Senate Democrats Delay Votes on Barr's AG Nomination, Dozens of Judges
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Senate Democrats on Tuesday delayed the Judiciary Committee’s scheduled votes on the nominations of William Barr to be Attorney General and 43 federal judges.
The committee’s rules allow any member to delay votes on a bill or nomination before the committee until its next meeting or for one week ― whichever occurs later. As a result, pending bills or nominations before the Judiciary Committee are routinely delayed by a week.
In this case, Senate Democrats expressed concerns about whether the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe could be suppressed or only released in part because of Dept. of Justice guidelines precluding the release of information about individuals who haven’t been charged with a crime. Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said he’d arrange a conference call with Barr later this week to address those and other lingering questions.
Votes on the nominations of Barr, six circuit court judges, 33 district court judges, plus two judges apiece for the federal claims court and the international trade court will now occur on Thursday, February 7th. Barr’s nomination is expected to be approved by the committee and could be considered on the Senate floor soon after.
— Eric Revell
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