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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Sen. Jeff Merkley is holding the Senate floor in protest of Neil Gorsuch's
Supreme Court nomination.
The Oregon Democrat—whose speech is already in its second hour—will "hold
the floor and refuse to yield for as long as he is able to continue speaking
," according to his office.
Merkley, who is a member of Senate leadership, blasted Senate Republicans on
Tuesday night accusing of them trying to choke off debate over Gorsuch's
nomination.
“Here we are in the first day just hours into debate and the majority
leader said enough. We don’t want to hear any more about this topic. We’re
going to shut down debate," he said, referring to McConnell's decision to
file cloture earlier Tuesday.
Merkley started speaking around 6:48 p.m. and is showing no signs of slowing
down. His hours-long speech won't impact the Senate's consideration of
Trump's nominee with an initial vote expected for Thursday morning. |
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