Tapper: Is the balance of the power in the Senate still going to be 51-49?

Sinema: I know you have to ask that question, Jake, but that's kind of a DC thing to worry about.

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  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    51 dem votes is a cakewalk, 50-49-1 is as well, 50-50 is the issue. The question is whether the judiciary committee is evenly split or not, you can't filibuster the floor vote so the main way to delay judicial noms is in committee afaik. I think as long as Sinema doesn't caucus with Republicans, Dems get to have clean majorities in all committees.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      There's also the blue slip bullshit. It's just a custom but it allows the dems to fuck themselves if they want to. And why wouldn't they want to?

      Blue slip

      In the Senate, it is the slip on which the Senators from the state of residence of a federal judicial nominee give an opinion on the nominee.

      A Democratic Judicial Makeover Depends on Blue Slips - The American Prospect

      Will Senate Democrats let Republicans use an arcane Senate ‘tradition’ to block Biden’s judicial nominees?

      I'm not going to read that article because I already wish I could erase the blue slip detail from my brain. Details don't matter when it comes to the democrats. They aren't good at anything except for failing. And if they put their mind to it - they will always fail at Olympic medal level.