Democrats to filibuster Neil Gorsuch amid Supreme Court showdown

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http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/dsu3Jg_FvjIzK1CGc0mg_g--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/8726698a03d2deba7bff881573fe6b91 (https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-to-filibuster-neil-gorsuch-amid-supreme-court-showdown-183625283.html)Forty-one Senate Democrats have announced they will filibuster President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, setting up a partisan showdown over the hidebound institution’s internal rules this week. In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Monday afternoon, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., became the latest Democrat to say he would vote no on cloture for Gorsuch. Senate precedent requires 60 votes to end a filibuster — an indefinite debate — and proceed to a vote for Supreme Court nominees.



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