Mathis federal appeals court nomination clears Senate Judiciary by narrow margin
“What we did hear from the street talk in Memphis was that the Senate was irrelevant, the home state Senators were irrelevant,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn said, explaining her “no” vote on Andre Mathis. “It is as simple as that.” (Screenshot from Senate Judiciary Committee livestream)
Andre Mathis’ nomination as a federal appeals court judge advances to the full Senate as Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee again opposed Mathis as “unqualified” and talked Thursday in Washington of “street talk in Memphis.”
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