claim: says there is a "traditional 60-vote threshold for confirming supreme court nominees."
author: maggie hassan
evidence_1: mar 27, 2017 ... democrats say supreme court nominees need 60 votes. ... get 60 votes to  overcome a filibuster and be confirmed, which they claim is a ... but even though  it was routine, justices still had to clear the 60-vote threshold to get ...
evidence_2: jan 20, 2017 ... how democrats paved the way for the confirmation of trump's cabinet ... the  rules for legislation were untouched, but the 60-vote threshold ... keeping the 60- vote threshold not only for supreme court nominees but for the cabinet as well ...  “in years past,” he said, “there had been some sort of an idea that ...
evidence_3: says there is a "traditional 60-vote threshold for confirming supreme court ...  blocking a u.s. supreme court nomination during the remaining months of ...
evidence_4: mar 23, 2017 ... chuck schumer says supreme court nominee neil gorsuch should have to get  60 ... republicans have vowed gorsuch will be confirmed even if it means ...  traditionally, senators can force the senate to muster a ... among recent  supreme court nominees, the 60-vote threshold has not caused a problem.
evidence_5: oct 4, 2018 ... a vote on brett kavanaugh's nomination to the us supreme court is expected  this ... traditionally, 60 senators must vote for a cloture motion to pass, but ...  approve it (even though official senate rules still say 60 votes are needed). ...  confirm trump's nomination of supreme court justice neil gorsuch, which ...