Cloture votes used to be a rare tool of last resort, only used in a tiny handful of cases. Not these days. In many cases, the nominees in question are completely uncontroversial.
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Not a single Senator voted against confirming Robert Wier or Fernando Rodriguez to serve as district judges yesterday. But Democrats forced us to invoke cloture on each of them, and then made sure they soaked up
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This isn’t due diligence. It isn’t good government. It’s what happens when our colleagues across the aisle put political slogans about “the resistance” ahead of the country’s needs.
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Like when we needed a Supreme Court Justice.... and we had to wait until that idiot got elected. Why was that?
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Merrick Garland
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Merrick Garland.
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You guys effed up any productive govt the 8 years Obama was in. You guys started this!
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Merrick Garland what?
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Your treatment of Merick Garland was despicable, so shush.
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I think they are showing you how it feels. I agree time to save our values and be a leader of the free world. Let us work together and learn from our mistakes
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