It’s a big day on the Hill. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes announced Thursday that he’s temporarily stepping aside as leader of the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
And Senate Republicans are set to invoke the so-called “nuclear option,” and eliminate the 60-vote threshold for Supreme Court nominees, so they can overcome Democratic opposition to President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch.
Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson gets the latest on the Nunes announcement and the Gorsuch showdown from NPR congressional reporter Scott Detrow (@scottdetrow)
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