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Sanders: Requiring 60 votes for Gorsuch is not a filibuster

By Joseph Lawler
Published March 26, 2017 2:24pm ET
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Sanders: Requiring 60 votes for Gorsuch is not a filibuster
"There will be a vote," Sanders said. "If he doesn't get 60 votes, he does not become Supreme Court justice." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Requiring 60 votes in the Senate to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court is not a filibuster, Bernie Sanders argued Sunday ahead of a Democratic effort to block President Trump’s nominee to the high court.

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