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\"412px-Senator_Chuck_Schumer_(cropped)\"<\/a>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says that Democrats will filibuster the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.<\/p>\n

Republicans have said that if this happens, they will launch \u201cthe nuclear option\u201d of changing the rules to eliminate the filibuster option for presidential appointments.<\/p>\n

Schumer says that some Republicans will want to keep the traditional Senate perogative of unlimited debate (unless there is a 60 vote cloture), so he doesn\u2019t think the Republicans can get the votes necessary to change the rule.<\/p>\n

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Photo of Chuck Schumer by y United States Senate \u2013 https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sdmc\/27720474940\/in\/album-72157667655342524\/, CC BY 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=56927097<\/em><\/p>\n

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From Burgess Everett and Elana Schorf,\u00a0Schumer prepared to force nuclear showdown over Gorsuch \u2013 POLITICO<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

Chuck Schumer is prepared to push the Senate into a nuclear confrontation over the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

In an extensive interview with POLITICO Thursday, the Senate minority leader made his most definitive statement to date that Democrats will deny Neil Gorsuch the 60 votes he needs to clear a Senate filibuster and ascend to the Supreme Court. Dismissing the notion of a deal to confirm Gorsuch floated by some members of his caucus this week, Schumer all but declared that Donald Trump\u2019s nominee will not receive the requisite eight Democratic votes \u2014 and that it will be up to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell whether to try to blow up the filibuster to get Gorsuch through.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been an almost seismic shift in the caucus [against Gorsuch],\u201d Schumer said as the Senate Judiciary confirmation hearings wrapped up Thursday. \u201cHe did not win anybody over with his testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Schumer stops Gorsuch during a filibuster vote in early April \u2014 and the New Yorker was brimming with confidence that he will \u2014 it will almost certainly force McConnell\u2019s hand on the so-called \u201cnuclear option.\u201d Schumer is betting McConnell does not have the votes to do away with the 60-vote requirement for Supreme Court nominees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a foregone conclusion that Mitch McConnell changes the rules,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cThere are people in his caucus who really don\u2019t want to change the rules, OK?\u201d<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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