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Michigan authorities blocked county health officials from investigating an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that may have been linked to the water crisis in the impoverished city of Flint, a county health supervisor told CNN on Saturday.
After first suggesting Sanders was not active in the civil rights movement, Lewis said he had not meant to suggest he was not active
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Republicans for their absurd denial of President Obama's basic constitutional right to replace the deceased Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court.
Here is an easy-to-read chart that even a ten year old can comprehend, which shows that the Senate has managed to confirm a presidential nominee for the Supreme Court in a mere 19 days, so it's hard to understand why Republicans feel they can't possibly get this done in the next 342 days.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) ripped the hypocrisy behind Ted Cruz's promise to filibuster any Obama Supreme Court nominee during an interview on ABC's This Week.
Hillary Clinton reminded Republicans that President Obama is president until January 20, 2017 and they have a responsibility to vote to confirm Obama's nominee to replace Justice Scalia.
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) would not take the idea of President Obama using a recess appointment to fill the late Justice Scalia's seat off the table during an interview on CNN's State Of The Union.
Senator Warren said in a statement, "Senator McConnell is right that the American people should have a voice in the selection of the next Supreme Court justice. In fact, they did - when President Obama won the 2012 election by five million votes."
It took only moments for Justice Scalia's death to trigger the worst of conservative thinking on Twitter and Breitbart and elsewhere