It's Tuesday, May 31 and Day 108 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 76 since President Obama named Merrick Garland to be Scalia's replacement. What's the Senate doing today instead of considering the Supreme Court nominee?
The Senate is giving us another thing to count: Just how long a long weekend can be. Right now, they’re on their fifth day of no work, having held pro forma sessions Friday and today but otherwise … nothing. And it’s not like they’re about to spring into action on Wednesday.
But hey, it’s giving Mitch McConnell time to promote his memoir.