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Republican Collins' call for Garland hearings spurned
Source: Reuters
World | Tue Apr 5, 2016 4:57pm EDT
Republican Collins' call for Garland hearings spurned
WASHINGTON | BY RICHARD COWAN
A moderate Republican senator heaped praise on President Barack Obama's U.S. Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday, bucking Senate Republican leaders who promptly dismissed her call for confirmation hearings.
Susan Collins of Maine became only the second Republican senator to meet with Merrick Garland since Obama nominated the centrist appellate judge last month to fill the court's vacancy left by the Feb. 13 death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
The hour-long meeting came at a time when Republican senators are facing mounting pressure from conservative activists to go along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to block any nominee chosen by Obama.
"The meeting left me more convinced than ever that the process should proceed. The next step, in my view, should be public hearings before the Judiciary Committee," Collins told reporters.
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Republican Collins' call for Garland hearings spurned
WASHINGTON | BY RICHARD COWAN
A moderate Republican senator heaped praise on President Barack Obama's U.S. Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday, bucking Senate Republican leaders who promptly dismissed her call for confirmation hearings.
Susan Collins of Maine became only the second Republican senator to meet with Merrick Garland since Obama nominated the centrist appellate judge last month to fill the court's vacancy left by the Feb. 13 death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
The hour-long meeting came at a time when Republican senators are facing mounting pressure from conservative activists to go along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to block any nominee chosen by Obama.
"The meeting left me more convinced than ever that the process should proceed. The next step, in my view, should be public hearings before the Judiciary Committee," Collins told reporters.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-garland-idUSKCN0X228I