The Corner
McConnell to Pelosi: Stop Dragging Your Feet on Bill to Protect Supreme Court Justices’ Families
A man armed with a gun, a knife, and burglary tools was arrested near the home of Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh in the early morning hours of June 8, and sources tell the Washington Post that the man told police he wanted to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh.
After the news broke, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell immediately went to the Senate floor to demand that House Democrats vote today “before the sun sets” on a bill the Senate unanimously passed on May 9 to fund security for Supreme Court justices’ families.
This morning’s disturbing reports are exactly why the Senate unanimously passed a Supreme Court security bill weeks ago. But House Democrats have inexplicably blocked it. House Democrats need to stop their blockade and pass this uncontroversial bill today. pic.twitter.com/wd8UB5RDvm
— Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) June 8, 2022
“House Democrats must pass this bill and they need to do it today. No more fiddling around with this, they need to pass it today,” McConnell said. On May 20, Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, said he was very concerned the House hadn’t yet voted on the bill. House Democrats have claimed they have not moved the legislation because they want to add funding for Supreme Court clerks and staff, but the notion that it would take more than a month to make such a minor change to the bill is preposterous.