Rep. Lewis to Join Sessions AG Confirmation Panel

[DonViejo]

Last edited Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:24 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: The Daily Beast

Sen. Jeff Sessionss confirmation hearing for the post of U.S. attorney general will pit him against civil-rights advocates Rep. John Lewis (D-AL), Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ). Sessions has Donald Trumps backing for the Cabinet post, and the support of Republican colleagues in Congress, including Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee where Sessions will have his confirmation hearing. But that same committee previously rejected Sessions for a federal judgeship in 1986, when his behavior was deemed too racist for the post. Sessionss alleged bigotry is expected to be front and center when his confirmation hearing begins Tuesday.


READ IT AT THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

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[Ligyron]

1. What, he wasn't on that committee to begin with?

Interesting

[DonViejo]

2. You do realize Lewis is a Congressman and this is a Senate committee, right?

[al bupp]

3. The Daily Beast piece is pretty brief

And does not make clear that the congressmen (as well as senator Booker) will be attending as panel members, contrary to the source article which lists all the panel participants:

http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/01/03/2017/attorney-general-nomination-01-10-17?utm_content=bufferfd088&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Ligyron]

4. I do.

Apparently I need to drink more coffee before I comment on threads.