Steve Daines said "Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I have already made my remarks about the hypocrisy on this issue of dark money. I think it is also worth pointing out that it was a very different situation in 2016, when Merrick Garland was nominated by President Obama. In every White House controlled by one party and the U.S. Senate by another, the President of the Senate, going back to 1888--in an election year when both the Senate and the Presidency are controlled by the same party, you move forward; when not, you don't. That is exactly what we did. We had an election in 2016. President Trump won, and here we are in 2020 with Republicans controlling the Senate, and the White House began to move forward. So with that, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Rhode Island." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 24, 2020

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I have already made my remarks about the hypocrisy on this issue of dark money. I think it is also worth pointing out that it was a very different situation in 2016, when Merrick Garland was nominated by President Obama. In every White House controlled by one party and the U.S. Senate by another, the President of the Senate, going back to 1888--in an election year when both the Senate and the Presidency are controlled by the same party, you move forward; when not, you don't. That is exactly what we did. We had an election in 2016. President Trump won, and here we are in 2020 with Republicans controlling the Senate, and the White House began to move forward. So with that, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Rhode Island.

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Republican · Montana

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