McConnell's focus when Senate comes back will be judges, not coronavirus
for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — one that has been sidelined in recent weeks as Congress has scrambled to react to the pandemic.additional coronavirus relief legislation
And he is particularly focused on two controversial appeals court nominees who, if confirmed, would leave no more vacancies on the circuit court level.One of the nominees, U.S. District Judge Justin Walker of Kentucky, who is up for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, is a McConnell protégé who clerked for then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and then-appeals judge Brett Kavanaugh. He was a vocal defender of Kavanaugh during Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
"If we are going to be in D.C. with the coronavirus raging, it is critically important that we continue and actually ramp up our messaging and activities on the oversight front," Schumer told Democratic senators on a conference call Tuesday, according to an aide on the call."We must hold the administration accountable for the mistakes they are making on the small-business program, hospitals, testing and more.
McConnell adjourned the Senate for a long weekend in mid-March to attend an event for Walker in Kentucky while the Senate was waiting to pass the second phase of coronavirus relief legislation.over the first three years of the Trump administration. Hewitt, who has rallied around the president largely because of the judiciary, responded by saying,"That's music to my ears."that some Republican senators in swing states have difficult roads to re-election.Keeping a focus on the courts is a proven strategy to unite and motivate the Republican base, including in Kentucky, where McConnell is also up for re-election.
Walker, who was barely confirmed for the Western District of Kentucky along party lines in a 50-41 vote less than a year ago, was deemed
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