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Schumer: Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch

By Susan Crabtree
Published March 23, 2017 2:51pm ET
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Schumer: Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer meets with Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Capitol Hill in Washington. Schumer said Gorsuch will have to overcome a "cloture vote" and "earn his confirmation." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his expected plans to vote “no” on Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court and promised that Republicans would have to overcome a Democratic filibuster in order to seat him.

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