Senate Democrats roll over for Trump and McConnell
Aug 30, 2018 at 8:50am Edited
I don't understand this story. If there was a "deal", what did the Dems get? Looks like they got stugotz.
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What does Schumer have to gain from fast-tracking Trump judicial nominees? This is good reason why we need new leadership.
https://www.vox.com/2018/8/29/17797230/harry-reid-adam-jentleson-trump-judges-schumer
"Former Sen. Harry Reid’s deputy chief of staff is attacking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for cutting a deal with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to speed up the votes on several of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees.
The New York Democrat and Kentucky Republican reached an agreement on Tuesday to swiftly confirm seven federal district court judges nominated by Trump and put eight others on deck for confirmation next week. By Bloomberg’s count, McConnell has already confirmed 60 judges, including 33 district court judges, 26 appeals court judges, and Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. He is currently shepherding through Trump’s second Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh.
Adam Jentleson, former deputy chief of staff under Reid took a swipe at Schumer’s decision to fast-track judicial nominees in a deal with McConnell in a series of tweets on Tuesday. He also laid out how Democrats could slow down the confirmation process and potentially stop some nominees, though he acknowledged that all of the nominees could go through anyway.
“This comes down to leadership,” said Jentleson, who worked for Reid as communications director and then deputy chief of staff from 2011 to 2017."