Senate Majority Whip Durbin Faults House Dems for Slow-Walking Bill That Would Provide Security for Supreme Court Justices

Democratic Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) on Thursday faulted House Democrats for slow-walking a bill that would provide security for Supreme Court justices.

Durbin said he is “very much” concerned that the House has not moved to pass the bill, which the Senate approved in order to bolster security for justices and their families following protests outside their homes in the wake of reports indicating the Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. House Democrats inserted a poison pill into the bill, the Washington Free Beacon reported, stalling its passage by including provisions to extend security to all of the Court’s clerks. Pelosi has not scheduled a vote on the bill, and the House is not slated to hold floor votes until June 7, according to National Review.

Durbin said he is “all for” protections for clerks, but “they shouldn’t hold up the whole process to achieve that goal.”

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