Will ALL Cabinet Confirmations Be Contentious From Now On?

[suranyi]

Not all. The VA secretary was confirmed unanimously.

Whoops, already mentioned I see…

[Ravenman]

@HurricaneDitka

I wasn’t aware of that. Could I get a link?

They’re TALKING about it. Not posting about it.

ETA: Which leftists are talking about court packing, out of curiosity? I’m sure there’s a channel on Reddit where this was mentioned, of course. Maybe r/leftistcrazydreams?

[OldGuy]

@Velocity

If Republicans lose control of the Senate in November 2018, then they have a two month period of time before the new majority takes control, in which they could amend Senate rules again - think nuclear option on steroids - so, for instance, perhaps requiring only 40 votes for nomination confirmation. So then Trump could nominate someone like Diane Sykes to replace Ginsburg and still get it through with 40+ GOP votes, even as the GOP was a Senate minority.

I’m pretty sure they can’t amend the rules to allow a less than majority vote confirm or pass legislation. I don’t have any cite for this, but I can’t imagine it would be allowed.