McConnell sped up consideration of the bill using Rule 14 of Senate procedure, which allows the legislation to skip the committee process, and put it on the Senate calendar, meaning the majority leader can bring it up at any time.
The Supreme Court ordered the White House to respond by Monday afternoon to a request by Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel, to speed up consideration of privilege claims by the President.
In an interview Thursday afternoon with The Washington Post, Schumer argued the current scenario was far different from 2013, when 78 senators voted for the rules to speed up consideration of Obama nominees.
Cornyn then offered to speed up consideration of of his legislation ― one that would revoke the security clearance of anyone found to be careless in handling classified information ― alongside Wyden's bill.
(They also speed up considerably).
Dissatisfied with the judge's response, on Oct. 24 they went over his head, asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to order him either to step aside or speed up his consideration of the recusal motion.
The Supreme Court ordered the White House today to respond by Monday afternoon to a request by Kenneth W. Starr, the Whitewater independent counsel, to speed up dramatically consideration of privilege claims by President Clinton.
