05-04-2017 05:41 via denver.cbslocal.com

Senator Holds Senate Floor In Protest Of Gorsuch Nomination

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS4) – A Democratic senator from Oregon says he plans to hold a marathon speech on the Senate floor in opposition of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination.
Integrity of #SCOTUS and Senate is at stake here. If GOP gets away with this theft now, what’s to stop them from doing it again and again?
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) April 5, 2017Senator Jeff Merkley started speaking at around 5 p.m. local time. His staff says he ran &lsquo
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