Chuck E Schumer on Sunday night, 11 Oct, promised that Democrats will not "supply quorum" for votes to advance Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's
confirmation effort, essentially meaning that Democrats will boycott
the votes in an attempt to stall the confirmation ahead of the
election.
"We will talk about when the actual vote occurs in committee and on the
floor. Democrats will not supply the quorum," Schumer said. "Period."
A quorum is the minimum number of members present for a committee or
the full Senate to conduct business and hold votes. The quorum in the
full Senate is 51 members and the quorum of the Judiciary Committee is
nine members including two in the minority party. This means that if one
or fewer Democrats show up to the planned Oct. 22 meeting where the
Judiciary Committee plans to vote on the Barrett confirmation then they
could prevent the committee from reporting the nomination to the
Senate.
There are ways around this. Most notably, the Senate can
vote on a discharge resolution that would remove the responsibility of
considering the Barrett nomination from the committee, allowing Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to call the nomination for a
full vote. The committee itself could also change its rules to get rid
of the requirement that two Democrats be present.
There are 53 Republicans in the Senate, meaning that even if all
Democrats boycott the final floor vote they will not be able to stop
Republicans from having a quorum. But if any of the three Republican
senators who are currently recovering from the coronavirus are still
under quarantine at that time, of if there are new cases in the GOP
caucus, that could complicate things logistically for Republicans.
McConnell must move to shift the Senate into executive session (versus
legislative session) to specifically consider the Barrett nomination.
Such a process likely requires a vote -- but is not debatable (subject
to a filibuster).
He needs 51 Republican votes to do this.
McConnell could file cloture to curb debate, on the Senate floor, and overcome a filibuster.
There is NO doubt that the democrates will talk their heads off trying to filibuster and stop the Inevitable Confirmation Of Judgement Looming.
McConnell, also know as THE TURTLE, could do this as early as Friday, Oct. 23.
Regardless of when McConnell files cloture, by rule, the “cloture
petition” (to end debate on the nomination) ripens for a vote after an
intervening day.
If McConnell, also know as THE TURTLE, files cloture to end debate on
Friday, Oct. 23, then Saturday, Oct. 24, is the intervening day.
A cloture vote halts a filibuster, which is where a senator keeps talking his head off non stop.
The
cloture petition would ripen on Sunday, Oct. 25. By rule, the Senate can
begin voting to end debate on the nomination one hour after the Senate
meets, following the intervening day. Again, if they really want to hit
the gas, this could happen at 1 a.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 25.
It’s more likely the Senate votes to end debate on the nomination on Monday, Oct. 26, or later in the week.
Under
the provisions of “Nuclear Option II” (where McConnell established a
new precedent -- not a rules change -- lowering the bar to end a
filibuster on Supreme Court nominations from 60 votes to 51 to confirm
Justice Neil Gorsuch), the Senate would vote to end debate on the
nomination. That entails a simple majority. Once cloture on the
nomination is “invoked” (halting a filibuster), debate is then limited
to 30 hours.
Once 30 hours have expired, the Senate may take an up-or-down vote on
the nomination itself. It only needs 51 votes to confirm Barrett.
That’s
why the actual, confirmation of judgement looming, of Judge Barrett won’t happen until
the middle or end of the week of Oct. 25, likely Oct. 28-30.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amy-coney-barrett-likely-confirmation-schedule-supreme-court
Editor Note
Chuck E. Schumer can't stop the Inevitable Confirmation Of Judgement Looming for himself nor his fellow rats on the sinking democrate party ship called destruction.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett will be seated on the US Supreme Court BEFORE the Nov 3, 2020 election.
Nancy Pelosi' s Systemic Cruelty To Americans will end soon.
Her days are numbered as are her fellow thugs in the democrate party and the deep state also known as the shadow government which is the bureaucracy of non-elected government officials and an administrative policy-making Un American group of people.
The democrates and "the deep state" will continue to wail their way until the Nov 3, 2020 election of President Trump up until Jan 20 when President Trump again takes the oath of office for 4 more years and after.
All of their wailing will not prevent their doom.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett is the President's TRUMP CARD and they know it.
The circus frenzy of the democrates will reach their crescendo peak of wailing in the Joint Session of Congress sometime around Jan 6, 2020 or a few days later if they contest the electorial ballots counted in the joint session of Congress.
Thats when the rats on the democrate ship called destruction will try to escape the Inevitable Confirmation Of Judgement Looming.
The democrate FREAK side show will not end on Jan 20, 2020.
It will continue as usual but Freedom Loving Americans will see a different kind of freak show emerge.
These newer type of freaks will turn on their fellow American's more than ever.
It will not matter to them if you are a Republican or Democrate.
The battle for freedom never ends and WE THE PEOPLE are locked and loaded for the radicals who want to continue to try to destroy America.
The swamp will continue to be drained after Jan 20, 2020 by President Trump and all those who supported his reelection!
The wicked witch of the house of reps will melt down as she says:
You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting! Oh, what a
world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you
could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oooooh, look out! I'm going!
Oooooh! Ooooooh!
Nasty Pelosi will be talking about, Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
