Mcconnell Quotes Towards Other Senators On Floor

Mcconnell s comments came after a pledge he made last month that the senate would take no action on the nomination setting the stage for a political fight.

Mcconnell quotes towards other senators on floor.

Protests move us towards justice. Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky called out minority leader chuck schumer d n y on the senate floor thursday morning for his controversial warning a day earlier that supreme court. The best hope for democrats is that their entire caucus opposes the nominee and that a few moderate gop senators decide to join them. The left channels its fury toward mcconnell.

Mcconnell argued that the senate impeachment trial of trump has been structured the same as the trial of former president bill clinton in the 1990s and repeated that over 28 000 pages of evidence. In that scenario the senate vote would be tied 50 50 and he would need vice president mike pence to cast a tie breaking vote. The attorney general s painstaking pursuit of facts and justice leader mcconnell said on the senate floor. With three republican senators infected and others awaiting results mcconnell is without a fully working majority of 50 senators.

House democrats passed a 3 trillion bill in may but mcconnell has refused to bring the legislation to the senate floor questioning its cost and the inclusion of provisions such as election. Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. Mcconnell could not lose more than three votes from his caucus. Incensed by the fact that mcconnell and other gop senators argued in 2016 that rather than vote on garland americans should be able to weigh in.

He would need to rely on vice president mike pence to be on hand.