could tie votes on judicial nominees. and when there is a tie that means that nominee is stuck in the hearing and the only way to get the nominee out of the committee is for chuck schumer to file something called a discharge petition. and basically force that judicial nominee out of the committee and on to the senate floor for a vote. that takes time. that adds four hours of floor time on the senate to every single nominee they want to do this for. and that is in addition the time it takes to set up a discharge position and force each of these nominees before the committee. republicans have doon this already four times, maybe five times. and there is another nominee sitting in that committee stuck on a tie vote because they needed discharge petition. so that is not small. but this stuff adds up and it has blocked, five or six nominees for sailing right through to the floor. that is one example why a 51/49