The Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat on Sunday called for a vote on President Barack Obama’s eventual nomination to fill the vacant spot on the Supreme Court after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death.“Let’s have a vote,” Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Let’s have a debate on it.”Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has ruled out approving a high court replacement until after the presidential elections.Leahy, who said he spoke to the White House on Saturday night, wouldn’t say whether he would urge Obama to make a recess appointment.
Leahy: ‘let’s Have A Vote’ On Scalia Successor
jprior@politico.com (Jon Prior), Politico
Sun, 02/14/2016 - 7:50am
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