Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has urged those of his Republican colleagues who may be hesitant about voting on a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in an election year to avoid prematurely committing to a position, telling members of his caucus, “keep your powder dry.”
In a letter obtained by CBS reporter Alan He and several other outlets, McConnell suggested that GOP senators undecided about filling an election-year Supreme Court vacancy should avoid committing themselves to a position until they return to Washington on Monday and have the chance to meet as a caucus, amid an expected onslaught of pressure to announce a decision.
