Two Republicans have fully or partly ignored President-elect Donald Trump’s mandate for GOP senators to oppose confirmation of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees in the post-election lame duck session.
Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have voted this week for Biden picks, defying Trump’s demand since winning election Nov. 5 that Republicans not allow Democrats to “ram through” any more of them.
Collins and Murkowski voted for April Perry’s 51-44 confirmation to the Chicago-based Northern District of Illinois on Tuesday. Murkowski voted for Jonathan Hawley’s appointment, 50-46, to the Central District of Illinois on Wednesday. ...
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