Democrats to hold Senate floor for 30 hours tonight to oppose RFK Jr. confirmation. (watch)

[bigtree]

NBC:

Senate Democrats will have another all-nighter on the floor, this time in protest of Kennedy’s nomination to be health and human services secretary.

While the Senate is running the 30-hour debate clock on his nomination, a group of Democrats will be delivering speeches through the night up until RFK’s final confirmation vote at around 7 a.m. tomorrow. So far, Democrats have highlighted his debunked claims about vaccines and his views on abortion and the threats he could pose to health care programs like Medicaid.

For previous nominations, Democrats have allowed the Senate to close overnight to give Capitol staff and members police a break before they reconvened in the morning while still allowing the clock to run for the 30 hours of debate.

If Democrats stay united in opposing Kennedy, he could afford to lose only three GOP votes.


watch:

[boonecreek]

1. Now this is how you filibuster.

Mr. Smith style. I know Jimmy Stewart was a conservative but I believe
he would be appalled at what happened to his party.

[kelly1mm]

2. It is not a filibuster. It is the maximum amount of time allowed for debate so long as someone is actually talking.

It is different from a filibuster in that a filibuster could in theory last forever (or then end of the congress) if you have people actually keep talking until you get 60 votes to close debate.

At the end of the 30 hours it will be a straight up or down vote. This will not kill the nomination or deny a vote on the nomination. This is just a delay (not nothing but ........)

[Wiz Imp]

3. Thanks for doing the explaining here!

[bigtree]

4. kick

[Meowmee]

5. Good 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I hope it works...

[DSandra]

6. This is a key part of the ushering of the Dark Ages

Rampant sickness, misery, hopelessness....

[electric_blue68]

7. TY

[betsuni]

8. K&R

[airplaneman]

9. Is there really any chance RFK won't get it

Asking for a friend
-Airplane