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John Cornyn: “This is restoring the Senate to the way it used to work, not…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Dems Block Cornyn Resolution Allowing for Nomination Votes, Paving Way to Expedite Confirmations

Published | Video Starts at 01:40

But as our colleague from Missouri just pointed out, this is really not so much a nuclear option as a restoration option. This is restoring the Senate to the way it used to work, not just before President Trump was reelected, but for the last couple hundred years. where we had an orderly process to consider a president's nominees, a committee process to vet them, and then a debate and a vote on the Senate floor so that … (01:40–01:53)

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Asserts that the proposed action restores the Senate's historical process for the last couple hundred years.

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