{"id":2370535,"date":"2024-11-18T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-jams-up-senate-democrats-on-biden-nominees-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T19:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:49:10","slug":"gop-jams-up-senate-democrats-on-biden-nominees-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-jams-up-senate-democrats-on-biden-nominees-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP jams up Senate Democrats on Biden nominees &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-jams-up-senate-democrats-on-biden-nominees-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2370535&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the final weeks of President Biden&#8217;s presidency, Senate Republicans\u200c disrupted the confirmation process of his judicial nominees by insisting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-warns-dems-would-regret-abolishing-filibuster-nuclear-winter\/\" title=\"McConnell Warns Dems Would Regret Abolishing Filibuster: \u2018Nuclear Winter\u2019\">roll-call votes<\/a> for what\u2064 are usually\u2064 routine \u2064procedural\u2062 matters. This strategy aimed to\u2064 complicate the Democrats&#8217;\u2064 efforts,\u2063 with\u200b Senate Majority \u2064Leader Chuck Schumer \u2063typically managing these \u2062actions swiftly. As \u2064a result, the\u2063 Senate proceedings extended late into\u2062 the \u200cnight and were projected to continue into \u2062the\u2062 following \u2064day, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reflecting significant partisan contention<\/a> in the confirmation process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans jam up Senate Democrats on Biden judicial nominees<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1882925\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Republicans rebelled Monday night against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3228957\/biden-faces-tough-odds-match-trumps-judicial-appointees-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden's judicial nominees\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s judicial nominees<\/a> in the final weeks of his presidency by forcing Democrats to have roll-call votes on what would otherwise be mundane procedural matters. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>For action that would typically be teed up in a span of minutes by Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chuck Schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) and without votes, the Senate was expected to drag on for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-has-258000-watching-his-rally-on-rsbn-or-258-times-more-viewers-than-joe-bidens-thanksgiving-speech-the-most-popular-democrat-in-universal-history\/\" title=\"Trump Has 258,000 Watching His Rally on RSBN -- Or 258 Times More Viewers than Joe Biden&#039;s Thanksgiving Speech - The Most Popular Democrat In Universal History\">hours late<\/a> into Monday night and possibly Tuesday morning to hold nearly 20 procedural votes on nine nominees.<\/p>\n<p>The move came as Senate Democrats look to use their remaining days in the majority to confirm as many of Biden&rsquo;s lifetime appointments as possible before Republicans take over in January. <\/p>\n<p>In a chamber that operates on consensus for nearly everything it does, the procedural warfare was one of the only tools at the GOP&rsquo;s disposal to slow down the process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3223892\/president-elect-donald-trump-cabinet-picks-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP CABINET PICKS: WHO&rsquo;S BEEN TAPPED TO SERVE IN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT&rsquo;S ADMINISTRATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The nominees require a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-arizona-state-rep-issues-call-to-withhold-states-electoral-college-votes-to-joe-biden-due-to-significant-evidence-of-fraud\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Arizona State Rep Issues Call to Withhold State&#039;s Electoral College Votes to Joe Biden Due to Significant Evidence of Fraud\">simple majority<\/a>, as do the procedural votes, to advance their nominations, lending Democrats the ability to overcome eventually all of the hurdles set in their way by Republicans. But the Senate does not enforce its 15-minute timeline for votes and frequently takes 30 minutes to more than an hour per vote.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans were forcing votes on motions as mundane as proceeding to legislative session and filing cloture on nominees, steps that would otherwise be agreed to unanimously without fanfare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1882925\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1882925\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans obstruct Senate Democrats on Biden&#8217;s nominees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2370536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/senate-gop-jams-up-dems-on-biden-noms.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45274,6203,33619],"class_list":["post-2370535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-nominees","tag-gop","tag-senate-democrats"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/senate-gop-jams-up-dems-on-biden-noms.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370535"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370539,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370535\/revisions\/2370539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}