Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Originally Posted by steve4102
Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Originally Posted by nyrifleman
Originally Posted by TrueGrit
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.


Actually, it's a simple majority of votes for confirmation, but 51 to break the filibuster.

Nope

Confirmation requires a simple majority of the Senate quorum.

A "present" vote adds to the quorum.

If all 100 Senators are available to vote it requires 51 yes votes to confirm.

There is no Filibuster during the confirmation process. The Cloture Rule (filibuster) required 60 votes to stop the filibuster. McConnell did away with that during the Gorsuch confirmation.

The Democrats cannot filibuster as it goes to a floor vote and requires 51 YES votes. A "present" vote is not a "yes" vote and it adds to the quorum. Same as a "No".

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe, an Obama phone, free health insurance. and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime.