Merrick Garland Waits as GOP Outsources the People's Work to Moneyed Interest Groups Senate Republicans are creating the toxic dynamic that ensures outside interest groups have the floor to themselves

• Published in: The Daily Beast
• Main Author: Sen Patrick Leahy
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC 07.04.2016
• Subjects: Employment; Hearings & confirmations; Interest groups; Negative campaigning; Nominations; Political appointments; Public hearings

There have been private meetings with Republican Senate leaders and the Judicial Crisis Network, the NRA, and other special interest groups that are spending millions in dark money to run attack ads around the country against Judge Garland. Americans should not be surprised that the same Republican...