Schumer invokes "two-hour rule"
to block Senate committee hearings
CBS News,
by
Grace Segers
&
Alan He
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
9/22/2020 11:29:59 PM
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer invoked the "two-hour rule" Tuesday, a measure that constrains the scheduling and duration of Senate committee meetings. The move is intended to retaliate against Republicans, who have agreed to vote on confirming President Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. Under the rule, no Senate committee or subcommittee can meet after the Senate has been in session for two hours or after 2 p.m.(Snip)"We invoked the two-hour rule because we can't have business as usual when Republicans are destroying the institution as they have done," Schumer told reporters.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Zarin 9/22/2020 11:41:27 PM (No. 549372)
Rush is correct. Skip the hearings - the 2 most likely candidates had hearings the last year or so.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
marlon 9/22/2020 11:42:38 PM (No. 549373)
Yes I think Schumer just handed the no commity hearing to the Republicans.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
PChristopher 9/22/2020 11:45:00 PM (No. 549374)
I'll risk making a clicheic comparison by saying that Schumer's statement about 'saving the institution' is like Hitler saying he had to invade France to save Europe from French oppression.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Nimby 9/22/2020 11:48:01 PM (No. 549378)
Why is his family not committing this lunatic to an asylum?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
billsv 9/22/2020 11:59:48 PM (No. 549392)
Either the hearings will be very short by calling for a vote to end the hearings and send to the Senate for a vote. Somehow I think Schumer is helping to shorten the timeline to confirmation. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I would not bet against Leader McConnell. Schumer is no match for him.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Northcross 9/23/2020 12:14:01 AM (No. 549397)
This must be one of those arrows in the quiver of the Democrats. You know the one that says act like a petulant 6 year old because you didn't get your way.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
crashnburn 9/23/2020 12:17:54 AM (No. 549400)
Anymore,
it seems that anything
the DemoniKKKRats
try to derail the Trump Train,
backfires in their faces.
Sort of like Wiley Coyote
trying to catch the Roadrunner!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Safari Man 9/23/2020 12:20:41 AM (No. 549402)
How about a committee meeting that goes as follows:
(Gavel Bang). We're here to discuss President Trump's nominee for scotus, Amy Coney Barrett. All in favor say Aye. All opposed Ney. The Aye's have it. (Gavel Bang). Phew, got it in within two hours. The vote will be today at 1pm. Be there or be square.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
chumley 9/23/2020 12:23:05 AM (No. 549406)
Maybe its that infuriating New York accent, but every time he opens his mouth I feel like I'm about to get mugged or scammed.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
singermom9 9/23/2020 12:34:12 AM (No. 549410)
Let them have their hearings UNTIL they start being abusive. If the start the Kavanaugh treatment stop the hearing and go straight to a floor vote. We cannot allow them to abuse another nominee.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Tanker76 9/23/2020 12:35:32 AM (No. 549411)
Every time I see him out there bloviating, with those stupid glasses perched on the end of his nose, I want to just reach thru the TV screen and smack them right off his smarmy, condescending face.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ben Around 9/23/2020 12:36:24 AM (No. 549413)
Oh, chuckle is getting as senile as nancy. Ok chuck, no hearings, we will vote next week.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
LadyHen 9/23/2020 12:56:49 AM (No. 549423)
Just vote!!!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
stablemoney 9/23/2020 1:18:11 AM (No. 549430)
Schumer doesn't want any committee hearing on Biden, Ukraine, DOJ and FBI corruption before the election. The Republicans set themselves up for this by doing nothing for 4 years.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Elljay 9/23/2020 1:29:05 AM (No. 549432)
Mitchell to Schumer: “OK, Chuck, have it your way, the hearing will take two hours.”
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
anniebc 9/23/2020 5:43:10 AM (No. 549483)
Poster 8, be there or be square. "L7 is just a little too daRn straight." Rick James, you know the rest. Sorry, it's too early. :)
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
rytwng 9/23/2020 7:41:14 AM (No. 549540)
Chuck U. Schumer. It's over.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 9/23/2020 8:14:59 AM (No. 549569)
The Single-Payer system, Two-Hour Rule, Three Martini Lunch... the Dems could start their own Sesame Street episode teaching counting to children.
Dems should be constantly reminded that they and Harry Reid ended the filibuster.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
udanja99 9/23/2020 8:45:52 AM (No. 549608)
Um, Chuck U, the last time I checked you were the MINORITY leader. So sit down and shut up. In the immortal words of your messiah, “We won”.
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It will be interesting to see how Chuck Schumer’s “strategy" unfolds. It seems he has annoyed Susan Collins but time will tell whether she decides to support a nominee prior to November 3rd. Also, Rush Limbaugh has suggested that the Senate should “skip the Judiciary Committee hearings and go straight to a floor vote” and avoid the Judiciary Committee “circus.”