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Wiz Imp

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6. No they can't

Reply to Buttoneer (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 02:24 PM

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At least not in the way you seem to think. Tubervilles hold worked because there were hundreds of people being nominated as a block. In order to get them passed, they would have needed to go through the process for each individual nominee which would have taken months or years. Each individual nominee can only be delayed for a few days to a week or so. Democrats have done that with some nominees. They can't block individual nominees for months like Tuberville did with the block nominees.

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they were in the majority when they did that dsc Monday #1

No they weren't. In 2023 Dems had the majority in the Senate. Buttoneer Monday #4

They could, but they don't. LuvLoogie Monday #2

It's easy to gum up high volume low-level generally non-controversial nominees, not so much for high profile tritsofme Monday #3

Tuberville blocked Biden's pick for the Joint Chief of Staff and the Chief of Naval Operatiions. Not so "low-level" Buttoneer Monday #5

If I recall ITAL Monday #7

Yes, and if Schumer had wanted to bring his nomination to the floor, he could have, it just would have burned time tritsofme Monday #8

No they can't Wiz Imp Monday #6