Dems delay Senate panel vote on Supreme Court nominee [View all]
Source: The Hill
BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 03/27/17 12:17 PM EDT
Democrats are delaying for one week an initial committee vote on Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the committee, said Democrats had requested that the committee's vote on Gorsuch be punted to next week. "I understand that the minority would like to hold him over," Grassley said during the Judiciary Committee's meeting on Monday.
Under committee rules any one member can request that a nomination be held the first time it appears on the agenda. Democrats were widely expected to delay the committee's vote until next week.
The delay means the committee vote will likely take place on April 3, giving Republicans days to meet their goal of winning Gorsuch's confirmation by the full Senate by the end of that week.
Read more: http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/325923-dems-delay-senate-panel-vote-on-supreme-court-nominee
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