CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto June 4, 2024 14:53:00
Could tie votes on judicial nominees. and when there is a tie that means that nominee is stuck in the hearing and the only way to get the nominee out of the committee is for chuck schumer to file something called a discharge petition. and basically force that judicial nominee out of the committee and on to the senate floor for a vote. that takes time. that adds four hours of floor time on the senate to every single nominee they want to do this for. and that is in addition the time it takes to set up a discharge position and force each of these nominees before the committee. republicans have do...