Senate Judiciary Chair Urges Action on Stalled Security Bills

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) said Congress needs to act on a pair of bills aimed to protect federal judges.

At a committee markup Thursday, Durbin said legislation (S. 2340; H.R. 4436) blocked by Rand Paul (R-Ky.) that would shield federal judges’ personal information online is directly responsive to the kind of threat facing Supreme Court justices. Paul wants the bill to include members of Congress.

Durbin said the House also must act on legislation (S. 4160) already passed by the Senate that would protect justices’ families. Some House Democrats have sought to ...