For three months, Senate Democrats have hammered their Republican counterparts over their refusal to take up President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. Now House Democrats are looking to do some hammering of their own.
Six of them plan to introduce a House bill Wednesday aimed at pressuring Republicans in both houses on the Supreme Court issue. The “Senate’s Court Obligations Trump Unconstitutional Stalling,” or SCOTUS, resolution would force Congress to remain in session through the summer recess — and hence the national party conventions — if the Senate has not held hearings on a pending Supreme Court nomination by July 19.