Republicans go off on Dick Durbin over Senate Judiciary shenanigans
By Social Links for Ryan King
Published Nov. 30, 2023, 1:04 p.m. ET
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee raged against Chairman Dick Durbin Thursday after he refused a third debate on two of President Biden’s judicial nominees, leading one senior GOP lawmaker to say Durbin had “just destroyed one of the most important committees in the United States Senate.”
As a roll call vote got underway, senators on the Republican side warned that Durbin’s steamrolling would be remembered.
“You’re gonna have a lot of consequences coming if you go down this road. I’ve cautioned a lot of you,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told his Democratic colleagues.
Durbin briefly defended his push for the roll call vote on the nominees, arguing that the GOP had already had two opportunities to opine on the picks.
“You’re telling us to shut up? You want us to shut up?” fumed Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).
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