Is the Senate Required to Have a Hearing Prior to the Vote?

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Originally Posted by InformedConsent

Exactly! Greater majority for Republicans in the Senate. And, by the way... the House doesn't confirm SCOTUS nominees. The Republican-heavy (thanks to the Dems WAY overplaying their hand in Kavanaugh's case) Senate does.

The democrats were expected to lose in some of the states that Trump carried, you want to make this about Kavanaugh.

If you thought it was ugly before you haven't seen anything yet. The Federalist Society pick will sail through I sincerely doubt that any republicans will cross over. A win for the big business donors for the republican party and the evangelicals.

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Originally Posted by Goofball86

If the Republicans put nominee straight on the floor without hearings or vetting that will give Dems even more power to claim they are hiding something.

Hiding what? The potential nominees have just recently already been vetted and approved by both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate.