Democrats Take Over Senate Floor Refusing Move

The president is supposed to move forward and they will.

Democrats take over senate floor refusing move.

Senate republicans are moving full steam ahead toward a confirmation vote on supreme court nominee judge amy coney barrett before election day and there is little democrats can do to stop it. Senate majority leader sen. Speaks on the senate floor at the u s. Senate democrats have already made their first move to slow down the chamber s operation.

The senate democrats attempted to deny the confirmation of president donald trump s nominee to head the department of education betsy devos. Capitol in washington saturday march 21 2020. Mitch mcconnell r ky speaks during a news briefing after the weekly senate republican policy luncheon at the u s. That could take democrat numbers in the senate into the low 40s.

Some democrats floated the highly unlikely. On tuesday afternoon democrats invokedthe two hour rule which limits the time when committees may hold hearings while the full senate is in session. Democrats will probably keep the senate in a president biden s first midterm if they take it with any margin this fall more vulnerable republicans are up for reelection in 2022 but they. Ultimately it failed as vice president mike pence cast the deciding vote and devos was confirmed.

While president donald trump brought his sales pitch for wall to the texas mexico border thursday senate compromise talks to end the government shutdown stalled and congressional democrats and. Statehood for puerto rico is the biggest potential threat if democrats take over congress and the white house but that s another story. They did so by engaging in an all night debate on the senate floor as their form of protest against the nominee. If democrats manage to hold the house of representatives and win back the senate and the white house in november the party will have full control of the federal government for the first time in.

Senate television via ap. One of these is a war powers resolution which if passed by the house can be put to the senate floor even by democrats who are in the minority. The move caused some committees to postpone their hearings on tuesday.