BREAKING: Chuck Schumer Strikes Again, Just Tried to End the Kavanaugh Hearing Early

Katie Pavlich | September 05, 2018 1:36 PM

UPDATE: Schumer and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have come to an agreement to proceed with the hearing.

***Original story***

The confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will end earlier than expected Wednesday afternoon. Democrat Chuck Schumer will bring questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee to a halt at 2 p.m. eastern time after arguing the hearing cannot continue while the Senate is in session.

.@SenSchumer: "We will not consent to business as usual on the Senate floor today. This means the Senate will adjourn for the day after my two colleagues finish speaking. So, I object." pic.twitter.com/eJQeGR0cbZ
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 5, 2018

!! #KavanaughHearing was scheduled to go until roughly 9:30pm https://t.co/3oOecIQnjZ
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) September 5, 2018

Senate Rule XXVI
5 (a) When the Senate is in session, no committee of the Senate..may meet..after two o'clock postmeridian unless consent therefor has been obtained from the majority leader and the minority leader
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 5, 2018

In order to allow the Kavanaugh hrng to continue the Senate will adjourn this pm. The cmte would have to adjourn at 2 pm under the objection by Schumer. Cmtes can meet as long as they like when the Senate is NOT in session. So adjourning permits the committee to forge ahead
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 5, 2018

Senate adjourns until noon on Thursday to accomodate the Kavanaugh hearing
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 5, 2018

Schumer on why he invoked the “2 pm rule.” Says “Republicans are trying to jam through, with as little scrutiny as possible, a lifetime appointment to the nation's highest court with the power to affect the lives of Americans for a generation.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 5, 2018