Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday called for a 60-vote threshold to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, a sign that Democrats will try to force President Trump’s “not even close to normal” presidency to nominate a more moderate judge.
On the Senate floor, the New York Democrat stopped short of pledging to vote against Gorsuch, a 10th Circuit Court judge. But Schumer suggested he would oppose Gorsuch based on his record of opinions in corporate cases and writings that appear to criticize liberal politics.
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