This week brings an inevitable showdown in the Senate with SCOTUS nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hanging in the balance. The GOP has intimated it will go nuclear and do away with the 60-vote threshold Senate rule to ensure their nominee is confirmed. What’s happening in Congress? The House meets at 12P with votes at 6:30P. The Senate convenes at 3P with a roll call vote at 5:30P. Meanwhile, Obama's 2008 DNC speech hits the auction block, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) has conflicting accounts with SCOTUS nominee, the FCC chair aims to unplug a Lifeline, and a Latino San Antonio councilman was called "boy" by the mayor -- we've got the video. Here's your Monday morning read...
