Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination Sets Up Tense Battle In Congress

Published August 9, 2016 at 3000 × 2000 in Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination Sets Up Tense Battle In Congress
Senator Susan Collings (R-ME) speaks to the media outside of the Senate Chamber shortly after President Barack Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland to be a Supreme Court justice, March 16, 2016 in Washington, DC. Collins said she would meet with Obama's Supreme Court although many of her Republican colleagues said they would not. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Ten Senate Republicans, led by Susan Collins of Maine, are pushing against President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal with a counteroffer less than one-third as large. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC – March 16: Senator Susan Collings (R-ME) speaks to the media outside of the Senate Chamber shortly after President Barack Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in the White House Rose Garden on March 16, 2016 in Washington, DC. Collins said she would meet with Obama’s Supreme Court although many of her Republican colleages said they would not. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)