Flakey or Principled Stand?

(Politico) - Senate Judiciary Committee cancelled a Thursday hearing on judicial nominees as Jeff Flakes stand for a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller continues to wreak havoc in the lame duck session. The panel was scheduled to advance six Circuit Court nominees 15 District Court nominees and several bipartisan bills on Thursday to prepare them for possible floor action over the next month. But Flake who is retiring at the end of this year is holding firm to his vow to vote against judicial nominees on the floor and in committee unless Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) schedules a vote on the bipartisan special counsel legislation. Read More