Wyden, Merkley, Democratic Senators Join in Call for Bipartisan Action on Supreme Court Nomination

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Oregon's U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined their Democratic Senate colleagues in calling on Senate Republicans to sign a letter requesting a hearing to consider Merrick Garland's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Every Democrat in the Senate has agreed to sign a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Grassley pushing for transparency and action in the Supreme Court nomination process. Senate Democrats are keeping the letter open for signatures and encouraging Republican senators to sign it and allow the process to move forward on the nomination of Merrick Garland.

"A public hearing would allow Americans to engage in the process of considering the nomination and hearing directly from Chief Judge Garland on his record and his responses on important legal questions," the senators wrote in the letter.

"We stand ready to fulfill our sworn oaths to uphold the Constitution by providing advice and consent on Chief Judge Garland's nomination," they also wrote.

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