Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-04-04-pt3-PgS2394_t18

Today, raw political power has been exercised to break the rules and norms of this body so that a nominee could be confirmed. The only way that he could be confirmed was, in fact, to wreck the rules, a nuclear option that will have enduring fallout and rippling repercussions, perhaps for years come. For myself, I would state unequivocally that I hope we will work together on issues where we have common ground, where we can reach common solutions on infrastructure, on tax reform, on immigration issues. No one should make light of the potential fallout, as there is in any nuclear explosion, from this action today. The Senate has broken with decades of bipartisan practice when it comes to the U.S.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD BLUMENTHAL
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
CT
Gender
—
Date
2017-04-04
Speech ID
CREC-2017-04-04-pt3-PgS2394_t18
Paragraph
#0
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