Thune plans Senate “suitcase nuclear weapons” to speed up confirmation of nominees

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) detonated the first Senate “nuclear choice” in 2013, curbing litigation to confirm the executive’s nomination Supreme Court.

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky). High Court.

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Now, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (Rs.d.) could detonate the parliament’s equivalent “suitcase nuclear weapons” later this week.

Thune will follow the script established by Reid and McConnell to change the Senate precedent (not rule changes) to speed up confirmation of low-level nominees in the panel. The plan will not include judges and cabinet secretary.

Thune has made his gambit release tonight by presenting a resolution to speed up the resolution of about 40 nominees. Overall, the Senate will conduct a procedural vote to violate his resolution to confirm Thursday’s ratifier. That will take 60 years. Senate I won’t get 60 Yes.

But that’s exactly what Thune wants.

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Field coins in the Senate are endless debates. However, the only thing it cannot debate is when the problem fails. So the failed vote failed, and the Senate was withdrawn from the exact parliament that the Thune wanted.

At the end of a rolling phone ticket, Thune may well be Switch his vote From Yes to No, break fillibuster. This is because Senate rules allow senators to demand a revote on the main aspects of the issue. In this case, Thune suddenly appeared with “Noes” even though he initially voted to break the losing case.

By doing so, Thune can then order Revote on the failed vote. And, because the Senate is a unique posture that does not allow any debate, Democrats are paralyzed. They can’t do anything to stop his next plan.

Then Thune will propose order.

Thune will assert that, in accordance with the resolution he drafted, a group of lower-level nominees (for example, nominees now before the Senate) do not need 60 votes to break the lawsuit. Chairman – Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) or even Vice President VanceThe Senate President will rule that Thune is wrong. Senate rules and precedents do require 60 votes to break such resolutions.

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Thune will then demand a vote to overthrow the president’s rule. He will assert that this type of resolution is necessary, even if it has never been.

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The Senate will vote. And if 51 senators vote for the ruling against the chairman, the Senate will set a new precedent to reduce such resolution from 60 to 51 with such resolutions – moving a batch of nominees quickly and immediately.

Once the Senate does so, Thun will need to vote under the new rules to violate a lawsuit on Monday, Sept. 15. This will allow the Senate to confirm all the nominees involved on Wednesday, September 17 – in one breath.