Senate Republicans Say No Hearing, Vote on Scalia Successor
- Lawmakers say they'll refuse to replace Supreme Court justice
- Judiciary Committee says no hearing until Obama leaves office
Politics and Scalia's Death: Charlie Rose
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Senate Republicans emerged from a closed-door meeting Tuesday committed to maximum obstruction of any nominee by President Barack Obama to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court -- no hearings and no votes.
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee to take no action on any nominee before the next president takes office in January 2017, setting up what could be a tense stalemate for the rest of Obama’s presidency on his effort to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.