Senate Democrats Zone in on Coronavirus as Road to Blocking Amy Coney Barrett Nomination
Democrats have all seized on the virus as a reason to delay the confirmation process for Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

Democrats have all seized on the virus as a reason to delay the confirmation process for Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Wednesday at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit that President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority to nominate a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and vowed that the hearing to vet the nominee would remain civil.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) doubled down on her call for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to be impeached following a now-discredited New York Times story about sexual misconduct allegations that the alleged victim does not recall.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-IA) scolded Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) on the third day of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings for his threats to release documents regarding the judge’s tenure as a George W. Bush administration official.
Thirteen left-wing extremist groups ripped into Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Tuesday over Brett Kavanaugh: ‘You are failing us.’
All eyes will be on Capitol Hill this week, as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Neil Gorsuch was confirmed to the Supreme Court on April 7 and this week will take part in deciding whether he and his fellow justices will hear the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s ruling which upheld California’s “good cause” requirement for concealed carry.
Judge Neil Gorsuch gave his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday on the first day of hearings on his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. In it he unpacked his views on the job of unelected judges in a democratic republic, giving his personal story and pledging to be a public servant who faithfully follows the Constitution and the laws enacted by the people’s elected representatives.
Democrats and the media are once again targeting Attorney General Jeff Sessions — this time, using fake news that distorts his confirmation hearing.
Lawyers for tech giant Google crowded outside the offices of Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein in an effort to convince her to oppose President Trump’s appointment of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.
“I think that the U.S. currency has been the most attractive currency to be in for very, very long periods of time,” Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin said during his confirmation hearings on Thursday.
The highlight of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s confirmation hearing so far was his rousing defense of community banks against overbearing federal regulations. “Regulation is killing community banks,” he declared, and if the process is not reversed, we could “end up
During his confirmation hearing on Thursday, Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin said the unemployment rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics does not capture the reality of the conditions facing American workers.
Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin’s confirmation hearings on Thursday will feature a robust call for pro-growth tax reform, debt reduction, an America-first trade policy, and dramatic cuts to overbearing federal regulation.
Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer, author of the landmark book Clinton Cash and president of the Government Accountability Institute, talked about the suddenly newsworthy STOCK Act on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily.
President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees will face eight confirmation hearings next week, according to Trump’s spokesman Sean Spicer.
Breitbart News National Security Editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka, author of the best-selling book Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, appeared on Fox Business Network to offer his take on departing President Obama’s statement that “no foreign terrorist organization has been able to conduct a terrorist attack on U.S. soil” during his administration.
Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation, formerly an attorney with the Department of Justice, said he expected “fireworks” at the confirmation hearings for attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily.
Key members of the Senate are speaking highly of President-elect Trump’s choice for Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, even as many analysts anticipate a difficult confirmation hearing.
“The Trump cabinet nominees understand how to lead organizations to success and I think you can see this reflected in their approaches to hearings regarding this week. They’re listening, they’re learning, they’re preparing,” Spicer told reporters on Monday morning.