Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Harry Mason ReidSanders courts GOP voters with 'Medicare for All' plan Glamorization of the filibuster must end Schumer won't rule out killing filibuster MORE (D-Nev.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy20 Dems demand no more money for ICE agents, Trump wall The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump, Dems prep for Mueller report's release The Hill's Morning Report — Combative Trump aims at Pelosi before Russia report MORE (D-Vt.) immediately fired back at GOP critics of the confirmation schedule for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on the Senate floor, saying that Republicans were being disingenuous in their criticism of the schedule.
Leahy said GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the ranking committee member, was well aware that the July 13 date was likely, and Reid said the schedule is "identical" to that followed for Chief Justice John Roberts.
Delaying the final Senate vote until September, Reid said, would be "overly generous."
Leahy earlier Tuesday announced committee hearings will start on July 13 and a final Senate vote will be on Aug. 6.
- J. Taylor Rushing
Harry Mason ReidSanders courts GOP voters with 'Medicare for All' plan Glamorization of the filibuster must end Schumer won't rule out killing filibuster MORE (D-Nev.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick LeahyPatrick Joseph Leahy20 Dems demand no more money for ICE agents, Trump wall The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump, Dems prep for Mueller report's release The Hill's Morning Report — Combative Trump aims at Pelosi before Russia report MORE (D-Vt.) immediately fired back at GOP critics of the confirmation schedule for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on the Senate floor, saying that Republicans were being disingenuous in their criticism of the schedule.Leahy said GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the ranking committee member, was well aware that the July 13 date was likely, and Reid said the schedule is "identical" to that followed for Chief Justice John Roberts.
Delaying the final Senate vote until September, Reid said, would be "overly generous."
Leahy earlier Tuesday announced committee hearings will start on July 13 and a final Senate vote will be on Aug. 6.
- J. Taylor Rushing
