Democrats will try to delay vote on attorney general
Source: Associated Press
MONDAY, JAN 23, 2017 04:00 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to request a delay in the confirmation vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, a move that will push the panel’s vote back to Jan. 31.
The Judiciary panel was scheduled to vote Tuesday on Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions’ nomination. But committee rules allow any member of the panel to hold a vote over until the next week, and members of both parties frequently do. A spokesman for California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday that she will request the extra week “to give the committee more time to conduct its due diligence.”
At Sessions’ hearing earlier this month, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said he looked forward to “moving to his appointment without delay.” In a statement, though, he noted that such delays happen frequently.
“It’s a long-standing practice that has become standard operating procedure that allows members to further study a bill or a nominee’s record, or simply delay proceeding,” Grassley said.
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Number one on that list is to call your reps daily. During this weeks postponement bombard the phone lines of the members on the Judiciary Committee. Make sure all Democratic members hear from you and if even a few GOP members can reject the civil rights horror that Sessions represents, he could be effectively stopped at the committee level. No tool at our disposal should be ignored.
Increased activism at every level is the only answer, but the upside is that activism, when applied correctly works. When they kick, we kick back.
