Some Senate Democrats have decided to boycott committee votes to advance Re. Tom Price (R-GA) for Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary and Steven Mnuchin for Treasury secretary. From The Hill:
“I can’t understand why senators, who know we’re going to have these two people go through, can’t support the committee,” said Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
“I’m very disappointed in this kind of crap. … Some of this is because they just don’t like the president.”
Hatch also called the boycott pathetic. He stated that the Democrats did not warn him about the boycott, which made him think everyone would show up and vote on the nominees.
Joseph Lawler on Twitter: “Dems are boycotting panel votes on Mnuchin and Price, per chairman Hatch, who says it’s “most pathetic thing I’ve seen in my whole time” / Twitter”
Dems are boycotting panel votes on Mnuchin and Price, per chairman Hatch, who says it’s “most pathetic thing I’ve seen in my whole time”
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