# What if the senate refuses to confirm Hillary's cabinet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 19, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-senate-refuses-to-confirm-hillarys-cabinet/769059 "2016-10-19T19:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-senate-refuses-to-confirm-hillarys-cabinet/769059/41 "2016-10-24T15:57:07Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > That I don’t support, but they are allowing amendments from the minority and I’d hope Schumer continues with that. He’s not as ruthless as Reid. Allow amendments from Republicans and every single bill is going to be appended with “repeal Obamacare” and “defund Planned Parenthood”. My hope is that the Democrats take both houses of Congress and that they and Hillary govern wisely and prudently to earn the trust of the people in the 2018 election. My second hope is that Trump gets a rematch in 2020 and the resulting blowout allows Democrats to take state houses and do the gerrymandering in their favor. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-senate-refuses-to-confirm-hillarys-cabinet/769059/42 "2016-10-24T17:29:20Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > My second hope is that Trump gets a rematch in 2020 and the resulting blowout allows Democrats to take state houses and do the gerrymandering in their favor. My hope is that we stop gerrymandering altogether so government can accurately represent the electorate. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-senate-refuses-to-confirm-hillarys-cabinet/769059/43 "2016-10-24T17:34:38Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > I hope HRC has an amenable congress and gets everything done the first two years, coasts for two years and the Dems put up an even more attractive candidate in 2020. If Hillary gets anything meaningful done I don’t see any legitimate candidate running against her in the primary. In fact, she would have to do pretty poorly for the party to pull its support. I think we’re already looking at the 2020 Democratic nominee. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-senate-refuses-to-confirm-hillarys-cabinet/769059/44 "2016-10-24T17:37:04Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > One thing that must be kept in mind is that even if Hillary wins and the Dems retake the senate, they are virtually certain to lose it again in 2018, because the class of 2102 is coming up… You don’t want to mess with time-travelling U.S. senators, believe me. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Allow amendments from Republicans and every single bill is going to be appended with “repeal Obamacare” and “defund Planned Parenthood”… If I were Senate majority leader, I would allow the minority five amendments on every bill. If they want to waste two of them on quickly-defeated amendments to repeal Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood, that’s their problem. > [@Victor\_Charlie](#): > > My hope is that we stop gerrymandering altogether so government can accurately represent the electorate. Agreed, but it wouldn’t make any difference in the Senate, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-senate-refuses-to-confirm-hillarys-cabinet/769059/45 "2016-10-24T20:42:53Z")
> [@Victor\_Charlie](#): > > If Hillary gets anything meaningful done I don’t see any legitimate candidate running against her in the primary. In fact, she would have to do pretty poorly for the party to pull its support. I think we’re already looking at the 2020 Democratic nominee. Yes, barring health issues or a Watergate-level scandal, Hillary will run for re-election in 2020. Take that FWIW - I was confident that Trump would never get the GOP nomination. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-senate-refuses-to-confirm-hillarys-cabinet/769059.md?page=2)