![]() ![]() "Democrats do not get to score political points in an unprecedented act of political theater on one hand while also trying to claim the mantle of good government on the other," said Graham. Responding to Durbin, Graham asserted that the request was "highly unusual" and that Democrats want to "rush through Judge Garland's hearing" while the impeachment trial "requires the Senate's complete focus." ![]() But the events of January 6-when armed insurrectionists attacked the Capitol, killed Officer Brian Sicknick, injured dozens of other law enforcement officers, and threatened the lives of lawmakers and staff-made even clearer the need to quickly process Judge Garland's nomination. Given the attorney general's role as the nation's top law enforcement officer, this committee should promptly consider attorney general nominees as a general practice. In a letter to Graham on Monday, Durbin wrote that "there is simply no justification for delaying Judge Garland's hearing any further." Durbin called for a hearing on February 8, a timing he said would align with Republican requests that the hearing not coincide with former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.ĭurbin wrote, in part: On January 6, then-President-elect Biden alerted both Democratic and Republican committee members and staff that he would nominate Judge Garland as the nation's next attorney general. Dick Durbin of Illinois is the committee's incoming chair. Until the organizing resolution is approved, Republicans like Graham still hold committee gavels from the previous Congress.Īs such, Graham still chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee Democratic Sen. While Democrats control the Senate, party leaders have yet to finalize an organizing resolution that will determine the committees for the upper chamber. Graham (R-S.C.) is able to exert the control over the new nomination even though his party no longer controls the chamber, as Politico explained Monday: The dispute over Garland's confirmation hearing is the latest complication of the 50-50 Senate. Supreme Court was blocked by the then-Republican controlled Senate-to be U.S. ![]() President Joe Biden last month tapped Garland-whose 2016 nomination to the U.S. Lindsey Graham was accused Tuesday of exercising "the last vestiges of power" by obstructing-again-Senate confirmation of Merrick Garland. ![]()
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