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“The notion that Senator Grassley or Senator Ernst wouldn’t even meet with him or if they meet with him aren’t going to give him a hearing just doesn’t make sense”, said President Obama. Now the U.S. Senate ought to fulfill its obligation by setting into motion the process to “advise and consent” on the president’s choice, as the Constitution requires. Journalists from Ayotte’s and Johnson’s states were there, as were those from John McCain’s Arizona, Roy Blunt’s Missouri, Rob Portman’s OH, and Chuck Grassley’s Iowa.
It’s been almost three months since Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, and almost two months since President Obama named Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee to fill the Supreme Court’s vacancy.
“While I’m glad to see Democrats concede that there won’t be a Democrat in the White House next year, Republicans continue to believe that the American people should have a voice in this decision and the next president should make the nomination”, said Don Stewart, a spokesman for McConnell. By putting forth a strong and qualified person for the Supreme Court, he is continuing to do his job.
The group’s president, Brad Woodhouse, argued the DoYourJob effort resonates with an American public that is fed up with Congress and said the Republican Senate is showing “blatant disrespect” for Obama. As many have pointed out, the D.C. Circuit Court deals primarily with regulatory issues, meaning that Judge Garland’s record is virtually free of cases on abortion, marriage, or religious liberty.
As the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the committee in charge of hearings for judicial nominees, Grassley has become the unlikely focal point for Republicans’ bid to stop Obama from appointing a Supreme court justice.
QUAD CITIES, Iowa (KWQC) – A recent poll conducted by Hart Research Associates shows Senator Grassley’s favorability ratings have dropped.
“I think it is clear that they are stalling, that they aren’t doing their jobs, and they’re hoping that no one will notice”. He continued that Senate Republicans should thus confirm Garland rather than allowing Hillary Clinton to name her own nominee after what he depicted as Trump’s nearly certain defeat in November. Twenty-nine percent said they didn’t know or had no opinion.
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That was a chance the GOP Senate majority was eager to take in February and March, when Republicans still liked their chances in the 2016 elections, but are they feeling equally confident about their odds now?
