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Senate GOP readies ‘nuclear’ option, set for August break after nominations deal falls apart
Trump wants his nominees pushed through the Senate but won't give the Democrats want they want in return for their votes so now it's time to change the rules again to get what they want. This is how the gop works, don't like the rules, change them.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had been trading offers throughout Friday night and Saturday. However, they were unable to seal the deal on a package that would have allowed roughly two dozen nominees to be approved before the month-long August break, which lawmakers have been anxious for.
“It is political extortion, by any other name,” Trump continued. “Tell Schumer, who is under tremendous political pressure from within his own party, the Radical Left Lunatics, to GO TO HELL! Do not accept the offer, go home and explain to your constituents what bad people the Democrats are, and what a great job the Republicans are doing, and have done, for our Country.
Senate GOP readies ‘nuclear’ option, set for August break after nominations deal falls apart
The Senate is set to finally begin its August recess without a deal on nominations as Republicans are intent on moving forward with a rules change to limit length of time spent on individual nominees enable President Trump’s selections to be confirmed more expeditiously due to a Democratic...