Obama Would Consider GOP Suggestions for Court, Reid Says
- Senate Democratic leader meets with Obama, Mitch McConnell
- Republican McConnell has vowed to obstruct any Obama nominee
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (left) listens while Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Patrick J. Leahy speaks to the press after a meeting at the White House on March 1, 2016.
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President Barack Obama told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he’d "seriously consider" anyone Republicans suggested to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, said Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, after a White House meeting on Tuesday.
McConnell, of Kentucky, and the Senate Judiciary chairman, Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, offered no names, Reid said. Instead, they were "adamant" that they wouldn’t consider any Obama nominee, he said.