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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:09 PM Sep 2020

SenSchumer:Because the Senate Republicans have no respect for the institution, we won't have busines


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Chuck Schumer
@SenSchumer
Because the Senate Republicans have no respect for the institution, we won’t have business as usual here in the Senate.

Igor Bobic
@igorbobic
Schumer confirms Dems invoked the two-hour rule today to prevent Senate committees from meeting over GOP push on Supreme Court.

“We can’t have business as usual when Republicans are destroying the institution, as they have done.”
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SenSchumer:Because the Senate Republicans have no respect for the institution, we won't have busines (Original Post) soothsayer Sep 2020 OP
Good Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #1
Rt! Cha Sep 2020 #2
Hold their feet to the fire Enterstageleft Sep 2020 #3
For those that say our leadership is spineless..I give you this! Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #4
Defined here DavidDvorkin Sep 2020 #5

DavidDvorkin

(19,458 posts)
5. Defined here
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:11 PM
Sep 2020

For those who didn't know what it was, which includes me:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/schumer-invokes-rule-to-block-senate-committee-hearings/

Under the rule, no Senate committee or subcommittee can meet after the Senate has been in session for two hours or after 2 p.m. The move potentially delays a briefing on national security and a confirmation hearing for Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf.
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