Can a #Senate expert explain to me:
1. When is the cloture vote?
2. How soon after the cloture vote is the floor vote?
3. What's the deal with the 30 hours of "debate" (floor time)? Can the 30 hours run concurrently (at the same time) for all these nominees?https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1017471608288473088 …
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Yes. See, e.g, what will happen during the “August Senate session” that McConnell has called.
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Re time running concurrently, oddly I can't recall seeing that Q before. In general (ie unless there's a UC to contrary) all session time post-cloture counts against the 30 hrs. So if cloture is invoked on multiple noms in a series, I think time wd run concurrently. But not sure.
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To clarify: The only way the Senate can have a back-to-back series of cloture votes on nominees is if there's a UC to allow it; in that scenario, if cloture is invoked on each of them, in theory the 30 hours can run concurrently. ...
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But w/o a UC, back-to-back cloture votes can't happen – b/c if cloture is invoked on Nom 1, Nom 1 remains the Senate's business until resolved (unless a UC allows moving to other business). IOW: It's cloture, then (up to) 30 hours; then next cloture, then (up to) 30 hours; etc.
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