Last night, I was watching the live video from the Senate floor. Interestingly, on one cloture vote Senator Manchin voted No – moments later, after realizing that his vote would be decisive, he changed it to Yes. At least on this occasion, Manchin showed comity to his party.
What you say initially is not entirely true. This week, one dist…
Last night, I was watching the live video from the Senate floor. Interestingly, on one cloture vote Senator Manchin voted No – moments later, after realizing that his vote would be decisive, he changed it to Yes. At least on this occasion, Manchin showed comity to his party.
What you say initially is not entirely true. This week, one district judge was confirmed with 51 votes, while three others received 50 votes. (Granted, the circuit judge was confirmed with only 49 votes.)
Yesterday the Senate held six cloture votes, most on ten-minute votes very late in the evening when everybody was exhausted. Two passed with 51 votes, and four passed with 50 votes.
Had all Republicans showed up, VP Harris would have been required to cast some tie-breaking votes. She is currently vacationing in Hawaii.
Last night, I was watching the live video from the Senate floor. Interestingly, on one cloture vote Senator Manchin voted No – moments later, after realizing that his vote would be decisive, he changed it to Yes. At least on this occasion, Manchin showed comity to his party.
What you say initially is not entirely true. This week, one district judge was confirmed with 51 votes, while three others received 50 votes. (Granted, the circuit judge was confirmed with only 49 votes.)
Yesterday the Senate held six cloture votes, most on ten-minute votes very late in the evening when everybody was exhausted. Two passed with 51 votes, and four passed with 50 votes.
Had all Republicans showed up, VP Harris would have been required to cast some tie-breaking votes. She is currently vacationing in Hawaii.