delay hearings for two of trump s nominees, strauss and dunkin. some have mistakenly asserted that the blue slip affords a home state senator veto power over a nominee. that is not true. the use of blue slips in the smart goes back 100 years. this one from 1917 is from the judiciary committee to a georgia senator asking his opinion of a nominee from his state. he said i object to this appointment. it was rejected. it is a courtesy ever since. the republicans used it as a veto to block a nominee. it is a practice that has gotten worse ever since democrats got rid of the fill buster rule a few years ago. what grassley is doing is
delay hearings for two of trump s nominees, strauss and dunkin. some have mistakenly asserted that the blue slip affords a home state senator veto power over a nominee. that is not true. the use of blue slips in the smart goes back 100 years. this one from 1917 is from the judiciary committee to a georgia senator asking his opinion of a nominee from his state. he said i object to this appointment. it was rejected. it is a courtesy ever since. the republicans used it as a veto to block a nominee. it is a practice that has gotten worse ever since democrats got rid of the fill buster rule a few years ago. what grassley is doing is
the coach s salaries are in millions. some players treat education as optional. for the nfl, they re not getting too much love right now on capitol hill. mike. william in los angeles. thanks. you may be just about ready to head out the door to begin your holiday shopping. many big stores are open tonight to get a head start on the traditional black friday stampede. the national retail federation expect sales to grow 3.6 percent like last year. amazon is expected to take half of the holiday season sales growth. back to politics and how partisanship is expected to have effects. i won t let the process to be abused. republican senator chuck grassley, chairman of the judiciary committee taking a stand. refusing to allow democrats to
millions. some players treat education as optional. for the nfl, they re not getting too much love right now on capitol hill. mike. william in los angeles. thanks. you may be just about ready to head out the door to begin your holiday shopping. many big stores are open tonight to get a head start on the traditional black friday stampede. the national retail federation expect sales to grow 3.6 percent like last year. amazon is expected to take half of the holiday season sales growth. back to politics and how partisanship is expected to have effects. i won t let the process to be abused. republican senator chuck grassley, chairman of the judiciary committee taking a stand. refusing to allow democrats to