Two Trump judicial picks are struggling to reach a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance their nominations to federal court seats in Mississippi, the panel’s chair said.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told Bloomberg Law on Wednesday that James Maxwell and Robert Chamberlin, both Mississippi Supreme Court justices, are having some “trouble” within the Republican-led panel that’s now delayed votes on their selections five times in the past five weeks.
Grassley didn’t specify what the snags might be. “The only ones that I personally know have trouble are the Mississippi people, but I’m not going to talk to why ...
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