Senate supporters of the Export-Import Bank may have to rely on an obscure parliamentary maneuver if they are set on confirming NCUA Board Member J. Mark McWatters as a member of the bank's board.
That move will require discharging the Senate Banking Committee from considering the nomination – a motion that can be made by any senator during an executive session held to consider nominations. Even then, it would take 60 votes to confirm McWatters if a senator threatens a filibuster.
The potential move came into the spotlight after panel Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said last week he would not bring the McWatters nomination to a panel vote.
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