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Senators Spend Time Bickering Over Time at Sessions Hearing

By Thomas McKinless
Posted October 18, 2017 at 8:18pm

By Thomas McKinless

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At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, senators on both sides of the aisle made a point of calling each other out for going over their allotted time for questioning. See the video for more, including Sen. Al Franken continually sparring with the attorney general over how much time they have to talk.

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