While the House doesn't get a vote on a Supreme Court nominee, members recognize that, for better or for worse, shutting down the lame-duck session in both chambers would prevent the Senate from confirming Merrick Garland.
Supreme Court nominees, members of Congress, and even presidents have owned up to smoking marijuana.
"It makes the Academy look obsolete," added Laura Poitras, a past nominee and member of the Academy whose documentary, "The Oath," was nonetheless on the snub list last year.
The day had a decidedly partisan edge, with many in the crowd carrying signs for Senator John Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee; several members of his family were among the marchers, as was Howard Dean, who had also sought the Democratic nomination; Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader of the House; and Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic Party chairman.
essentially conceded the White House a month before votes had even been counted when he told the GOP conference he could no longer defend the nominee, instructing members to handle the fallout as they saw fit.
This intramural phenomena has been documented over and over this month: Spooked by the prospect of a Gingrich nominee, key members of the so-called Republican Establishment orchestrated an attack campaign against the candidate.
Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee, but members of his own party keep excusing his outrageous behavior as if he's a preadolescent whose cognitive functions and sense of right and wrong haven't fully developed.
September - Parliament grills each nominee for 28-member Commission (one from each member state).
In Florida, Marco Rubio, the Republican Senate nominee, was a member of the State House of Representatives for nine years and its speaker from 2007 to 2009.
