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President Trump is escalating his criticism of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for his unwillingness ...
The Judiciary Committee chair, and his fellow Republicans, have so far brushed off pressure from the president to nix the ...
Iowa, has previously rejected President Donald Trump’s calls to disregard the federal official confirmation tradition. The ...
Trump trashed the "blue slip" as an "old and outdated 'custom'" that has allowed Democrats to block his nominees.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pushing back on criticism from President Trump, who has railed ...
The blue slips give Democrats some power to block Trump’s nominations, angering the president despite the procedure having ...
President Donald Trump renewed his demand for the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to be done away with and urged Senate ...
Senators are fiercely protective of the longstanding precedent that gives them deference over who serves as U.S. attorneys ...
President Trump sought to ramp up pressure on Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Sunday over his ...
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump slammed the blue-slip process, which is not a formal Senate rule but a bipartisan ...
Blue slip supporters, which include most Senate Republicans, note two portions of the Constitution that they say clearly allow the process.
President Donald Trump on Sunday urged the Senate judiciary committee chairman to disregard a federal official confirmation ...