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SD Senator Mike Rounds; Supreme Court Nomination Could be a Fight

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President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch for the vacant position on the US Supreme Court. He has been serving on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
The nomination will now go to the Senate for confirmation.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says he isn’t sure how minority democrats will work with the process…..

Rounds says there were attempts in the past to bypass the sixty votes necessary for confirmation…..

Rounds says democrats are still working through the election losses…..

The nomination will first go to the Senate Judiciary Committee, before moving to the floor.
Rounds was a guest on Drivetime with Fred and Big Scott on 570 WNAX.

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