Chuck Schumer says Democrats will filibuster Neil Gorsuch
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. threatened to block Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court in a blistering Senate floor speech Thursday, saying he did not want to confirm a justice who appeared to have “ice water in his veins.” Republicans have said they will change Senate rules to end the 60-vote floor for voting on Supreme Court nominees if Democrats block President Donald Trump’s nominee. But Schumer brushed off that threat Thursday. “If this nominee cannot earn 60 votes—a bar met by each of President Obama’s nominees and ...
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