Democrats use procedure to delay Sessions vote again

Published January 31, 2017 6:54pm ET



Senate Democrats deployed an obscure rule on Tuesday to delay a committee vote on attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, hours after Democrats used different tactics to delay two other Trump nominations.

Democratic senators gave lengthy speeches before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, causing Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to delay the vote on the Alabama Republican until Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

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