There's a big difference between, saying there should be no nominee vote for the SCOTUS, compared to a no vote for a SCOTUS nominee. I can't see Collins voting against a woman. A woman has cause a lot men to do things they ordinarily wouldn't.
This. Make Collins and the rest vote against a woman, or merely respond present to the roll call which would be tantamount to a no.
Present is not a no. It's half a no.
We only need a simple majority, in other words, 46 votes since the democrat's hold 45 seats, providing no Republicans actually vote NO, but just vote present, or abstain from voting.
Nope.
It matters not how many Republicans or how many Democrats make up the Senate.
A Simple Majority is based on the total number of Senators, 100.
That means a simple majority is 51 Senators must vote, YES.
If there is a tie, 50-50 then the VP cast the deciding tie breaker.
Voting "present" does not count as a "Yes" vote. So if 4 (R) Senators vote "present" then the confirmation fails as the 51 "yes" votes was not achived.
