http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/05/chuck-schumer-democrats-fail-charade-derail-kavanaugh-confirmation-forcing-senate-adjourn-hearings-continue/
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his Democrats have failed in yet another scheme to derail the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after they attempted to use arcane Senate rules to force the Senate Judiciary Committee to adjourn at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, just a few hours into the first day of committee senators' questioning President Donald Trump's second Supreme Court pick.
Instead, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flipped their playback in their faces and is adjourning the entire U.S. Senate to keep the confirmation hearings going.
Schumer attempted to invoke what is called the "2 p.m. rule," objecting to the Senate conducting business as usual on the floor while the Judiciary Committee continues its business past 2:00 p.m. In response, McConnell adjourned the entire U.S. Senate floor so the Judiciary Committee could continue the Kavanaugh hearings: ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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