Leahy tears up committee rulebook after Graham pushes immigration vote
‘Tear them up,’ the Vermont Democrat says
Posted August 1, 2019 at 4:41pm
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham pushed forward a committee vote Thursday on an immigration bill, despite protests from the panel’s Democrats that he was breaking the rules.
“Tear them up, tear them up,” Vermont Democrat Patrick J. Leahy said as he ripped apart a booklet of the committee’s procedures. “That’s what we’re doing.”
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