Tag: Nuclear Option

Defend the Constitution, Confirm Gorsuch

Tws Staff · April 2, 2017 1:06 pm

Congress leaves for a two-week recess, and GOP leaders are committed to seating Gorsuch on the high court by then. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Next week: Supreme Court showdown in the Senate

Susan Ferrechio · April 2, 2017 4:01 am

The Wall Street Journal editorial board is warning Senate Republicans that any deal with Democrats that maintains their right to filibuster President Trump's Supreme Court nominees would amount to "suicide." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Wall Street Journal warns Senate GOP against filibuster deal

Eddie Scarry · March 31, 2017 12:36 pm

The result would be that Gorsuch would require 50 votes instead of 60. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republican support for ‘nuclear option’ for Gorsuch builds in Senate

Susan Crabtree · March 29, 2017 10:21 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is leading a filibuster against Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court arguing that Gorsuch should reach a 60-vote threshold. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer in 2013 said Dems believe in ‘up-or-down’ votes, not ‘obstruction’

Susan Crabtree · March 29, 2017 5:18 pm

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., said that President Trump's massive cuts to the EPA will keep the country's environmental cop from "brainwashing" the country's children. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Jim Inhofe: Democrats will rue the day they deployed ‘nuclear option’

Kyle Feldscher · March 29, 2017 1:45 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Tuesday said Neil Gorsuch is "eminently well-qualified" and doesn't deserve to be filibustered, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has vowed to do. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nuclear option support builds: Key GOP moderate won’t rule it out

Susan Crabtree · March 28, 2017 8:22 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, right, said that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has "become a destructive force" for the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lindsey Graham: Chuck Schumer ‘has become a destructive force’ for the Senate

Daniel Chaitin · March 24, 2017 3:47 pm

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)

Schumer: Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch

Susan Crabtree · March 23, 2017 2:51 pm

Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin doesn't expect enough Democrats to vote in favor of ending debate on Judge Neil Gorsuch's appointment to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Dick Durbin: Lack of Democratic supporters may force ‘nuclear option’ vote on Gorsuch

Kyle Feldscher · March 22, 2017 1:56 pm

Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch, left, meets with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Capitol Hill, Wednesday. Manchin believes there are still enough open-minded Democrats in the Senate who can be won over by Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Manchin sees possible path to 60 for Gorsuch

Susan Crabtree · February 2, 2017 2:01 pm

Pence said he is "hopeful that it doesn't" come to using a certain Senate rule to fast-track the judge's approval. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Unlike Trump, Pence is wary of nuking Gorsuch through Senate

Anna Giaritelli · February 2, 2017 12:39 am