Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday signaled John Bolton will finally get Senate confirmation as U.N. ambassador, saying it’s “unlikely” Democrats will mount a filibuster to block him a second time.
The Post reported last week that Schumer and fellow New York Democrat Sen. Hillary Clinton – who both voted for the anti-Bolton filibuster last year – hadn’t ruled out voting for his confirmation this time.
“I think that if you count the votes, a filibuster is unlikely,” Schumer told CNN’s “Late Edition” yesterday.
If there’s no filibuster, Bolton is certain to win confirmation, since he mustered a 54-vote Senate majority in 2005, but fell short of the 60-vote super-majority needed to stop a filibuster.