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I wasn't referring exclusively to SCOTUS nominees. You think RFK could have been confirmed 10 years ago even if the President's party held the Senate?
by senderista 1y ago
I wasn't referring exclusively to SCOTUS nominees. You think RFK could have been confirmed 10 years ago even if the President's party held the Senate?
- DrillShopper 1y ago10 years ago? Yes. He's a Kennedy.
- rufus_foreman 1y agoIn the past one hundred years, only 2 cabinet position nominations have been rejected by a vote in the Senate, and neither occurrence was when the President's party held the Senate. If you look at nominations that were withdrawn rather than going to a vote and being rejected, President Trump has had 5 withdrawn so far which is the most of any President in US history. I see no evidence that the process is becoming more of a rubber-stamp than it was previously. If you've got some, I'd like to see it.