John Cornyn: “This is something very similar to that which the chairman of…”

“In a moment, I'm going to propose a unanimous consent request on a resolution that would allow the Majority leader to call up 10, at least 10 nominees advanced out of the same committee to be considered for a vote in block or altogether. This is something very similar to that which the chairman of the Rules Committee, Senator Klobuchar from Minnesota and Angus King, an independent from Maine, had proposed in 2023. And if Democrats were really interested in solving the problem, if they were really interested in restoring the Senate to its previous reputation as the world's greatest deliberative body, they wouldn't object.” (11:38–11:52)

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