[–] 14139849? 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
That "meeting is adjourned, 2 hr rule" moment was the best and just awesome. DiFi saying "what?!?" out loud like she could not believe it that they just got played and didn't get their motion attached or any other conditions other than some wishful thinking from flakey Flake who will most likely be straighten out by Q and come around before the floor vote.
[–] 14139858? 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
I think this was about getting a quorum. You need 7 members to discuss business. you need 9 members (including 2 from the minority party) to conduct business. To pass a bill or nomination out of the committee, you need a majority of the members. 21/2 = 10.5, so 11 members, two of which must be from the minority party. The threatened Democrat walkout would have prevented transacting committee business whether or not it was a nomination. The judiciary committee can't impose more FBI investigations on the Senate as a whole or make passing the nomination out contingent on more FBI investigations. Flake's promise seemed like a gambit to get the quorum, but not actually be an enforceable promise. it depends on whether Flake is a deciding vote on the Senate floor.
[–] 14139723? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
And no official commitment or amendment to the decision of the SJC.