Democrat Senate Floor

President trump s nominee for this vacancy will receive a vote on the floor of the senate.

Democrat senate floor.

22 2020 in washington d c. 12 and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky said earlier this week that he will hold a floor vote for the nominee before the election. Mike lee charged senate democrats with being on the side of violent protesters he described as dimwitted phony drama addicts for opposing his resolution thursday condemning mob violence in the wake of nationwide demonstrations over the police killing of george floyd. If democrats manage to hold the house of representatives and win back the senate and the white house in november the party will have full control of the federal government for the first time in.

Chip somodevilla getty images senate. Wednesday september 30 2020 08 52 pm. In 1964 on the floor of the u s. All trying to prevent the passing of one thing.

Senate minority leader chuck schumer d n y walks out of the u s. Please reach out to your health care provider with specific concerns and or 911 in the case of an emergency. Capitol and heads for a news conference on sept. Senate democrats held the longest filibuster in our nations history 75 days.

Senate democratic leadership click here to learn more from the cdc about the coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19 and best practices to keep you and your family safe. Passage of h r 8337 continuing resolution. The current leaders are senators mitch mcconnell from kentucky and chuck schumer from new york the current assistant leaders whips are senators john thune from south dakota and dick durbin from illinois. The senate is currently composed of 53 republicans 45 democrats and 2 independents both of whom caucus with the democrats.

Republicans expect democrats to force votes on the senate floor to try to delay the nomination but the gop can win them as long they keep a working majority in town for the next few weeks.