Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20170330:10:47:00
Even for nominations as controversial as justice clarence thomas which succeeded. judge robert bowrk which did not succeed. they did not require that 60 vote plurality. so what has to happen? there are 52 republicans. if 8 democrats vote with the 52 republicans, not to have the 60 votes, then it would be a simple up and down vote. if that doesnt happen, then the so-called nuclear option comes in. that means changing the senate rules to prohibit the 60 vote requirement for supreme court nominees....
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