It's Monday, June 6 and Day 114 since Justice Antonin Scalia died and Mitch McConnell laid down his Supreme Court blockade: No meetings, no hearings, no votes on his replacement. It's also Day 83 since President Obama named Merrick Garland to be Scalia's replacement. What's the Senate doing today instead of considering the Supreme Court nominee?
Well, it's Monday, and they always have to ease into Mondays by starting work in the middle of the afternoon. And a Monday after a recess? Don't expect much today other than warming up for the next fight, which will be on a $602 billion defense authorization bill in which Republicans will once again prevent President Obama from closing down Guantanamo. That's just the beginning of the mischief you can count on from Republicans.
Meanwhile, Democrats will continue to try to wring adequate Zika funding in a stand-alone bill out of their don't-give-a-damn Republican colleagues. They will continue to fail.
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