Sentences with phrase «eliminate filibusters»

Washington (CNN)- In a rare, private meeting with nearly all 100 senators Monday night, the upper chamber failed to come up with a deal to avert the so - called nuclear option — a partisan threat by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that would eliminate filibusters for executive - branch nominees.

In November 2013, Senate Democrats used the nuclear option to eliminate filibusters on executive branch nominations and federal judicial appointments other than those to the Supreme Court.

I would also like to add to @sabbahillel's answer that when the Democrats last controlled the Senate, they changed the Senate rules and eliminated the filibuster on federal judge appointments to make it easier for the Senate to approve the appointments of the Obama administration.

She anticipated that the GOP will utilize the so - called «nuclear option» — changing Senate rules to eliminate the filibuster — to install him on the bench.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer reacted with suspicion to President Donald Trump's nomination of Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to the late Antonin Scalia «s slot on the Supreme Court — and warned against any Republican attempt to eliminate the filibuster in order to ram his confirmation through.

Not exact matches

Afterward, Trump said he wants the power to issue line - item vetoes on spending bills — a power many presidents have demanded, and that Congress has never granted — and that the Senate should eliminate the ability of a minority to filibuster legislation.

If the proposal doesn't comply with the Senate's rules, an ensuing fight could pit conservatives against moderates and institutionalists — and could edge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) closer to completely eliminating the legislative filibuster, a move with far bigger implications than health care policy.

The Moderates get turned off by the Party Platform and decide to return to their parent's Democratic Party roots in enough districts to return control of Congress to the Democrats, and eliminate the threat of Republican Filibuster in the Senate.

On November 21, 2013, the Senate used the so - called «nuclear option», voting 52 - 48 — with all Republicans and three Democrats voting against — to eliminate the use of the filibuster on executive branch nominees and judicial nominees, except to the Supreme Court.

The Senate agreed and eliminated this option from their rules, which now made unbreakable filibusters possible; they didn't actually happen for a few decades.

keeping hurricane relief separate from the debt ceiling, and combining the raising of the debt ceiling with spending cuts (potentially eliminating the Democrat ability to filibuster since they could not block raising the debt ceiling),

Like everyone, I have questions for the two participants; To both: do you favor eliminating the Senate filibuster, or changing the 60 votes needed to close a filibuster?

Congress wanted to eliminate the ACA completely, but to comply with the rules so that a filibuster couldn't stop them, that's the most they could do.