Obstructionist Democrats are continuing their delay tactics and are delaying the Senate committee vote on Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Democrat’s excuse to delay Sessions vote again is that they need “more time to review the pick.” If only Republicans were like this with any of Obama’s picks.
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Senate Democrats are delaying a vote on Sen. Jeff Sessions’s nomination to be President Trump’s attorney general, arguing they want more time to review the pick.
“As we have done for most nominees … I’m asking that the vote for Sen. Sessions be held over until next week,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote on the Alabama Republican’s nomination during a Tuesday morning meeting. The committee’s approval is a first step to being scheduled for a full Senate vote.
But under committee rules, any lawmaker can ask that a nomination be held over for a week if it’s on the agenda for the first time.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the committee, kicked off Tuesday’s hearing by noting that Democrats wanted to delay the nomination, and said, “Of course, I’ll honor that request,” per the committee’s rules.