Subject: POLITICO Breaking News: Senate Democrats filibuster Gorsuch nomination to the Supreme Court
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Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 09:33:54 -0600
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Senate Democrats blocked Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court on a 55-45 vote Thursday, marking the first successful filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee in nearly five decades. Just four Democrats voted to advance Gorsuch's nomination, which fell short of the necessary 60-vote threshold.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is now expected to invoke the "nuclear option," which would change Senate rules with just a simple majority to eliminate the 60-vote barrier for Supreme Court nominees.

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