Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee used an obscure Senate
rule to delay the committee vote on Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff
Sessions.
After Democratic senators on the Senate Judiciary
Committee gave lengthy speeches opposing Sessions for several hours
Tuesday, chairman Charles Grassley said the vote would be delayed until
Wednesday. Sessions is expected to be approved by the panel.
Through
those lengthy speeches, Democrats were able to trigger a rule that
doesn’t allow committees to be in session for two hours past the start
of the Senate day. That rule is generally waived.
In their
speeches, Democrats questioned whether the Alabama Republican could be
independent of President Donald Trump as the nation’s chief law
enforcement officer. Sessions was one of Trump’s first and strongest
supporters.
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Source: CBS News
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