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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-biden-rule-doesnt-apply-in-2020-11600545795

explanation of the difference between 2016 and 2020, when invoking the Biden rule.  (Which Biden now denies.)

[quote]This exception was popularized in 1992 by Sen. Joe Biden, then chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He urged President George H.W. Bush to refrain from making any Supreme Court nominations in that election year. What made 1992 different from other election years, Mr. Biden explained, was that [b]“divided Government” [/b]reflected an absence of a “nationwide consensus” on constitutional philosophy. “Action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over,” the future vice president insisted. No vacancy arose until 1993, when Bill Clinton was in the White House and Ginsburg’s nomination easily passed a Democratic Senate. But the Biden rule fit 2016 to a tee.[/quote]

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Yes, McConnell has an argument that he is being consistent based on how he carefully chose his words in 2016.  However, there are several GOP senators that expanded on the Biden rule in their promises never to vote to fill a vacancy right before an election.

The vote will have to be in December in any event.  There is not enough time for Republicans to act before the election.  [/quote]

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