It's Monday, May 9 and Day 86 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 54 since President Obama named Merrick Garland to be Scalia's replacement. What's the Senate doing today instead of considering the Supreme Court nominee?
A slow start after a week off. As usual. They'll reconvene at 3:00 EDT to have "morning business" for an hour and then vote on whether or not they'll take up an appropriations bill. They probably won't, because Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) blew it all up two weeks ago with his typical Iran crazy, and Democrats aren't having any of that.
Adding to the list of things that the Senate isn't going to be doing today is voting on ten ambassadors who've been waiting patiently for confirmation, in at least one case for over two years. At least Merrick Garland has lots of company.
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