Less than two weeks into the Trump administration, Senate Democrats have thrown down the gauntlet.
As protests rage over President Trump’s controversial executive order on immigration, members of the minority party announced Tuesday they would boycott confirmation hearings for two of Trump’s key cabinet nominees, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., for Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Steve Mnuchin for Secretary of the Treasury.
By not attending the hearings, Democrats are denying the committee a quorum and thus blocking it from advancing the nominations to the full Senate for a final confirmation vote.
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